deal with israel, as hopes rise of a breakthrough. us colleges continue to see protests against the gaza war nationwide, with protesters defying orders to leave and facing suspension. flooding intensifies in kenya, with dozens of people killed after a dam bursts. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. 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 negotiations 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 is he says 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 ceasefire 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 ceasefire, 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 ceasefire, the release of potentially thousands of palestinian prisoners 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. i spoke to matt duss, 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 former foreign policy advisor for senator bernie sanders. 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 ceasefire? 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 2 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 neighbouring 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 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, holdingout has been that one of the people holding, holding out has been netanyahu, benjamin netanyahu himself, who understands that once this

war ends, his political career likely ends. and so i do think it's important to acknowledge that. ask while eating one meal a da , ask while eating one meal a day. struggling _ ask while eating one meal a day, struggling to _ ask while eating one meal a day, struggling to keep - ask while eating one meal a day, struggling to keep his l day, struggling to keep his wife and five children safe, more than 100 journalists have been killed during that time according to reporters without borders. israel says it takes all feasible measures to avoid harm, and doesn't deliberately targetjournalists. he kept a video diary covering the war that pushed him to its limits. singing

that reporter frame bbc arabic, giving his account from gaza. 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 found five israeli units

responsible for individual incidents of gross violations of human rights. all of these were incidents much before october 7th, 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 in 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 universityish

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 the protesters. 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, i 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. the 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. 0ur 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. of the university to voluntarily start moving. 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, whojust 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. 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. 0ur 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 floodwaters. 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's 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 scotland's first minister has announced he's resigning. he had hoped the move would let him focus more on the economy and less on issues such as

gender and environment. he will stay on as first minister until his scottish national party finds a new leader. 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 healthcare in the country a part of the political discourse back then, in this first general election since the pandemic, healthcare 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: covid 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 healthcare 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? 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, 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 healthcare. move from the north to india's southern states, and not even kerala, with its superior healthcare, 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. a noticeable difference in the level of care. translation: the facilities in the centre are good, - but some antibiotics are usually unavailable and this needs to be sorted out. 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. it's about a political miracle. 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 healthcare into the spotlight. and even after its devastating impacts, healthcare remains absent as a major issue on the campaign trail. samira hussein, bbc news, bihar.

with the election already underway in india, the southern part of the country is hit by searing temperatures soaring above 41 degrees celsius — nearly five degrees above the normal temperatures for the current time of year. local media reported on monday that at least two people died of suspected heatstroke in the southern state of kerala. record temperatures are also being recorded in neighbouring sri lanka and in bangladesh, where schools are shutting down for a second consecutive day. let's turn our attention now to germany: a trial has gotten underway in stuttgart over an alleged far—right coup plot planned with overthrowing the government and putting an aristocrat as head of state. it's one of three trials coming up it's one of three trials coming up in the next three months, which forms one of the largest legal cases in german history. the nine suspects going on

trial today formed allegedly the paramilitary wing of this failed coup attempt. some of them are former soldiers and they're accused of high treesen and even, in one case, attempted murder. there are 27 suspects going on trial in total. the ringleaders are going on trial later in may in frankfurt. they include an elderly aristocrat and a woman who was once an mp in the national parliament for the far—right afd party, and also used to work as a judge. the coup plotters are accused of wanting to overthrow the german state. they allegedly planned on storming the german parliament building, and they wanted to hold mps hostage and were even prepared to commit murder and violence, according to these allegations. they're part of a broader movement across germany called the reisberger movement, made up of all sorts of disparate groups and individualfigures, many of whom hold eccentric conspiracy theory ideas. some of them set “p theory ideas. some of them set up their own mini kingdoms in

the countryside buying land and castles, and even setting up their own currencies and refusing to pay german tax. traditionally, many of these people are simply dismissed as eccentrics with strange ideas. but increasingly, over the last few years, we have seen some of the groups prepared to, it seems, commit violence — increasingly hoarding illegally held weapons and, in some cases, this has led to shoot—outs with police, even police officers being injured and murdered. and if these allegations are true from prosecutors about the purposes of the alleged coup plotters, then the plans of some of the groups were, indeed, incredibly violent and dangerous to german democracy. violent and dangerous to german democracy-— democracy. next to something completely _ democracy. next to something completely different: - democracy. next to something completely different: a - completely different: a cardboard box was accidentally mailed hundreds of miles to california with a package return — this is galina, who disappeared from her utah home

earlier this month, prompting frantic searches. she was rescued by an amazon worker a week afterjumping into one of the family's packages undetected. despite having had no food or water for days, undetected. despite having had no food or waterfor days, she was found in good health. the cat's owner, kerri, has said galina loves boxes — it'sjust part of her personality. so, one life down for galina...! galina... ! next, to taylor swift galina...! next, to taylor swift — she says she's completely floored by achieving millions of sales for her latest album, the tortured poets' department. she's broken a string of records with her latest release, including passing the 1 billion streaming mark, when it became spotified's most streamed title, and holds the top 1a spots on the billboard hot 100. thanks forjoining me on newsday. bye 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 coast 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.

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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%, after his visit to china. apple shares also rose ahead of its quarterly results. the bbc�*s michelle fleury has more from new york. for apple and haslar investors the big question is how are they doing in china? elon musk�*s car companyjust got musk�*s car company just got good musk�*s car companyjust got good news on that front. haslar cleared a major hurdle for its full self driving technology in china after years of trying.

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