and to a room without a view, why they are building this barrier in japan to stop tourists taking too many photos. hello, i'm sarah campbell. medical workers in israel have told the bbc that palestinian detainees from gaza are routinely kept shackled to hospital beds, blindfolded, sometimes naked, and forced to wear nappies — a practice one medic said amounted to "torture." israel's army said in response that handcuffing of detainees in the military hospital was carried out in cases where the security risk requires it, and that nappies were used only for those who have undergone medical procedures. there are some upsetting details in this special report from our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson. sufian abu saleh survived months of war unscathed.

he left military detention in israel permanently disabled. a taxi driver from khan younis, released without charge after weeks of interrogation. his return soured by sadness. translation: my leg got infected and turned blue l and soft as a sponge. after seven days they took me to the military hospital. they operated twice to clean the wound but it didn't work. afterwards they took me to a public hospital where the doctor gave me two options — my leg or my life. neither israel's army nor health ministry has responded to these allegations. there is growing concern over the medical care of gazan detainees in israel. classed as unlawful combatants even

before interrogation, doctors say they are kept shackled and blindfolded, including during hospital treatment. allegations have centred on a new field hospital at the state imam military base. one senior medic there says patients are kept blindfolded and in nappies, with all four limbs handcuffed to the bed. the army, not me, they create the patient to be depending 100% on you like a baby. you are cuffed, you are with diaper, you need the water, you need everything. it is the dehumanisation of them. the army told us that the need to handcuff detainees in the medical facility was examined individually and daily and that cuffing was done when the security risk required it. diapers — or nappies — it said, were only for those patients with limited movement. the doctor told us these measures were applied

to all patients without assessment, even those who couldn't walk. if they can't stand on their legs why are they shackled? i can't answer this, this is stupid. the hamas attacks on the 7th of october left israel's hospital staff treating captured fighters alongside their israeli victims. many current detainees are released without charge but the complex feelings of some medics remain. two medics told us painkillers had been withheld, causing what one described as an unacceptable amount of pain. this man, who we are calling yoni, described a case he said took place in a public, civilian hospital. his words have been voiced by an actor. i have knowledge of one case where the painkillers were used selectively during the procedure. if you put together that someone is undergoing an invasive procedure

which involves even incisions and the patient doesn't know about that and is blindfolded, then the line between treatment and assault thins out. treating gazan captives on military sites was meant to resolve doctors�* ethical dilemmas, but those dilemmas remain. the moment our hospital at sde teiman closes, one told me, we will celebrate. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court has applied for arrest warrants for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and hamas�*s leader in gaza, yahya sinwar, for war crimes. israeli defence minister yoav gallant and hamas�*s political leader ismail haniyeh, along with the group's military chief mohammed deif, are also wanted for arrest. the prosecutor said they, and a number of senior leaders in hamas, should all face charges linked to war crimes. mr netanyahu said he was disgusted

that a �*democratic israel�* had been compared with what he called �*mass murderers�*. hamas has said it denounces at attempt to equate the victim with the executioner. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by the us, uk and many other countries. no warrants can be issued unless a panel ofjudges at the international criminal court agree. the israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, has described a request by the international criminal court prosecutor for arrest warrants as a "disgraceful" bid to interfere in the gaza war. our correspondent, danjohnson, has been giving us the latest reaction from jerusalem. a strong response, a furious response and it is in the main a united response whereas in the last week we have been seeing divisions opening up between benjamin netanyahu, his defence secretary yoav gallant and another member of his war cabinet, we are now seeing them uniting in condemnation of this move by the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court

to press charges, to issue arrest warrants for benjamin netanyahu and the defence minister. the prime minister last night described this as moral outrage of historic proportions. he said it would cast an everlasting mark of shame on the international court. describing the prosecutor, he said he creates a twisted and false moral equivalence between the leaders of israel and the henchmen of hamas, something that sets a dangerous precedent that undermines every democracy�*s right to defend itself against terror organisations. he has made clear that he believes the international criminal court has no jurisdiction over israel. israel is not signed up to the international criminal court. but the court does recognise the state of palestine, so it seems even if the israelis are going to challenge this on the basis of lack ofjurisdiction, the court has already ruled that matters affecting the palestinian people do come within its remit. i think what we will see

is a concerted attempt to challenge the international criminal court�*s legitimacy and to question its approach here. we have already seen the united states�*s president joe biden saying this is an outrageous move. the us is not signed up to the international criminal court, but even those who are have questioned this as well. the word from a british spokesman was this was unhelpful at the moment. and there is real outrage at the perceived moral equivalence or bringing an arrest warrant against benjamin netanyahu at the same time as the top leaders of hamas, something they say they will challenge, they will question, they will ignore. but the reality will be, if these arrest warrants are issued, benjamin netanyahu could be at risk of arrest visiting any country that is signed up to the international criminal court. that includes britain. what would britain do in that instance if benjamin netanyahu chose to visit? will he restrict his travel plans if that happens? these are major issues, big questions for the future which could possibly test international relations and the upholding of international

law, justice and accountability. that was dan johnson that was danjohnson injerusalem. to iran now, where funeral ceremonies for the president, ebrahim raisi, are getting under way after his body was recovered on monday from the wreckage of a helicopter crash. events will take place across the country before he is buried. iran�*s supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, will preside over the main ceremony. rescue teams found no survivors from the crash, which happened on sunday, as mr raisi was flying back from a trip to iran�*s northern neighbour, azerbaijan. the iranian foreign minister was also killed. the cause of the crash has not yet been established. i spoke to kasra naji from bbc persian, who took us through today�*s events. what we�*re seeing today is a sendoff, an informalfuneral for the eight people who died in this incident, including president raisi and his foreign minister, mr hossein amirabdollahian.

we saw crowds of people in the streets of tabriz, which is the centre capital of the eastern azerbaijan province of iran, in north—west iran. and of course, the significance being they were on their way to that city when this accident... when the helicopter crashed. and the site of the crash is about 100 kilometres north of the city. so what we have seen is a big truck, open truck today driving amongst the crowd today in the city centre, carrying the coffins of the president and the foreign minister and others who were killed. and we saw people throwing flowers at the procession and the truck and the coffins. the ceremony has been going on for some time, some two hours, two and a half

hours, probably go on for another hour or two. there�*s a huge crowd. we�*re talking, from what i�*ve seen on the iranian state television coverage, we�*re talking about probably 10,000 people, probably more, and that�*s a big crowd. and the reason for that big crowd is not because he�*s popular, but these are the people who are supporters of the regime, of the hardliners, of the government, and they have invested in the government, government has invested in them, they support each other. and the iranian government, the regime, is very keen to bring out as many people as possible to this kind of ceremonies, to project that support, the popular support and the continuity and stability that they are very keen to project.

that was kasra naji from bbc persian. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

the uk government is expected to outline plans for a compensation scheme for victims of the nhs contaminated blood scandal. it comes after a report, released on monday, outlined how there were years of deceptions and cover ups by doctors and successive governments preventing people who were infected, and theirfamilies, from knowing what had happened. more than 30,000 people were infected with diseases like hiv and hepatitis c between the 19705 and 1990s. 3000 have already died. rishi sunak said the episode brought shame upon the british state. here�*s our health correspondent dominic hughes. cheering and applause. a moment of relief and joy

after years of grief, frustration and anger, sir brian langstaff delivers his findings to just some of the thousands of people whose lives have been touched by the infected blood scandal. 0utside, some of them reflected on a moment they�*ve spent decades fighting for. what we all knew, what we all knew, we�*re now hearing. and so for me, that is justice. it is incredibly sad and hard that he's not here today. but i feel he'd go, "well done, we've done it". yeah, definitely. mean so much, a0 years of fighting. i wish my parents were both here to be here with me, but they�*ve passed on. but i hope they�*re looking down because it�*s for them and it�*s for him to have recognition his life did mean something. sir, brian�*s five year investigation found that clinicians, blood services and hospitals and successive governments didn�*t

put patient safety first. ministers were wrong to say that patients received the best medical treatment available at the time, and to save face and expense, successive governments refused to admit responsibility, showing little interest in finding the truth, listening to those infected or taking action. the report prompted this apology from the prime minister. this is an apology from the state to every single person impacted by this scandal. 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. those at the heart of the infected blood scandal are now waiting to see what ministers have to say about long—delayed compensation payments. it's a bit like christmas morning, you're waking up and you've opened the present, but it's not really the present you wanted. the one we really want is about the whole sort of compensation.

the key test of this inquiry is whether it can achieve real, long lasting, fundamental change in the nhs, in the medical profession, in government, so that a scandal as dreadful as this never happens again. dominic hughes, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to our chief political correspondent henry zeffman and asked him about the prime minister�*s reaction to yesterday�*s report. it is extremely rare to have a prime minister standing at the dispatch box of the house of commons, apologising, not for something they specifically have done, but for something the state has done, some think that successive governments over decades have done. and rishi sunak vowed to pay whatever it costs in compensation to do as much as the government can at this point, at this late juncture to put it right. and that is the question that is going to be asked in parliament, in the house of commons today —

how is the government proposing to compensate both those infected in this awful scandal, but also those affected, the family members and loved ones and so on of those who were treated with this contaminated product? that is the big question for today, and it was clear from yesterday that across political parties there is now, although campaigners would say far too late, a real desire to put this right at long last. and a figure that has been talked about is a figure of £10 billion. that�*s right, that is what most estimates put this compensation scheme at. 0bviously, that is an awful lot of money, even by the standards of a government budget. but it is what people who have done the sums seem to think is the amount that would be required to compensate the number of people affected, which is in the tens of thousands. and more people are realising that they were affected now as there is this greater media coverage, greater public scrutiny of these years

in which people were treated with contaminated blood products. in practical terms, how that will work, how this compensation and that overall package will be distributed between those affected i think is one of the most crucial questions today. and also, at what pace? those campaigners say someone affected by this is still dying once every four days on average. so obviously there is going to be a real desire on the part of the campaigners and on the part of many in parliament to ensure that compensation gets paid out as fast as possible. here in the uk a woman in her 50s has died after being attacked by her two xl bully dogs. police were called to a property in east london on monday afternoon. due to the threat posed, armed officers attended and safely seized two dogs. from the start of february, it became a criminal offence to own the xl bully breed in england and wales without an exemption certificate. 0ur reporter paul hawkins,

who is in east london, told me what details we know. details have been small from the metropolitan police — not many, to be honest — but we know that just after one o�*clock yesterday afternoon police were called to this propertyjust behind me and attended the scene following reports that a woman inside had been attacked by two xl bully dogs. the police took that call so seriously they sent an armed response unit, and the officers entered the property and found the two dogs in a room inside. during the whole incident, the police are keen to stress, the dogs remained inside the house and during that time they took the dogs away, but very sadly all we know about the woman is that she is in her 50s, she died at the scene. the investigation, if i can just step out of shot, it is ongoing at the moment. the blue hazmat tent in front of the front door has been

there throughout the night and police have kept a presence here overnight, this lone police officer. there is police tape around the property and the car in the driveway, and just the one police car here, but given the hazmat tent is still there we expect detectives to turn up later and carry out the investigation into this attack, which is notable given the two xl bullies inside were registered under the new scheme that all xl bully owners have to be part of, that is a legal requirement now. that is paul hawkins reporting. rishi sunak is in austria, where he met with chancellor karl nehammer. the main focus of the trip was to promote third—country deportation schemes, such as the government�*s rwanda plan. mr sunak said such schemes are part of the solution for protecting europe from illegal migration, as people are losing their lives being exploited

by criminal gangs. we face criminal gangs growing in strength across our european continent and beyond and they are exacting a terrible human toll. people are losing their lives as they are exploited by these criminal gangs and it is, of course, a threat to our stability, to the rule of law. and, rightly, our citizens demand their leaders, their politicians tackle it. that is what both karl and i are doing and i want to congratulate karl on his leadership, he has been right on this issue for some time and has led the charge in europe and making sure this is a topic that gets the attention it deserves. let�*s get some of the day�*s other news now nine egyptian men have gone on trial

in greece over a deadly migrant shipwreck in international waters off pylos injune 2023. it�*s feared more than 600 people drowned when an overcrowded fishing boat sank on its way to europe from libya. some survivors have accused the coastguard of causing their boat to capsize and then trying to cover it up. the alleged ringleaders of a far—right plot to overthrow the german government go on trial in frankfurt. prosecutors say the conspiracy would have stormed the parliament, arrested mps, and installed a german aristocrat as head of state. mount fuji is one ofjapan�*s most inconic landmarks — and in recent years, social media has made photographing it even more popular. but that�*s created a bit of a problem for residents of fujikawaguchiko — a town with an incredible view which is being swamped by thousands of tourists. residents have now decided they�*ve had enough — and to keep the selfie—crowds away they�*re taking the unlikely step of putting up a huge barrier to block the view.

as well as blanking out mount fuji, it�*s also meant to stop people from wandering out into the road. 0ur correspondent shaima khalil is there. the most japanese of views gone viral. one of the country�*s most ubiquitous shops set against its majestic, snowcapped volcano. you�*ve probably seen this on your instagram or tiktok. this is the famous mount fuji lawson, the social media money shot for millions of visitors. but it�*s not going to be around for long. in the picturesque town of fuji kawaguchiko, local residents are fed up with tourists behaving badly, all for the perfect snap. as a last ditch effort, this black barrier is being constructed to discourage the big crowds, but that itself has attracted more attention. if this screen is meant to stop people from coming, it hasn�*t done so yet. some locals are also not convinced that this is the solution. translation: i hope we won't have to deal with more traffic— and the trash problems,

but i am worried about tourists stepping out onto the street to take pictures when the black screen goes up. translation: traffic here is quite heavy 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 black screen is up now and you can see the idea. it is blocking the very spot where people gather to take the mount fuji lawson photo. already people are asking how effective it�*s going to be and if there are other ways around it. i definitely believe that in several days someone will make a hole and just take a shot, taking photos through the hole, honestly. i think people will find a way around it and they will probably just stand on the road rather than, you know, standing on the safe part, which is the sidewalk which they've now blocked. i think they'll probablyjust still stand on the road to try and get the shot. there's other beautiful places for you to take the photos. i you can see mount fuji just even going up the ropeway. _ there's other places. to take photos, yeah.

there�*s no shortage of stunning backdrops in this area, 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 lawson. 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 — a tussle between boosting businesses and protecting the country�*s treasured locations from overtourism. shaima khalil, bbc news, mount fuji. let�*s ta ke let�*s take you live to north london where communities secretary michael cope is giving a speech on anti—semitism in the uk. cope is giving a speech on anti-semitism in the uk. let's listen in- _ anti-semitism in the uk. let's listen in. _ anti-semitism in the uk. let's listen in. has— anti-semitism in the uk. let's listen in. has said - anti-semitism in the uk. let's listen in. has said that - anti-semitism in the uk. let's listen in. has said that if. anti-semitism in the uk. let's i listen in. has said that if they could, they would kill many, many

more. but within hours of news of the massacre being broadcast worldwide and long before israel launched its current military operation within gaza there was growing evidence of a remarkable phenomenon. not sympathy and solidarity with the jewish people as they faced another enemy bent on their extermination. no. quite the opposite. a questioning of the facts. a blaming of the victims. a campaign of hate directed notjust against the jewish state butjewish people everywhere. let me quote from a speech given by my friend david wilson in the house of lords last octoberjust a few wilson in the house of lords last october just a few weeks after the october just a few weeks after the october seven attack. david began his speech with this comparison, "on saturday night i had two children in uniform. my son was in the uniform of the israel defense forces. like many 20—year—olds in israel he is doing military service because if he

didn�*t, there would not be in israel. he witnessed the aftermath of hamas�*s atrocities first hand. my other child in uniform as my daughter. her uniform as trainers, jeans and a star of david necklace around her neck. that is a traditional saturday night uniform, as with many teens who come in on the tube to enjoy this great city�*s night life. i was more concerned about my daughter. how on earth have we gotten to that place?" how on earth? that was six months ago when a father feared his daughter was under threat in london if she was, to coin a phrase, openlyjewish. since then, the shadow has only spread, the hate grown. we had seen an explosion on anti—semitism. the charity charge with recording anti—semitic incidents, the community security trust recorded 4103 incidents in 2023, as we have

heard, that was an increase of 140 per 7% on the previous year which was itself a record high —— per 7% on the previous year which was itself a record high “147%. 2699 incidents occurred after october the 7th, more anti—semitic incidents occurring between october the 7th and december the 31st 2023 than in any previous 12 month period. every day brings fresh examples. the chaplain driven off campus at leeds university because he was jewish. campus at leeds university because he wasjewish. the visitor to a mosque promoting interfaith dialogue told he was not welcome because he was jewish. the family who found their baby puts my passport to faced because they were jewish. the stand—up comic told by a bbc comedy star that she would be killed and her family grieving for her in the cemetery, because she wasjewish.

the renovator of a dilapidated building threatened with a machete and told he should leave the, quotes, jew building, he was working on, because he wasjewish. the reporter told not to cover an event because her eyes looked jewish. inseparable from these incidents are the increasingly strident, visible and lurid demonstrations of anti—semitism on our streets during anti—semitism on our streets during a protest marches. swastikas, hamas banners, depictions ofjew press as exploiters, devils, child killers. it is incessant, we saw it again only this weekend. in a past the gates of downing street. of course i know many of those on these marches are compassionate people, driven by are compassionate people, driven by a desire for peace and an end to suffering, they are side by side with those promoting hate. the organiser of these marches could to do everything in their power to stop

that, but many, the majority, don�*t. we know now that it is genuinely dangerous for people to be openly, clearly, proudlyjewish near these clearly, proudly jewish near these marches. clearly, proudlyjewish near these marches. at a time when we are all encouraged to be our whole, authentic selves, to celebrate our identity, to be out and proud, there is only one group told that they and they alone can only be tolerated on terms set by others, jews. the organisers of the marchers say there are jewish people organisers of the marchers say there arejewish people on their demonstration. but they are only safe if they deny what is dear to so manyjewish people, the safety of people in israel. it failed to be accepted on these marches they must not accept the coal —— because to globalise intifada or to end the zionist entity. they have to be rules laid down by others. those march organisers, who reserve the

right to telljews where they should live in the world and how they should live on our streets. it is a classic anti—semitic trope to set the terms on whichjews will be accepted, safe, provided they live in the ghetto. safe, provided they don�*t get above themselves. safe, provided they don�*t contemplate the use of force in self—defence. until, of course, they aren�*t safe any more. history tells us the dismantling of the writer ofjews to live like others on their own terms leads inevitably to the destruction ofjewish lives, that is why we must take a stand. we have seen the unchecked growth of an senators and where it has lead in the past —— the unchecked growth of anti—semitism. we know what starts with the jew cars never ends with them, country descending into darkness are those which are becoming progressively more unsafe orjewish individuals on

thejewish population. spain of the inquisition, the