israel carries out fresh strikes on parts of gaza — as it tells palestinians to leave the southern city of rafah. meanwhile, the uk foreign office is investigating a hamas claim — that british—israeli hostage — nadav popplewell — has been killed in gaza. in afghanistan relief workers battle to deliver aid to areas hit by devastating floods as more than 300 people die. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. israel has continued its airstrikes on several parts of the gaza strip even as it continues issuing controversial evacuation orders to palestinians. the israeli military said its troops had found many tunnels used by hamas at the rafah crossing into egypt. the israel defense forces have declared a narrow coastal strip

at al—mawasi to be a safe humanitarian zone, but the un says it has no running water or proper sanitation. israel says that since monday, about 300 thousand palestinians have already fled rafah. the us is still urging israel not to mount a full—scale assault on the city and today the un says a full scale offensive "cannot take place". in the north — there are evacuations in the city of jabalia as the idf says that it has been carrying out air strikes. it says hamas fighters are regrouping there. meanwhile a top eu official, charles michel, has condemned israel's evacuation orders, saying people are being directed towards unsafe areas. from jerusalem, paul adams reports. one by one, the people of rafah are leaving. 0utlying parts of the city now all but deserted.

"i wasn't planning on going," hassan says, "but since no one is left here, i decided to leave. i have to find out where my wife and daughter are." the un says 300,000 people have left already. that's almost a quarter of those sheltering in rafah. most are heading for the coast, to places barely able to sustain life, where exhausted, hungry people fend for themselves. zainab and her children have brought their makeshift tent to the beach. translation: they dropped leaflets on us four times. - after the fourth time, we came here. when i arrived, i found my tent was worn out. we stayed in it for five months in rafah. i want to try and stitch it, but it's no good. back in rafah, israel's ground operation is almost a week old. the military says it's destroying tunnels, killing hamas fighters but acting cautiously. 0ur operations against hamas

in rafah remains limited in scope and focused on tactical advances, tactical adjustments and key military advantages and have avoided densely populated areas. but some israelis are not reassured. angry protests again last night. these people want the war to stop, and the government to go, and for much more to be done to bring hostages home. yesterday hamas said a british israeli hostage, nadav popplewell, had been killed in an air strike — claims it's impossible to verify. in the southern city of ashkelon, evidence that palestinian groups can still launch rockets — three israelis lightly injured in this direct hit overnight — and no sign of any fresh negotiations to bring the war to an end. paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem. to get a better idea of what the humanitarian situation is like on the ground in gaza,

let's speak now to dr yassar qureshi, a british surgeon who's just returned from working at the al—aqsa matyr hospital. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. as you hear if there evacuation orders for people in rafah as well as israel stepping up the ground offensive in the city, what are your thoughts about how it could impact the humanitarian situation on the ground? thank you ve much situation on the ground? thank you very much having — situation on the ground? thank you very much having me _ situation on the ground? thank you very much having me on. _ situation on the ground? thank you very much having me on. so, - situation on the ground? thank you very much having me on. so, yes, | situation on the ground? thank you very much having me on. so, yes, i was stationed at al—aqsa hospital in the centre of gaza, and that place was already well beyond capacity. to give an idea: this hospital, which was one of the few remaining partially functioning hospitals left in gaza, the capacity in normal times is 150 patients. at this stage there were well over 1000 patients, and each patient had severalfamily members staying with them because they had no other place to go. it was completely chaotic. it really is quite a catastrophe. there are two

or three may be functioning hospitals in rafah, i believe some have been given evacuation orders. the knock—on effect on the few remaining hospitals is unimaginable. as you mentioned, the al—aqsa matyr hospital is one of the view functioning hospitals in gaza. tell us about some of the patients he had to treat and some of the ailments they came in with.— to treat and some of the ailments they came in with. yes, so the team and i noticed — they came in with. yes, so the team and i noticed that _ they came in with. yes, so the team and i noticed that there _ they came in with. yes, so the team and i noticed that there were - they came in with. yes, so the team and i noticed that there were three i and i noticed that there were three types of patterns of patients presenting to the hospital. the first work directly related to bombardment by israeli forces: shrapnel injuries, injuries related to explosions. these patients came in with life—threatening injuries which we needed to address pretty quickly, usually with surgery. there are two other groups of patients which have been underreported. the first is that patients with severe malnutrition. these are patients with big operations in the past few

weeks but, because of a lack of nutrition, no appropriate medication to treat the infections, these patients are now requiring further operations and they are in a worse and worse situation. their physiology is such that they are not healing. that is having a massive knock—on effect on the mortality rate. the final group of patients we have noticed is patients with chronic conditions like cancer, cardiac disease, renalfailure, and they have been totally neglected because the help of —— health care system has been overwhelmed. sadly, most of these cases, there is little we can offer them. not even medications to help alleviate their symptoms. medications to help alleviate their s mtoms. ., ~ ,, , medications to help alleviate their s mtoms. ., ~ , . , symptoms. thank you very much, dr yassar qureshi, _ symptoms. thank you very much, dr yassar qureshi, who _ symptoms. thank you very much, dr yassar qureshi, who has _ symptoms. thank you very much, dr yassar qureshi, who has returned i yassar qureshi, who has returned from gaza where he was working at the al—aqsa hospital. thank you for joining us on bbc news. the al-aqsa hospital. thank you for joining us on bbc news.— the al-aqsa hospital. thank you for. joining us on bbc news._ in joining us on bbc news. pleasure. in the uk, lord —

joining us on bbc news. pleasure. in the uk, lord cameron _ joining us on bbc news. pleasure. in the uk, lord cameron has _ joining us on bbc news. pleasure. in the uk, lord cameron has defended | the uk, lord cameron has defended the uk, lord cameron has defended the decision not to withdraw arms and export licences from israel. he said any decision by the uk to suspend weapons sales to israel would strengthen hamas and reduce the chances of a deal to free hostages being held in gaza. but he added that the uk would not support an israeli offensive in the city of rafah without a plan to protect civilians. israel has not had a clean bill of health. 0n humanitarian aid, there have been real failings and they need to do better. but on the crucial question we have to answer which is, is there a serious risk of exports being used for a serious breach in international law? up to now, in the assessments we've done, we've continued with the export licensing, but it's a rolling process and it looks at what is happening on the ground. with me is our political correspondent, nick eardley. thank you forjoining us in the studio. tell us what the foreign secretary had to say. figs studio. tell us what the foreign secretary had to say.— studio. tell us what the foreign secretary had to say. as you had, david cameron _ secretary had to say. as you had, david cameron is _ secretary had to say. as you had, david cameron is pretty - secretary had to say. as you had,

david cameron is pretty clear- secretary had to say. as you had, | david cameron is pretty clear that the uk is looking closely at what is happening in gaza. there has been some nervousness in the uk government, i think it is fair to say, that the actions of the israeli government. there is real concern about the prospect of a ground invasion or a more substantial ground invasion in rafa over the next few days. —— rafah. the thing that the uk could do to put more pressure on israel is not doing. there has been speculation for weeks over whether or not there would be a changing of the position on arms licences. that has not happened yet. you had the foreign secretary said this morning that doing that now could strengthen hamas and the uk government believes it would not be our wise path, it would make getting our wise path, it would make getting our stitches out even less likely. despite the uk government continuing to say that it has those concerns, it is not changing its mind at the moment about granting those licenses for arms to be sent to israel. talk

to us about _ for arms to be sent to israel. talk to us about the _ for arms to be sent to israel. talk to us about the domestic pressure within the uk on the government here to try and stop selling arms to israel. how much pressure is there, politically, in the uk from the government.— politically, in the uk from the government. ., ,., government. there are some. there are some mps _ government. there are some. there are some mps very _ government. there are some. there are some mps very uncomfortable . government. there are some. there i are some mps very uncomfortable with the situation, like the snp, for example. 0ne the situation, like the snp, for example. one of the things reducing the pressure slightly is that the labour party in the uk haven't quite got the point where they are saying it stopped all arms sales to israel. they have said that they don't want uk weapons used in a ground offensive in rafah, they are saying that they agree with president biden in some senses, but not in that sense at the moment. it is worth pointing out quickly at the uk doesn't sell arms to israel in the same way that the usa does. this isn't a government to government, state to state. the uk does have some suppliers who are licensed to sell those arms to israel. that is

what is in question. there is definitely some pressure. at the moment, i don't make is enough to change the mind of the government. nick eardley, thank you for that analysis. more protests are expected in tbilisi later today against a controversial bill that would brand organisations that receive funding from abroad as "agents of foreign influence". the bill is similar to a law passed in russia that critics say was used to crack down on independent media and activtist groups. and activist groups. large demonstrations against the bill have been taking place in the capital for weeks and have lead to violent clashes with the police. 0pposition mp khatia dekanoidze has been speking to the bbc about — why people are opposed to the new law. some of my friends, i mean, they have been labelled as a foreign agent with stickers in front of their apartments. some of my friends had been beaten up. but i don't think that this russian style terror can stop judging style terror can stop georgian

people because we have made our geopolitical choice, we don't want to be russia. it is very obvious for everybody, especially youngsters. a lot of people are finding the whole situation quite confusing because the government keeps denying that they are acting in russia's interests. why do you think the government is pushing for this law? and it looks like they will adopt it, why are they doing this now? ivanishvili wants to monopolise the power, and he understands that he can't really win the elections in 2024, in october, so he decided to eliminate all the civil society members, ngos, opposition. and you see that they even have adopted this law and what kind of intimidation is going on. he is really scared of putin and he thinksjust, you know, to move georgia close to russia, that russia will help him to monopolise the power and to grab the power again. for more lets speak to our south caucasus correspondent — rayhan demytrie. good to see you rayhan demytrie. the

third reading of the legislation is expected in the coming days with the government firmly behind it. what are demonstrators hoping to achieve? well, latertonight, are demonstrators hoping to achieve? well, later tonight, there is going to be another big rally as was announced by the organisers. it will be held outside parliament, but i am standing now. it will start late in the evening, at ten bm. that is because the protesters are planning to spend the whole night in two monday. 0n to spend the whole night in two monday. on monday in parliament, the legal affairs committee will hold a third and final reading of the bill on the transparency of foreign funding and then the vote, the plenary session, is expected on tuesday. the pressure is mounting on the georgian government from the international partners. not to adopt this law. we had a lot of statements coming from the eu leaders and the ego ambassador to georgia once again, today, he told the media that

if the law is adopted it would hinder georgia and the process of the country is going through. that is as a candidate member to join the eu, the status was granted late last year. georgia is in the process of becoming an eu member. so, the wording from the eu and the us, as well, we have a high level state department official coming on tuesday, it is of warning. but, the more that there is criticism and the warnings from the international community, it seems that the georgian dream government becomes more determined to pass this law. he said that the government is determined to pass the law. protesters are accusing it of trying to derail the country cosmic ambition of trying to join the eu. what does the government say in response to those comments and that criticism? ~ , ., _ criticism? well, they are saying it has nothing _ criticism? well, they are saying it has nothing to — criticism? well, they are saying it has nothing to do _ criticism? well, they are saying it has nothing to do with _ criticism? well, they are saying it has nothing to do with russia, - criticism? well, they are saying it. has nothing to do with russia, that of course, georgia will continue on

the path to the eu. they are promising the georgian population that georgia will become a member of the eu by 2030. they are denying all of this criticism, and they are insisting that this law is about sovereignty, that georgia should be able to make an independent decision when it comes to legislature. but, of course, we have seen tens of thousands of people protesting, and we just had the opposition mp, khatia dekanoidze, mentioning the mr ivanishvili, the founding governor of the governing party. they are determined to pass this law because they want to win the elections and they want to win the elections and the elections are coming in a few months. . ~ the elections are coming in a few months. ., ~ , ., the elections are coming in a few months. . ~' , ., , the elections are coming in a few months. ., ~ , ., , . ., , months. thank you very much. that is ra han months. thank you very much. that is rayhan demytrie _ months. thank you very much. that is rayhan demytrie in _ months. thank you very much. that is rayhan demytrie in tivoli _ months. thank you very much. that is rayhan demytrie in tivoli c. _ months. thank you very much. that is rayhan demytrie in tivoli c. -- - rayhan demytrie in tivoli c. —— tivoli c

now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. we're building up to the huge match in the premier league injust over an hour's time. manchester united against arsenal, at old trafford... it's a classic between to heavyweights over the years, and for arsenal, the stakes have never been higher... just one game in the english premier league today — and it's one arsenal have to win, if they're to go back to the top of the table. arsenal have to win, to go back to the top. after manchester city's 4—0 victory at fulham — which means if they win their final two games, they will be champions again. we're building up to the huge match in the premier league injust over an hour's time. and their manager is feeling optimistic: my brain is always talking to the players, we are lifting the premier league. that is where my brain is going at the moment, i follow my brain and my gut, and this is how i feel and this is how i want everybody to think, and hopefully we can achieve it. one of the best teams,

probably the best team, and you can discuss about this. is city the best team, is arsenal at this moment the best team? they are very ball secure. very good touches. we have to play to absolutely our maximum levels to get the result in, but we are capable of it. we are at half—time at wembley were manchester united are taking on tottenham hotspur in the final of the women's fa cup. (full frame of the women's fa cup. currently goalless there. united were runners up last year, losing to chelsea in the final, while tottenham have never been to this stage of the competition. world number one novak djokovic has it all to do in the third round at the italian 0pen. he has now been knocked out. he was dominated in the first set against chile's alejandro tabilo. he's more than 30 places below djokovic. tabilo took the first set 6—2. you won the second 6—3 for the biggest victory of his career. what a winner.

no worries for second seed aryna sabalenka in the womens draw though. she eased past dayana yastremska in straight sets to reach the last—16 where she will face either elina svitolina or anna kalinskaya rory mcilroy will go into the final round of the wells fargo championship at quail hollowjust one shot off the lead. mcilroy posted four birdies and no bogeys on saturday to leave him on 11 under, and to heap pressure on leader xander schauffele. he'll start later alongside schauffele, who finished saturday's round on 12 under. schauffele hasn't won an event since the scottish 0pen back in 2022. and nelly korda's bid to become the first player to win six consecutive lpga tour titles look to be over as she sits 11 shots behind leader madelene sagstrom at the founders cup. sagstrum hit a a brilliant 66 to move to 19 under after three rounds. she is now one shot ahead of rose zhang going into the final day. in the nba playoffs, the dallas mavericks have taken a 2—1 series lead over

the oklahoma city thunder. the mavericks won by 105 points to 101, with kyrie irving, pauljamaine washington and luka doncic scoring a combined 71 points. game four will take place in dallas on monday. and that's all the sport for now. we will be back for more later on. see you then. studio: thank you. speak to you later. to sudan now where there have been reports of further fighting in the western city of el fasher. the medical charity msf said on sunday that 2 children were killed after a bomb hit a paedeatric hospital in the city. fighting between the government and paramilitaries broke out over a year ago but fighting in the city has recently intensified. the un's humanitarian chief has described the escalation as �*deeply alarming' for more lets speak to our correspondent — kalkidan yibeltal.

the fighting in el fasher had been relatively quiet over the past few days. is this being seen as a major push by the rsf are to take the city from the government?— from the government? well, the humanitarian _ from the government? well, the humanitarian agencies _ from the government? well, the humanitarian agencies are - from the government? well, the - humanitarian agencies are describing it as a major... back in the city. we have been reporting about possible offences in the city for weeks. the us, the eu, and the un were saying that this important city in the darfur region could become a scene of bloodshed. the usa described it as a possible massacre happening there because this is a humanitarian habit to make habitat with hundreds of thousands of people already displaced from hanson villages. it is the last major city in darfur so villages. it is the last major city in darfurso under villages. it is the last major city in darfur so under control of the regular army. the rival rapid support forces have been circling

the city, and practically putting it under siege for weeks. and despite all of this and called for restraint, it seems that since friday, we are seeing fighting in the city which, as you said, increases air bombardment. find the city which, as you said, increases air bombardment. and the wider context _ increases air bombardment. and the wider context of _ increases air bombardment. and the wider context of this _ increases air bombardment. and the wider context of this is _ increases air bombardment. and the wider context of this is the - increases air bombardment. and the wider context of this is the fact - wider context of this is the fact that, in recent weeks and months, there have been real concerns about alleged war crimes committed by the rsf, which is a group made up mostly of arab members against the african groups in darfur. the worries about the impact that the rsf taking el fasher could have on the people living there. fasher could have on the people living there-— fasher could have on the people living there. absolutely. the rsf have been accused _ living there. absolutely. the rsf have been accused by _ living there. absolutely. the rsf have been accused by several- living there. absolutely. the rsf - have been accused by several reports of committing gross rights violations in other parts of darfur where they control. and last week, there was a really thorough and detailed report by the human rights

watch saying that the rsf may have committed ethnic cleansing in darfur and in a different city that they controlled. that was months ago. they were calling for further investigations because what they allegedly committed could amount to genocide. that is the severe term that they were using. so, the fear is that if the rsf arrive in the city, many people who have already fled other parts of sudan might be followed by the violence, and on top of that, the humanitarian operations which are already hampered by the violence could even be impacted by the war. the concerns have been raised in the past weeks repeatedly by western nations and humanitarian agencies, but it doesn't seem to stop the violence from happening there. . ~ stop the violence from happening there. ., ~' ,, , . stop the violence from happening there. ., ~ , . ., ., there. thank you very much for that u date on there. thank you very much for that update on the _ there. thank you very much for that update on the situation _ there. thank you very much for that update on the situation in _ there. thank you very much for that update on the situation in el- there. thank you very much for that update on the situation in el fasher| update on the situation in el fasher in darfur.

the taliban say 315 people have now died in devastating flash floods in the north of afghanistan. a spokesman for the interior ministry told the bbc that most of the casualties were in the province of baghlan. emergency teams have been sent to rescue those stranded by the floodwaters. on friday, a massive torrent of water swept away hundreds of houses in several villages. dozens of people are still missing. in the last hour i spoke with our south asia editor for the bbc world service, anbarasan ethirajan. i asked him what do we know about the impact of these floods. as we speak now, thousands of people have been left homeless, they are waiting for food, shelter, and other help from humanitarian agencies and the authorities. now, these calamitous floods on fridayjust swept through villages, taking down walls on its way of houses, livestock, and also farmland, importantly,

for many of those living in the rural areas. so these are devastating floods. we are talking about hundreds killed and thousands injured, and the economic impact is quite huge because people's wealth in these rural areas are livestock and most of the livestock has been wiped out. and people will come back to their houses, whatever is remaining there, they find that their houses are full of mud and most of the belongings washed away, cracks on the houses. so these are already suffering communities in the rural part of northern afghanistan, they also had very strong floods last month that killed about 100 people, so aid agencies are now struggling to reach out to many of these people because the transportation, the transport infrastructure has been severely hit — bridges, roads — so people are now not able to move from one village to another because there are still flowing rivers without any means of crossing these hurdles at the moment.

anbarasan ethirajan, there. the first living patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died aged 62. surgeons at massachusetts general hospital carried out the operation on rick slayman in march. the hospital said it had no indication his death was as a result of the transplant. voting is underway in catalonia where pro—independence supporters wanting to break away from spain are hoping to maintain their majority in the regional parliament. catalonia made a failed attempt to break away from spain in 2017 — and the election comes as the parliament in madrid is expected to approve a controversial amnesty law for separatist catalans facing legal action. the duke and duchess of sussex end their three—day tour of nigeria today with a visit to the country's most populous city, lagos. earlier prince harry and meghan

watched a basketball match and will attend a fundraising event later at the city's polo ground. the couple have been in nigeria to promote the tenth anniversary of the duke's invictus games, for injured military personel. china has launched a new satellite into space. this is the long march rocket taking off from the launch site in north west china. it's carrying a shiyan satellite which will be used for what officials describe as space environment monitoring. the long march rockets have taken part in more than 500 space missions. those pictures fair of china pass latest satellite launch into space. you are bbc news with me. stay with us. you can go on our website for more headlines.

hello. the skies may look a little threatening where you are today, that is certainly not the case everywhere, but storms are building across western parts of the uk. the warmer and sunnier weather will be further to the east across the country. let's see what is happening then in the second half of the afternoon. showers will be breaking out across more western parts of scotland but even here they will be quite scattered. the same goes for northern ireland and the same goes for other western parts of the uk. but where they do occur, they won't be very big, they could only be a few miles across. torrential showers may occur and even flash flooding in places. warmer and sunnier weather is reserved for more eastern parts of the uk. this evening, skies will be clear across some parts of the country and there is a chance again of seeing the northern lights, the aurora borealis. the problem is that there will be showers around and of course we are going back to work tomorrow

so perhaps we won't be inclined to stay up for too long. here is the forecast for the morning. temperatures into double figures and a distinct weather front with rain approaching. that really sets the scene for the week ahead. it is going to turn a bit cooler and showers are expected. when i say cooler, not a chill in the air, temperatures still above the average it is just not going to be as warm as it has been. here is the weather front for tomorrow. it is going to be slow—moving so if you are stuck underneath this cloud and rain it may be a pretty miserable afternoon. cooler here, yes, 15—16 celsius, but out toward to the east in the sunshine temperatures will still hover around the lower 20s. for example, across yorkshire and into east anglia. it is a very slow moving weather front and the reason is this area of low pressure has basically parked itself in the south—west of these weather fronts are just rotating around the low, rather than his whole weather system just barrelling across the uk. i think for all of us by the time we get to tuesday, temperatures will be typically

in the high teens, which is not far off the average for the time of year. that low will just sit around here until it fizzles out. high pressure will try to build into towards the end of the week but i think the overall message is one of shower clouds for the week ahead and those temperatures are still a little on the warm side for the time of the year. that's it from me. thanks for watching.

this is bbc news. the headlines — israel tells tens of thousands more palestinians to leave rafah, as it steps up military operations in southern gaza, carrying out fresh strikes. the foreign office is investigating a hamas claim that british—israeli hostage nadav popplewell has been killed in gaza. an entire section of a ten—storey apartment block in the russian city of belgorod has collapsed leaving 20 people injured after what the local governor said was a direct hit during a ukrainian bombardment. the best television programmes of 2023 will be honoured at tonight's bafta tv awards in london. bbc�*s police drama happy valley has five nominations. and after one of the most controversial eurovision song contests, switzerland are crowned this year's winners.