us colleges continue to see protests against the gaza war nationwide, with protesters defying orders to leave and facing suspension. search begins for a new first minister of scotland after humza yousaf�*s resignation. flooding intensifies in kenya, with dozens of people killed after a dam bursts. a mysterious roman artefact goes on public display for the first time in the uk. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in with the situation in the middle east. there are renewed hopes of a breakthrough in the ceasefire neotiations between israel

and hamas after weeks of stalemate between the two sides. egyptian media is reporting that a hamas delegation has left cairo and will return with a response to a gaza ceasefire proposal. it is unclear how many israeli hostages would be released under this proposal — the israeli media has put the figure at 33 in return for the release of an unspecified number of palestinian prisoners. us presidentjoe biden has been speaking with the leaders of egypt and qatar who have been mediators. the us secretary of state antony blinken who is in saudi arabia said he is hopeful hamas will accept what he described as a very generous proposal. hamas has before it a proposal that is extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous on the part of israel. and in this moment, the only thing standing between the people of gaza and a cease—fire is hamas. they have to decide, and they have to decide quickly. the british foreign secretary

david cameron, also in riyadh, said the deal on the table is for a 40—day cease—fire, roughly in line with the six—week pause that negotiators say they have been working toward for months. there is now, you know, let's be frank, a very generous offer of a sustained 40—day cease—fire, the release of potentially thousands of palestinians in return for the release of these hostages who have now been in captivity for over 200 days. so i hope hamas do take this deal — and frankly, all the pressure in the world and all the eyes of the world should be on them today, saying, "take that deal." matt duss is the executive vice president of the centre for international policy in washington and formerly the president of the foundation for middle east peace and a formerforeign policy adviserfor senator bernie sanders. he says the new deal proposed by israel might work if it paves the way for a permanent ceasefire. this is the latest round of negotiations that have been ongoing

for several weeks, even months to get another another cease fire. so i understand the urgency and secretary blinken�*s language. i probably don't agree with the idea of treating any offer from the israeli government as generous, given what israel has done to gaza over the past seven months. but i do think i do share the hope, as certainly do the people of gaza, that we'll be able to get to a cease fire. and from what i've seen, you know, senior officials from hamas at least giving positive signs that because this offer of a cease—fire does make some mention of restoring calm, which is seen as a pathway toward a more permanent cease—fire, we could finally get this deal. what do you think would be any sort of roadblocks or hindrances for this going forward then? well, i think hamas has been holding out all along here for some sign, a pathway toward a permanent cease fire there. their military forces have

been severely harmed by this war. of course, many thousands of palestinian civilians and a huge amount of palestinian homes have also been destroyed. but along with those casualties, hamas military, military capability has been severely degraded. they're in a mode right now where they want to preserve what they have. i understand that israel does not share that goal. certainly, prime minister netanyahu and his government have been committed to, as they say, the eradication of hamas. but i think everyone understands that that's not realistic. so i think if there is at least a sense on the part of hamas that this cease—fire could become a more permanent end to the war, we could see an agreement. and matt, what do you think about then the potential for a full scale offensive of rafah? do you think that this could come just in time, this potential cease fire? i think it could. it's clear the biden administration and its partners have been holding a pretty hard red line against a full scale invasion of rafah,

where close to two million palestinian refugees have gathered as they've been driven out of their homes in the south and the middle of the gaza strip. and they understand that a large scale israeli incursion into rafah would be even more catastrophic, potentially spilling over into neighboring egypt, which which turns it very quickly into a much bigger regional problem. the biden administration's approach has been trying to keep it keep this war contained to gaza. i don't think that's a defensible approach, but it has been their approach. and that partly explains why they've been so, so working so hard to prevent the rafa invasion. prevent the rafah invasion. and are you optimistic then that this could move the needle then in terms of stopping the violence, at least in the short term? it's hard to have much optimism given what we've seen and continue to still see in this ongoing catastrophe. but again, given i have seen some signs, some of the reporting from the bbc and others about some of the positive statements made by hamas officials that

this could be a deal. i do want to note as well, though, that one of the people holding, holding, holding out has been holdingout has been netanyahu, benjamin netanyahu himself, who understands that once this war ends, his political career likely. his political career likely ends. and so i do think it's important to acknowledge that he has been someone, even according to israeli officials, who have been accusing him of preventing a cease fire agreement. i do think it's worth noting that. the us state department has found five units of the israeli military responsible for gross violations of human rights in incidents that took place before the war. this is the first determination of its kind for any israeli unit by the us government, which is israel's main military backer. the us hasn't detailed the incidents nor the units involved, but they are all believed to have taken place in the occupied west bank and jerusalem. state department deputy spokesperson vedant patel told reporters the us administration has been speaking to the israeli government.

we have found five israeli units responsible for individual incidents of gross violations of human rights. all of these were incidents much before october seven, and none took place in gaza. four of these units have effectively remediated these violations, which is what we expect partners to do. it is consistent with what we expect of all countries whom we have a security relationship with. for a remaining unit, we continue to be in consultations and engagements with the government of israel. protests against israel's military campaign against gaza are sweeping across college campuses in the united states. pro—palestinian protesters at columbia university in new york have defied an order to disperse, saying they will maintain

their encampment on campus until their demands are met. the university issued the ultimatum on monday, telling students to dismantle their tents or face suspension. the deadline has passed, but hundreds of protesters have stayed on site and officials have confirmed they started to suspend students who have defied the order. let's hear from some of protesters there. we will not be moved by these intimidation tactics. you can see outside you now that the students are mobilised. there's hundreds of them here today. they will not be moved. we demand divestment. we will not be moved unless by force! i think the power and collective strength demonstrated by the students is incredible because it seems like every day or every other day or so, the university comes up with some arbitrary deadline. and rather than scaring off the students, we come back stronger and more...and more strong together than we ever had before. and i think there's as you can see, there's a lot of popular. support people who are coming out to defend the students, - to defend the encampment. and i think it's up— to the administration how much they're going to escalate.

but we're here to protect. the students from whatever the admin does next. let's take a look at the universities with the biggest protests. university of southern california has cancelled its graduation ceremony, on what it says are safety grounds. in austin, texas, the governor ordered state troopers to arrest demonstrators. there have also been hundreds of arrests at universities in texas, atlanta, california — and virginia, these pictures are from virginia tech. our correspondent nomia iqbal has been giving us the latest from columbia university. the atmosphere here on campus is pretty calm. people are in an upbeat mood. earlier today, there was this deadline. students were told by the president of the university to voluntarily stop moving. and there was an implication, therefore, that police might come in. and there was an implication, therefore, that police might come in. we did see police outside, but that's not happened. students are still inside the encampment and they're saying they're not going anywhere until their demands are met. and essentially those demands are cutting economic and academic ties with israeli institutions. they also want an amnesty

for students who have been suspended, any faculty members — so professors at the university who have also been suspended orfired — many of them were actually standing outside the entrance of the encampment, arms linked to protect the students inside. i spoke to a student who's a negotiator trying to get these demands met. and he said to me — his name is mahmoud khalil — he said that the students weren't budging until all these demands are met and they will keep going. one of the key dates coming up is graduation on may the 15th. there are students here who aren't on either side, really, who just want to get to graduation. but the students with the gaza solidarity movement have said to us that they will keep going as long as it takes. in scotland the nomination process for a new first minister and snp leader have just begun, after humza yousaf announced he was standing downing afterjust 13 months in office.

announced he was standing down after just 13 months in office. his politicalfuture had been uncertain since last thursday, when he ended the snp's power—sharing agreement with the scottish greens. it left him facing a confidence vote he was at risk of losing. on monday he said he'd underestimated the level of hurt and upset his decision about power sharing would cause. our scotland editor james cook reports mr yousaf, are - you resigning today? a simple answer — yes. not at home in dundee, though, but here at the official residence of the first minister in edinburgh, the place which gave its name to the power—sharing deal with the greens which humza yousaf dumped so disastrously last week. unfortunately, in ending the bute house agreement in the manner that i did, i clearly underestimated the level of hurt and upset that caused green colleagues. i have concluded that repairing our relationship across the political domain can only be done by someone

else at the helm. i have therefore informed the snp's national secretary of my intention to stand down as party leader and ask that she commences a leadership contest for my replacement as soon as possible. as a young boy born and raised in scotland, i could never have dreamt that one day i would have the privilege of leading my country. people who looked like me were not in positions of political influence, let alone leading governments, when i was younger. politics can be a brutal business. it takes its toll on your physical and mental health. yourfamily suffer alongside you. i am in absolute debt... ..to my wonderful wife, my beautiful children and my wider family for putting up with me over the years. i'm afraid you will be seeing a lot more of me from now. humza yousaf, glasgow.

he speaks urdu. humza yousaf will have a place in the history books as the first muslim, the first descendant of immigrants, and the first scots asian to lead scotland's devolved government. but his time in office was tough — most of all when his in—laws were trapped in gaza for a month. but he also lost a westminster by—election to labour and endured policy problems from hate crime to gender health care, all with his party under the shadow of a police investigation. the drama here today isn'tjust about who occupies this house, it's about what they want to do while they are in there. and this whole affair has highlighted divisions in the snp — divisions on how to achieve independence, divisions on economic policy, and divisions too on social issues, not least the most contentious topic of gender. so who will inherit those challenges? are you the new snp leader, mr swinney?j obviously, there's a lot to happen today.

could it bejohn swinney, who led the party two decades ago and had pretty much retired from front—line politics? i'm giving very careful consideration to standing to be the leader of the snp. i've been somewhat overwhelmed by the requests that have been made of me to do that, with many, many messages from many colleagues across the party. so i'm giving that issue very active consideration, and it's likely i'll have more to say about that in the days to come. mr swinney�*s first spell as leader ended after a poor election result, but several key figures in the snp are supporting a second stint. i sincerely hope that john swinney will put himself forward to be leader of the scottish national party. i think he would do a phenomenaljob. i think the public would be reassured by his presence. i think the party would be united by his presence. i think that can only be a good thing for scotland as a whole. but what about kate forbes, the former finance secretary

who ran mr yousaf so close in the leadership contest little over a year ago? she's said to be thinking about running for the job. but the greens, whose support she might need, are not fans of her agenda. it is entirely up to the snp to decide who they want to lead their party. it's for them to decide what kind of party they want to be. do they want to continue to be a progressive party? do they continue to want to make income tax fair? to work for the climate and nature emergencies? or do they want to take a different direction? as he found out, governing is hard, but governing without a majority is much harder. james cook, bbc news, edinburgh. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

devastating floods have hit several countries in east africa after weeks of heavy rain.

the red cross say around 50 people were killed in central kenya after a makeshift dam collapsed during the night following torrential rainfall. our africa correspondent barbara plett usher has the latest from the scene. the tide of water woke people up with its roar of destruction. no time to scramble out of the way. this rushing river used to be a stream. rescue teams worked long after the disaster struck, saving those they could. finding and counting the dead, a village that was turned upside down in an instant. the water came from that direction, crashing through the village, gouging out the valley, and the river burst its banks. you can see all of the damage, the cars destroyed. trees were uprooted, houses swept away, houses destroyed. people were carried away by the flood waters. dozens of people are dead, but they're still searching for bodies of the missing. and there were other houses where the car is parked?

peter's house survived, but not his neighbourhood. he spent the night pulling people out of the water and out of the mud. there were little babies in the water, older people and a lot of things being swept away. it was a very bad scenario. people were screaming and crying. people were losing their lives, people losing their loved ones, and people are still looking for their loved ones now. the rainy season has been punishing this year, bringing ruin here, elsewhere in kenya and the region. this man was up to his neck in water before he had time to think. he saw the flood take his wife. it took him in the opposite direction. he grabbed a tree branch and hung on to life. so did she, but not much else. no home, just bits of furniture. there is heavy rain

expected in the next days. more dams are full to the brim, maybe more disasters to come. barbara plett usher, bbc news, mai mahiu, kenya. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. a gun attack at a shia mosque in western afghanistan has left at least six people dead. the taliban confirmed one other person has been injured. it happened in the guzara district of herat province a gunman stormed the mosque as the worshippers were leaving after evening prayers. it's not immediately clear who's responsible. english premier league football clubs have agreed in principle to introduce a new spending cap. at a shareholders meeting in london on monday, a majority of clubs voted in favour of the plan, which will be determined by the amount of money earned in television rights by the lowest—earning club in the league. if approved atjune�*s premier league agm, the new model will come into place from the 2025—26 season.

it is the world's biggest election, so much so it is being held over six weeks. the bbc is on the road covering the indian elections. prime minister narendra modi and his bjp party are hoping to win a third successive term. three years ago, covid ravaged india. and while it made the state of health care in the country a part of the political discourse back then, in this first general election since the pandemic, health care is not a major issue on the campaign trail. samira husain reports from the state of bihar. more than 600 days of protesting and still no change. blocking traffic, desperate to be heard. even after the deadly pandemic, the state of health care in this part of rural

bihar remains in shambles. translation: it was so bad that people were dying like stray dogs. there were no facilities. private doctors had fled. we were told to take the patient home. there was no treatment available. three years ago, covid brought the world to its knees. india's health care system was pushed way beyond capacity. an unimaginable number of dead. this man's grief is only bearable when praying. he blames himself for suriya's death. translation: she was my wife. protecting her was my responsibility. what can i say? protecting her was my responsibility. what can i say? if a doctor saw her?

if she had oxygen, she wouldn't have died. this is my trauma. the feeling here is that no lessons were learned post—covid. take a look at these empty, dusty beds. this entire building was meant to be a trauma centre. but look, the operating theatre locked over here. but look, the operating theatre? locked. over here, x—ray machine area also locked. it has not been working as a trauma centre since it was built in 200a. in fact, right now it's being used partly for primary health care. move from the north to india's southern states and not even kerala, with its superior health care, was spared the wrath of covid. since the pandemic, this rural community health centre has made significant upgrades, new isolation ward, lab and revamped outpatient clinic. of care. translation: the facilities in

the centre are good, but some antibiotics are usually unavailable and this needs to be sorted out for the hospital. the waiting times have come down drastically. other facilities are also available. the infrastructure has also improved. such is the divide in india, where parts of the country were able to rebuild while others could not. translatyion: we will keep all of this in mind _ when we are voting. whichever political party works on this will get our vote. the pandemic brought the dire state of health care into the spotlight. and even after its devastating impacts, health care remains absent as a major issue on the campaign trail. samira hussein, bbc news, bihar. a mysterious roman artefact found during an amateur archaeological dig is going on public display for the first time in lincolnshire. it's been baffling experts ever since it was dug up in a field in last summer. what is known is that it's one of only 33 dodecahedrons found in britain, and thought to be more than 1,700 years old. we know it's not a tool.

we know it's not a practical item, because ours shows no signs of wear whatsoever. it's been under an electron microscope. there's nothing to indicate that it's been used in any way like that. it's not a measuring device, because dodecahedra don't come in standard sizes. they all vary enormously, so you can't measure things with it because of that. what's more likely to have been the case is that we think there's some religious connection with our site. we know back in 1989, there was a small roman rider god found in norton disney, very close to where our find was, which is only found on temple sites, generally. and ours was found in a big pit and it looks like the dodecahedron was placed there deliberately as some sort of offering, possibly. so it's quite likely that it's some sort of religious or ritual device. the romans were a very superstitious lot. they liked to have something tell them what to do, and the good thing about the dodecahedron is,

it has 12 sides — you get 12 choices with it. taylor swift says she is "completely floored" by achieving millions of sales for her latest album the tortured poets department. the us superstar has broken a string of records with her latest release, including passing the one billion streaming mark, when it became spotify�*s most—streamed album in a single week. she now occupies the top 14 spots on the billboard hot 100 — the first artist to ever do so — which she said on social media was �*unbelievable'. the album also sold 2.61 million units in the us, — she ties with jay—z for the number of number one albums released by a solo artist. that brings us to a close here on newsday, i'll see you again soon, goodbye for now. hello there. monday brought some bright and breezy conditions for some of us, and in the sunshine it felt pleasantly warm, particularly if you had a little bit of shelter. in fact, we saw temperatures

around 17 degrees through east anglia and down into the london area. it was a very different story furtherwest, however. cloud and rain lingered for much of the day and in some spots we had just shy of half an inch of rain. now, if we take a look at what's going to come through tuesday, it will be a similar kind of story. unfortunately, out to the west we'll see quite a lot of cloud and some outbreaks of rain. clearer skies further east and with lighter winds we'll see a little more in the way of sunshine. so showery rain across south—west england, wales and into northern ireland through the morning. that low pressure not moving very far, so it'll stay rather grey and damp. we could see a few scattered showers across east anglia and south—east england into the afternoon. but sandwiched in between the two, a lovely slice of sunshine. temperatures will respond, the high teens quite widely here. even in the cloud and rain, well, we'll see temperatures mid—teens for some. some improvement into northern ireland. western scotland keeps a few scattered showers, but eastern scotland a little bit cooler with a breeze coming in off the sea,

but it will be largely dry and sunny. so that low pressure just pulls a little bit further out to the west and the wind direction changes to more of a south—easterly. now, to start off with on wednesday it'll be a relatively mild start but that south—easterly breeze, well, that could just drive in a little more cloud in off the north sea and the potential for some showery rain to drift its way along those east coasts once again. so west will be best on wednesday in terms of sunshine and potentially in terms of warmth. so we could still once again see temperatures into the mid to high teens quite widely. now, as we move out of wednesday, towards the end of the week, the weather story gets a little bit messy. it's likely that that weather front could still enhance some showers across central and southern england. the low pressure never too far away with the best of the drier, brighter weather the further north. we're always going to keep those temperatures, though, slightly above the average for the time of year. but still that wind coming in from the east. so at times we will be chasing cloud amounts around. there will be some outbreaks

of rain, but it'll stay relatively mild into the bank holiday weekend.

winners on wall street. we'll look at thejump

in tesla and apple shares. and what china has to do with all of it. and how the mining of materials crucial for a green economy is disrupting lives. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm steve lai. let's begin in the us, where major stock indexes have made slight gains. this is where they stood at the end of the trading day. shares of elon musk�*s electric vehicle company tesla surged by more than 15 percent, after his visit to china. apple shares also rose ahead of its quarterly results. the bbc�*s michelle fleury has more from new york. make the big question is how doing in china, the company just got some good news on that front and tesla cleared a major hurdle fruits of driving technology in china after years of trying. this is a key moment

for the electric car maker