coasts all day tuesday, and that sea fog will roll back in across parts of scotland as we head overnight into wednesday. we'll also start to see more persistent rain working in across this zone of eastern england and central scotland. and it'll be quite a mild night, with those temperatures staying well in double figures. now, into wednesday — and low pressure looks hello, and welcome to newsday. like it'll move in from the near continent, and just we begin with the war in gaza — push its way gradually further and a bid to arrest several north across parts of northern israeli and hamas top officials. the chief prosecutor england and scotland, as well. of the international criminal court said he had reasonable so you can see the blue grounds to believe the israeli and green colours indicating prime minister and the leader the more persistent spells of hamas are responsible of rain we're likely to see on wednesday around for war crimes and crimes against humanity. the east coast in particular. the move has been criticised for northern ireland, by several global leaders, wales, perhaps central and southern england, including us president joe biden, it'll be a day of sunny spells who called it "outrageous". and some scattered showers, but temperatures down a notch our middle east correspondent compared to recent days — so highs between about 17—19 lucy williamson for most, but a little bit cooler close to some starts our coverage. today, israel and hamas found of those coasts. themselves attacking into thursday, we've the same target. still got low pressure — this time, it stalls their leaders listed across scotland in particular, side by side at the so it's feeding in more international criminal court. moisture for parts of highland, aberdeenshire, for instance, as well. could be some localised international law flooding as those and the laws of armed rainfall totals mount up. conflict apply to everyone. elsewhere, some sunshine, a few scattered showers,

especially around some of those no foot soldier, no commander, north sea coasts, and it is that bit cooler. no civilian leader, no one so the middle of the week, fairly unsettled, some can act with impunity. showers on the cards. it does look like the showers become fewer towards the weekend, and for some of us, those temperatures will be on the rise once again. prosecutors accuse israel bye— bye. of a state sanctioned attack against gaza's civilian population, including extermination and using starvation as a weapon of war. and hamas of extermination, hostage—taking, torture and sexual violence, including rape. tonight, a very personal rebuttalfrom israel's prime minister. mr khan creates a twisted and false moral equivalence between the leaders of israel and the henchmen of hamas. this is like creating a moral equivalence after september 11 between president bush and osama bin laden. hamas also strongly denounced what it said was an attempt to equate the victim with the executioner, and that the palestinian people, like all those under occupation, had

the right to resist. in israel, the response from across the political spectrum has been outrage. israel's president said it was scandalous to equate the two sides. one opposition leader called it moral blindness. those in mr netanyahu's own party said it would only galvanise support. the israelis, when they feel that we are under attack, they realise it's not the prime minister being attacked, it's the idf soldiers, it's the citizens of israel, it's people who care about democracy, people who have moral clarity are under attack. so if you are talking about politically, it will support the prime minister. throughout this war, israel has insisted it is a democratic country with a moral army and a right to self—defence. seeing its leaders named alongside those of hamas has sparked widespread outrage here. but the prosecutor is clear — there are reasonable grounds to accuse both sides of war crimes, including crimes against humanity. microsoft unveils computers

with artificial intelligence features, marking a new era outside the knesset today, for pcs — this as britain mr netanyahu's opponents had and south korea kick off gathered to protest his a major international summit handling of the war. in seoul on al safety. for a prime minister facing such criticism at home, criticism from the international court might actually help. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. lucy williamson, microsoft has unveiled a new range of personal bbc news, jerusalem. computers that has generative ai capabilities built directly into its i spoke to luis moreno ocampo — he's a former prosecutor windows operating system. of the international criminal court, and he gave me his take our north america business correspondent michelle fleury on these recent developments. has all the details. the prosecutor has a role. he investigated hamas crimes, and he considered, on the hamas crimes, the future of the pc may be hamas leaders are responsible. here. microsoft announced new conversational artificial intelligence features for windows pcs and a line of he's not charging israel for the crimes committed on october 7th — he's charging netanyahu for different crimes, surface tablet computers. one including starvation — of the features is dubbed to and that is his activities, help you find anything you not hamas activity. viewed on the pc in the past. so he's basically presenting at the same time different crimes committed by different people. there's also a live translation, 44 language, and something for creative times —

for example, in microsoft and, if i may, i think it's paint, it draws an image based on your sketch. these are all an opportunity, mr netanyahu, to receive an arrest warrant powered with new ai chips to he's still innocent — as are hamas leaders, they're not convicted. deliver longer battery life, so they could call the judges and all this matters because today, most ai software runs in and say, "look, don't the cloud, which uses a lot of issue an arrest warrant against me. energy. being able to work on the device thanks to a more i will go voluntarily to the hague and give you all my explanations." processing power, that not only he can do that — in fact, improves the data security, the kenyan leaders did that years ago. it's also more climate so he can do that. friendly. microsoft is if he wants to avoid the arrest warrant, he can offer himself to go voluntarily to the court. and that would be a great change to the icc, helping to transform the situation. the law applies, and that's what i am happy — the law applies, and leaders should be responsible and go to the judges and explain their reasons. and do you think that's actually going to happen, though, given the response that we've seen from benjamin netanyahu, for example? well, that's why i'm using bbc to advise him, don't reject.

if you are innocent, go to the judges, explain to them, ask them, "look, i will go there, explain to you, and then go back to israel to do yourjob." so the kenyans did that, he could do that, he could do the same. that would be my advice... so what are the next steps? and what do you think the next steps are, then, for the icc prosecutor, now that these arrest warrants have been issued? there are three judges who will review the evidence. but the prosecutor did something remarkable — he organised a team of super international law experts reviewing the evidence, including judge fulford, including theodor meron, who was himself was a victim of the nazis — he wasjewish — he was a victim of the nazi, he was in a labour camp. and then, he was the legal adviser of israel. and theodor meron agreed with the prosecutor their basis to believe netanyahu should be investigated, and a warrant should be issued.

so i think it's a mistake to make this a political statement, this is about facts and law. and that's what the judges are doing, and the prosecutor is doing. and what did you make of the us presidentjoe biden�*s remarks, calling this call by the icc prosecutor "outrageous"? well, it's a political opinion. it's not about the facts, it's not about the law. so i believe it's very important to fact check — ok, starvation is prohibited, you cannot starve the population, and that's what the prosecutor is saying. so, to answer that, president biden is also against the starvation — that's interesting thing. president biden is building a port to provide food and water to the gazan people. so it's just the same fact — for the prosecutor, it's a crime. for president biden, it'sjust humanitarian assistance, it's ok. the infected blood scandal, known as the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the uk national health service, could and should have

been largely avoided. that's the finding of the public inquiry, into the tragedy, that destroyed so many lives. more than 30,000 people were infected with diseases like hiv and hepatitis c, in a scandal spanning more than two decades, from the early 1970s to the 1990s. around 3,000 people have already died, while others are still living with the ongoing effects of infection. hugh pym reports on the conclusions of a landmark hearing. on day one of the inquiry, perry, supported by family, gave evidence. there is a huge impact on family, because they carry you and... he didn't survive long enough to see today's report. he was infected with hiv and hepatitis c through his haemophilia treatment. his memorial service was this month. today, his wife heather and son isaac were here in his memory.

it's still very raw, him not being here. it was five weeks ago to the day today, so he so almost made it to see the result and have closure from what happened to him. the minute i read the first. recommendation, which was compensation, and the second recommendation was to - apologise, i thought, thank- goodness, we have been heard. they had called for truth and justice for decades — and today, campaigners hoped to find it as the final inquiry report was published at westminster. the findings a devastating indictment of health leaders and successive governments. the report says the scandal could largely, though not entirely, have been avoided, and that hiding the truth included not only deliberate concealment, but also a lack of candour, the retelling of half—truths. and of patients, harms already done to them were compounded by a refusal to accept responsibility and accountability. how shocked were you by what you found?

how could anyone not be moved by a story, a story which begins with 30,000 people? one person is a tragedy. 30,000 is 30,000 tragedies. so, how did we get here? by by the 1970s... a new effective treatment was created for haemophiliacs called factor eight — product from blood plasma. us pharmaceutical companies used blood for it that was created from high—risk paid donors including drug addicts and prisoners. in 1975, the uk announced a plan to be self—sufficient, only using blood products from the uk. but by 1978, the nhs was still importing around half the blood products needed to treat haemophiliacs from overseas, primarily the us.

by the end of 1982, there were warnings by health officials about hiv in us blood products, but they were not withdrawn from use in the nhs. it wasn't until 1985 that blood products were heat—treated to remove hiv. by this time, those infected were calling for action. by 1989, hep c was formally identified in other countries started screening. but it wasn't until 1991 that screening of donations finally started in the uk. stuart died at the age of 27. he was given american—made factor viii that infected him with hiv in 1983. the guilt of his illness lives with his mum still today. i have always blamed myself for taking him to have his treatment which infected him. it doesn't matter if people say to you, you're not guilty of that, that wasn't your fault. it wasn't. but today's report confirmed that stuart's infection could have been avoided.

american factor viii should have been withdrawn earlier. as far as i'm concerned, this isjust the beginning, this is not the end. if we don't get some form ofjustice, somebody being taken to task, then this could happen again. they played with people's lives. they were human beings, real people that have died. there were emotional hugs seeing a childhood friends of stuart's, clive, who is now head of the haemophilia society. government, single servants and health care professionals for many years thought that they know best. well, today the community knows best and i think one of the overwhelming emotions today will be one of vindication. cathy married neil in 1999. just two years later, he died. he had contracted hepatitis c after a single blood transfusion earlier. my husband died potentially unnecessarily in my future

could have been very different in my life been very different. the prime minister said it was a day of shame when he spoke in the commons. it did not have to be this way. it should never have been this way. and on behalf of this and every government stretching back to the 19705, i am truly sorry. the apology was noted, but today was all about the victims and those present and remembering lives lost. tomorrow, they will want to hear plans for compensation. hugh pym reporting there. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

iran has declared five days of mourning, after its president, ebrahim raisi, was killed in a helicopter crash on sunday. he'd been travelling with the foreign minister through thick fog and rain, in a remote area near the border with azerbaijan. iran's supreme leader, ali khamenei, says the vice president will take over, until elections. here's our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. in the fog at first light on this forbidding terrain, the crash site was finally reached and the bodies pulled from this wreckage, including president raisi and his foreign minister, abdollahian. a journalist from iran's state tv reporting from this scene, the blue—and—white tailfin behind him. no—one survived when this helicopter came down in the mountains of north—west iran, killing eight people on board. they had flown in a convoy of three choppers, close to the border with azerbaijan.

president raisi inaugurating a new dam. the azeri president, ilham aliyev, says he bid him a friendly farewell. in tehran today, a sad goodbye — the grief of his faithful flock. and on social media, scenes of sorrow, but also, celebration. the bbc�*s persian service, which can't report inside iran, has been monitoring the messages. they see him, they call him, he is the president of the poor people. but the reality is, if you look at the mass majority of iranians, we know what we are hearing from inside iran and those people who dare to come on social media and express their opinions, we see there are huge numbers of people are expressing their excitement...his death. chanting on president raisi's watch, iran cracked down on unprecedented protests — a new generation lashing out

against strict islamic rules, restricting their freedoms. his sudden demise won't change iran's direction. it's a big mistake that western governments, they rely very much on people hostile towards iran for their analysis and for their information, and that's what makes them pursue mistaken policies that only backfire. in the islamic republic, the 85—year—old supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei, is the ultimate authority. raisi was seen as his possible successor. the hardliners control all the levers of power. as they start the process to select a new president, continuity is their top priority. lyse doucet, bbc news. i'm joined now by richard goldberg, who is senior adviser at the foundation

for defence of democracies. richard, the real power in iran, as we've been learning, rests with the supreme leader. what does ebrahim raisi's death mean for ayatollah khomeini, given this was his possible successor?— given this was his possible successor? �* , ., , , successor? there's a couple big factors for— successor? there's a couple big factors for the _ successor? there's a couple big factors for the supreme - successor? there's a couple big factors for the supreme leader. factors for the supreme leader at the moment. first of all, obviously the supreme leader of iran has been on the offensive in the region since october 7th with its multi—front campaign against israel. but also, he hasn't had to think about the internal unrest that he dealt with for a good 6—7 months following the murder of mahsa amini, remember back in late 2022-23. so this amini, remember back in late 2022—23. so this is now a moment where he will have to contend with an election — even though it's a sham election, we would consider in the west, in iran, that lends itself to legitimacy questions, people

who may go into the streets to renew the spark of protests. you just heard it in the report, feeling in the streets of "these people aren't invincible, they move us down invincible, they move us down in the streets and hang us when we protest, yet the president just went down in a helicopter in a matter of minutes in bad weather." so i think he'll have to start thinking about looking inward, which may take his focus off the offensive he's been on since october 7th. we also saw there were people in the streets in support of ebrahim raisi's death —— morning ebrahim raisi's death, there will be five days of morning. would you think will be happening behind—the—scenes with regards to finding his? the supreme leader will want to maintain some level of stability so he can have his choices intact for his own succession plan, that'll be most important. you won't want to replace ebrahim raisi with anybody who has a big name or a power base of their own

independently. he'll want to curate that office and his succession as he in fact looks forward to potential demise as well. this may now put into play his son being the most likely successor. that'll be controversial on the street in iran, it'll look like a right of succession, from father to son, not something that's part of what is supposed to be ideological and part of the islamic revolution. so i wouldn't expect any big names, perhaps the first vice president through serving as the interim president stays on and becomes the president after this next election. it'll be a regularly scheduled election around next year when the supreme leader possibly makes his real choice of successor. how will these events be see in the us and also around the region? obviously we reflect on the fact that ebrahim raisi was a mass murderer, that's ourfirst thought, we think of so much blood on one person's hands,

the mass murder of its own people, i would think back to the late 1980s when he was a hanging judge sentencing thousands of iranians to their death, supervising the oppression of the iranian people. more recently, supervising the crackdown on iranian women. so we are glad he's gone, and while we see some governments, including the us at ministration making statements of sympathy or condolences, i think perhaps to avoid conspiracy theories they were behind the death, we really do stand with the people of iran and think about the victims of ebrahim raisi at the moment, and think of ways we can increase support for them so one day they achieve their aspirations of a government that reflects them, and not some wild ideology. richard, thank you — some wild ideology. richard, thank you for _ some wild ideology. richard, thank you for your _ some wild ideology. richard, thank you for your opinion i thank you for your opinion today, speaking there, richard goldberg.

donald trump's former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen, has completed his fourth and final day of testimony at the ex—president�*s criminal trial in new york. the prosecution has now rested its case. its star witnesses included mr cohen and stormy daniels, the adult film actress at the centre of the hush—money allegations. our north america editor sarah smith is monitoring developments. the judge ordered everybody out of the courtroom so that he could reprimand a witness who had been visibly and audibly disagreeing with the judge's rulings. and that witness was bob costello — probably the only witness that the defence will call — and they were using him to try and undermine the testimony of michael cohen, to portray him to be a liar — and that's because mr cohen is the key witness for the prosecution. he is donald trump's former fixer, the man who handed over the $130,000 in hush money to stormy daniels, and he's also the witness who says that donald trump did personally know about the fraudulent scheme to disguise, as legal expenses, the reimbursement

of that hush money. now there was another dramatic moment today when michael cohen himself was on the stand, and he was forced to admit that around the time all this was happening, he stole money from the trump organisation. he made a payment of $20,000 to a tech firm, and told donald trump that he'd actually paid out 50 grand — and kept the difference of $30,000 for himself. now that is clearly theft. and a lot of the prosecution's case really does come down to whether or not the jury believe the story that michael cohen has been telling them about what happened around the hush—money payments. and obviously, with his admission that he was at the same time stealing money from the trump organisation, his credibility has taken a big blow today. one ofjapan�*s most iconic photo spots is being blocked by authorities frustrated by tourists disregarding local rules and causing havoc for residents. residents of fujikawaguchiko accuse mainly foreign tourists of dropping rubbish and parking

illegally as they search for the perfect photo. our correspondent shaimaa khalil is at mount fuji and sent us this report. you've probably seen this on your instagram or tiktok. this is the famous mount fuji loss, and the social media money shot for millions of visitors — but it's not going to be around for long. residents here in fujikawaguchiko are fed up with tourists behaving badly — all to get the perfect shot of the convenience store with the snow—capped volcano. as a desperate measure, the local authorities are building a barrier to block the view. well, that's upsetting for the tourists that's going to come here because of those reasons. yeah, i think it's a bit sad to know, so we're lucky to be here before that happens. some locals are also not convinced that this is the solution. translation: i hope we won't to have to deal with more - traffic and the trust problems, but i'm worried about tourists stepping out onto the street to take pictures when the black screen goes up.

translation: traffic here is quite heavy, l and we are all very- concerned about accidents. i know it's dangerous, - but i don't want them to put up the black screen. well, the crowd is really picking up now in this spot, and the local security has been warning people, blowing his whistle, shouting at times, telling people to get off the road, to cross the street properly — because there have been so many complains about tourists blocking traffic. you can get a picture of mount fuji from many places — but social media has become a big pull for this particular spot. well, if i didn't have social media, i wouldn't come here. i wouldn't even know that it existed, this place, like this loss exists with the picture. and because, like, so many people posted it online and maybe just because one person came here, took the picture and it went viral, everyone came here. for the first time ever, japan has had more than three million visitors two months in a row, thanks to a weak yen and the lifting of

post—pandemic restrictions. but it's a tough balance to strike for a country with a struggling economy, boosting businesses while protecting residents and popular locations from over—tourism. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, at mount fuji. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello. we have had some late spring sunshine over recent days, also a few showers around — and we'll see a few more of them over the next few days. in fact, between tuesday and friday, the weather turns more unsettled. this is the rainfall we're expected to accumulate — and you can see, particularly across the northeast of scotland, some places will see close to 100 millimetres of rain by the end of the week, so things certainly turning more unsettled gradually. as for tuesday, after a bit of a misty, murky start, some scattered showers building during the afternoon, but they will be fairly hit—and—miss.

i think tuesday will dawn with some sea fog across the far northeast of scotland, aberdeenshire towards orkney, also some mist and fog around some other north sea coasts, northern ireland, too. some patchy rain i think almost anywhere by the afternoon, but the areas most likely to see it, perhaps some heavy showers for the southwest of england, 1—2 in the southeast, could be some thunderstorms around. showers fairly few and far between across parts of wales, northern england, but some heavy, potentially thundery ones likely tuesday afternoon across northern ireland, and a scattering of showers for central parts 00:26:30,258 --> 4294966103:13:29,429 of scotland, as well.