and, brazil's president lula surveys the damage left by deadly floods, as thousands are forced to evacuate. hello, i'm azadeh moshiri. we start in israel — where the offices of the aljazeera news network have been raided by police, after the israeli government ordered it to cease operations in the country. ministers have accused aljazeera of acting as a mouthpiece for hamas. the network called the ban a criminal act. meanwhile, talks between israel and hamas in cairo on a ceasefire in gaza and the release of israeli hostages ended without an agreement. leaders on both sides are blaming each other for the lack of progress. with all the latest from jerusalem, here's frank gardner. at the kerem shalom crossing point into gaza this afternoon,

a sudden attack by hamas. several israelis injured, at least one critically. the wounded evacuated to hospital. the israeli military showed this drone footage — ten projectiles fired before the israeli air force destroyed the launcher. america and britain have been urging israel to open this crossing to aid. for now, it's shut again. today, israel's embattled prime minister reacted to hamas�*s demands for a permanent ceasefire and an israeli withdrawal from gaza. "the state of israel is not willing to accept this," he said, "capitulating to hamas�*s demands would be a terrible defeat for israel." this afternoon, israeli police raided the offices of the tv channel aljazeera within hours of a unanimous cabinet decision to shut down its operations in israel. if you're watching this pre—recorded report, then aljazeera has been banned in the territory of israel.

the government accused it of being a mouthpiece for hamas. its regional bureau chief called this a dangerous decision. israel cannot claim all the time that she is a democracy, that it's democracy, and at the same time they are cutting and prevent the journalists to do theirjob. but the government here is under pressure from parts of its own population. last night, tens of thousands of israelis rallied in protest at delays in getting the hostages out of gaza. they don't believe the government is making it a priority. the israeli government wants its hostages out, but at the same time it's vowed to destroy hamas, which is why it won't agree to a permanent ceasefire. but hamas, which holds the hostages, says it won't sign a deal unless the ceasefire is permanent, which is why the peace talks have stalled. a delegation from hamas has been in cairo talking to mediators. they are now leaving to consult with their leadership. in gaza, the war continues, with air strikes and deprivation. gazans are desperate for this war to end. so too are many israelis, but others in israel see this as unfinished business.

they want this war pursued until hamas is utterly destroyed. frank gardner, bbc news, jerusalem. for more on this i spoke to salah negm, the director of news at aljazeera. i started by asking for his reaction to the ban imposed by israel. a few hours earlier, the israeli government took a decision to shut down our offices in israel and confiscate the material and stop any local broadcasting. and almost one hour after that, a police team came to our office injerusalem and they checked the staff, the passports and the equipment. and i believe, but i'm not 100% sure, whether they confiscated the equipment or it was just left in the office.

now, israel and prime minister benjamin netanyahu havejustified this decision with the new powers that the government has during this war. they've accused al—jazeera of incitement, of anti—israel bias and of being a mouthpiece for hamas. what's your response to those accusations? yeah, i think i heard these accusations from the media, but actually the israeli notice just said the broadcast is harming the national security. but we cannot be a mouthpiece of hamas, or else we'll be a mouthpiece of president biden, the british prime minister, benjamin netanyahu himself, because we transmitted broadcasted their statements, press conferences, policies. that is the work of free media, that when you convey the story, you take all points of views from every side. but apparently it seems that the israeli government

and israeli prime minister want a mouthpiece for israel, not a free media operating. so, to be clear, you have not received any other word about this decision other than aljazeera is believed to be a threat to national security in israel? yes, that's what i understand that we received. maybe our lawyer there received something else, but i'm not aware of it yet. the whole thing happened today, and we need some time to collect all the information around it. and you're in doha right now. how is this news being received in qatar? it was expected to happen, because for some time, the law concerning foreign media, or allowing the government to shut down foreign media working in israel, was in the knesset for some time. there were threats from israeli ministers that they want to shut down aljazeera. that was repeated for about two months now. so it wasn't a real surprise.

although me, myself, i didn't believe that it will happen, because we have been operating in israel since 1997 without real problem. we can work freely there. but in the past few years, that wasn't the case. it was a little bit more difficult, and it increased in the past six months. aljazeera's coverage has accused israel of committing specific crimes during the war. i've gone on your website today, and there are those terms being used. do you believe that could be considered anti—israel bias, as prime minister benjamin netanyahu has accused aljazeera of? aljazeera, as any other media organisation, does not accuse anyone of committing a crime. when we do an investigation,

we do all the due diligence, examine all the evidence from all points of views. in the process, we are very objective because we don't leave one fact unobserved, and we reach a conclusion. and when you reach that conclusion, maybe the party dislikes it. but it came after a very thorough, objective process. if it ends byjust saying, 0k, we think that this party has killed civilians deliberately, because of the result of the investigation, we say it, we don't hesitate. but that is not bias. it is the result of a very objective, thorough process. on your website, it says the network in terms of the accusations condemns the accusations against its journalists — this was from february — and it says it recalls israel's long record of lies and fabrication

of evidence through which it seeks to hide its heinous crimes. this sort of wording, this sort of statement, would you understand why prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his cabinet would take issue with it? i'm not sure that statement was issued in what occasion. but i will cite the killing of shireen abu akleh, which was denied several times by israel that it was committed by israel. they actually accused palestinians of killing her. they denied all the evidence that we provided from our investigation, until they admitted it lately. so, the statement you are talking about, i don't know what occasion it was issued, but we have to put things in context. and israel has to put things in context if it wants an accusation of a specific nature.

in context of that, you are correct, there were several by the israeli government until senior idf officials said they believe a soldier killed her by mistake, and of course he didn't identify her as a journalist. those were their words when that happened. before i let you go, i do want to ask you about what this means for the freedom of journalists to cover this war that has been going on for months now. we are afraid that's not going to be the only organisation. we are still working in the west bank in gaza, but we are banned from israel. that is a disadvantage to israel, so i do not think the israeli government is doing themselves a fairness, because they deprive themselves of a point of view to an israeli and international audience.

the foreign press association and the un human rights office have called on israel to reverse the decision. and just to say — bbc news has contacted both the israeli prime minister's office and the israeli government press office to speak to us about the shut down of aljazeera. we have not yet receieved a response. let's turn now the fallout from the local elections in england. the former home secretary, suella braverman says the conservatives could be wiped out at the general election, and has urged the prime minister to change course and swing to the right after its poor showing in this week's votes for local councils and mayors. the tories lost over a70 council seats and all—but—one mayoral election in england. but defending the government, mark harper, the transport secretary, said it's still all to play for. here's our deputy political editor, vicki young. across england and wales, labour won in style. mayors... councils... and police and crime commissioners.

it was a terrible set of results for the conservatives, one of the few bright spots a victory for their mayor in the tees valley. the former home secretary, no fan of the prime minister's, warned today that the party faced a wipe—out at the general election — but that there was no point ousting him now. rishi sunak has been leading us for about 18 months. he's been making these decisions. these are the consequences of those decisions. he needs to own this, and therefore, he needs to fix it. and these are her suggestions. he needs to actually lower taxes in a way that people will feel, not tweaking around the edges. if he's serious about migration, he needs to put a cap on legal migration. he needs to take us out of the european convention on human rights. that's how you actually send a message that he's serious about stopping the boats. not all tories agree. after his defeat, the now former mayor of the west midlands, andy street, urged the party to stick to the centre ground. ministers insist they are already acting decisively.

we have a plan, and the plan is working. but voters are telling you they don't like it. but we're not all the way through yet. i think people want to see delivery, right, so they want to see inflation continue to come down. they want to see the boats stopped. they want to see, for example, nhs waiting lists continue to fall. we've made a lot of progress on that, but we're not all of the way there yet. labour did see a drop in support in some areas where there's anger about its stance on the war in gaza. i do acknowledge that in some parts of the country, that was the case, and there will be some people who maybe voted labour in the past who haven't in the local elections because of this issue, and where that's the case, we'll work to get people's support back. but overall, i do have to stress, these were tremendous local election results. rishi sunak�*s fiercest critics seem to have decided against an attempt to drive him out of here, but that doesn't mean the criticism will stop. for more analysis on yesterday's

results and what it could mean for the general election, i spoke to former conservative special adviser chris white. i started by asking him about suella braverman�*s comments urging the tory party to swing further to the right. that's one way of looking at it. i mean, i think there are two schools of thought in this in the conservative party. clearly, those on the right of the party look at the projections of the reform party and the number of votes that they won and think you should tack to the right. whereas andy street, who's more on the moderate wing of the conservative party, thinks that the party is best when it's moderate, inclusive and tolerant. and i actually think that if you look at where the conservatives perform best in the mayoral and local elections, it was where there was a strong brand, a strong independents, a strong sense of being moderate, inclusive and tolerant. so i would tend to side with where andy street was, given that he defied a national swing of almost 9% and was only 1500 votes off being re—elected in the west midlands.

andy street did lose though, and you're talking about a strong brand. andy street, ben houchen, there was a move to distance themselves from rishi sunak, they didn't wear their brand affiliation front and centre. all along we were talking about brand andy. so does that have any bearing in your mind on how mps should be approaching the general election? well, look, ithink the conservatives are in this position because of a long period of time where, frankly, the country is effectively switched off from listening to what the conservatives have to say. you have to go back to notjust partygate, but also some of the disastrous decisions like electing liz truss as the leader of the party, the budget and other decisions as well, to show that, frankly, the conservatives are not really in a position to be listened to any more. so, the fact that rishi sunak is in this position, and you've got suella braverman stating from the backbenches that the course should be changed. well, you know, she was part of the party who trumpeted the fact that she was supporting liz truss back in 2022.

so when she talks about needing to own the decisions and fixing them, she could take a little bit of a look at her own stance and decide whether she wants to do that first before having a go at rishi sunak. she's not wrong, though, in saying that this wasn't good news. doesn't something need to change before at the general election? or should just be the status quo? leeg conservative party had an appalling set of results, there is no doubt about that. ., , ,.,, .,, results, there is no doubt about that. ., , �* that. the only positive was ben houchen winning _ that. the only positive was ben houchen winning in _ that. the only positive was ben houchen winning in tees - that. the only positive was ben| houchen winning in tees valley. that. the only positive was ben - houchen winning in tees valley. but when you look at the actual result on what it means project in a national election, it would actually mean the conservatives losing every seatin mean the conservatives losing every seat in his modality area. if these results were projected nationally at a general election, it would mean the labour party would only be the

largest party and a hung parliament, so it does give something for the conservatives to work towards. but they have got to focus on delivery and getting a clear message across and getting a clear message across and actually presenting a united front. because at the moment all voters are looking at and healing from as a conservative party looking inwards, ratherthan from as a conservative party looking inwards, rather than saying to the country what it thinks it should do. to scotland now where — with less than 2a hours to go until nominations close to replace humza yousaf as leader for the scottish national party — there are suggestions of a late entry to the race. at the momentjohn swinney, the former deputy first minister and party leader, is the only person officially in the running, but veteran party activist graeme mccormack says he believes he can garner enough nominations by monday's deadline. our bbc scotland political reporter, jenni davidson, told us more aboutjohn swinney and what this challenge could mean for him. he's a very popular figure. he's very high profile, very experienced, and there's a lot of personal affection for him within the smp.

of personal affection for him within the snp. so it's unlikely that this is actually going to be a serious issue for him. but what it does mean for the party is that it would cause the leadership contest to go on for another three weeks. if there was only one nomination in tomorrow, by 12 noon, the deadline, if it wasjohn swinney then he would simply be declared party leader tomorrow afternoon. but if there's more than one nomination, then it has to go to a vote of party members. so, more of an issue for the party in terms of the money and the time that would then go into a longer leadership race at a time when there's, obviously, a general election coming up and they want to be outward looking rather than inward looking. i also want to touch upon the fact there was a march yesterday with hundreds turning out in glasgow to march for independence. what has humza yousaf�*s fall taught us about where independence stands right now? well, the reason for humza yousaf resignation really comes back to ending that power sharing agreement with the scottish greens

and the reasons for ending that were not really around independence. it was around other issues where there were tensions, around climate change and around transgender health care. but that that is an issue within the independence movement, as a whole, is how you keep those tensions at bay, how you keep the cohesion in working together towards independence, where there is agreement, but also work through these issues, other policy issues, the day to day ones where there's disagreement, there's also disagreement around the strategy of moving towards independence. that's notjust the case between the three independent supporting parties — the snp, the greens and alba — but also within the parties, particularly within the snp. there have been tensions around strategy. john swinney has referenced that. he's talked about there not being as much cohesion within the snp as he would like and he wants to work on party unity.

but differences of opinion around strategy, and that's probably part of what lies behind graeme mccormack�*s leadership challenge. conditions in southern brazil are continuing to deteriorate following massive flooding and landslides — with 70,000 residents forced from their homes. the government says at least 66 people have died and another 101 are missing. further rainfall is expected. brazil's president, lula da silva, has made a second visit to the southern state of rio grande do sul to witness first—hand the devastating week—long flooding and landslide. jon donnison reports. much of brazil's most southerly state is underwater. roads turned into rivers and more than 25,000 people forced to flee their homes. translation: now, when i'm being rescued, i feel relieved, | but it's terrifying because we saw the water rise in an absurd way. it rose at a very high speed.

after a week of storms and heavy rain, at least 500,000 people are without power and clean water. translation: i need a lot of help, a lot. i we have nowhere to sleep and nothing to eat. we have nothing. and the very young are being impacted, too. this tiny baby had to be winched to safety by helicopter. many of those who died were killed by landslides. and at least two people lost their lives when the floods caused an explosion at a petrol station in porto alegre. brazil's military has been brought in to help with the rescue effort and to distribute aid. the extreme weather has been caused by a rare combination of hotter than average temperatures, high humidity, and strong winds, and forecasters say it's not over yet. jon donnison, bbc news.

now it's time for a look at today's sport with olly foster. we've had three games in the premier league on sunday. tottenham's hopes of a top four finish are fading fast after their 11—2 defeat at liverpool. they were 2—0 down at half—time, 4—0 on the hour mark at anfield. goals from mohammed salah, andy robertson, cody gakpo and a top corner screamer from harvey elliott. the win mathematically keeps them in the title race, but it does guarantee that they finish at least third, which is more likely. for spurs, despite a late rally with goals from richarlison and son heung—min, that is their fourth defeat in a row, and they are seven points behind aston villa in fourth. we we re we were really, really, really, really— we were really, really, really, really good, until we were really rubbish, — really good, until we were really rubbish, and then we were 0k again. inthat— rubbish, and then we were 0k again. in that period, we can see it in

different— in that period, we can see it in different ways. in the moment that we let_ different ways. in the moment that we let them play you can see immediately what they can do, they were then _ immediately what they can do, they were then flying. we had a similar game _ were then flying. we had a similar game before. but we can throw them for so _ game before. but we can throw them for so long. _ game before. but we can throw them for so long, which is obviously most important — for so long, which is obviously most important. somebody else can solve that next _ important. somebody else can solve that next season! played some really good stuff under pressure to get out and get into the front third. but whenever we got to the front foot, just nothing came of it. when it happens, the opposition get comfortable. if we were able to create a couple of goal—scoring opportunities for ourselves, we maybe would have pulled back a little bit. obviously some guys coming on added some creativity, that helped us. spurs failed to capitalise on aston villa's1—0 defeat to brighton earlier in the day. chelsea are still pushing for european football next season, they are up to seventh after beating west ham 5—0 at stamford bridge. andrey rublev has won his second title of the year on the atp tour. he won the madrid open final in three sets

against felix auger—aliassime. the world number eight had lost four matches in a row before arriving in the spanish capital, but came from a set down to beat his canadian opponent. he won a minor event in hong kong earlier this year but this his second career masters victory. tadej pogacar moved into the overall lead of the giro d'italia after winning stage two on sunday, despite suffering a puncture and a crash at the bottom of the final climb. the slovenian clawed his way back to the front of the field before, making his move with likm to go to take his first stage win in his maiden giro. he now tops the general classification by 45 seconds from geraint thomas. kyren wilson made a blistering start to final of the world snooker championship. he stormed into a 7—1 lead againstjakjones after the first session at the crucible in sheffield. it's the first to 18 frames and played over two days. jones is the first qualifier to reach the final in eight years. these are live

pictures from the crucible. jones started the evening session well. he took the first couple of frames. it is currently 10—4 to wilson. they have taken three each and this evening session. don't forget you can follow all the action from the miami grand prix, which is just under way — max verstappen starting from pole. we think that is where he is at the moment, at the front. and that's all the sport for now. china's president xi jinping has arrived in france on a state visit — his first trip to an eu country in five years. global conflicts are expected to figure highly when mr xi meets french president macron and the head of the eu commission, ursula von der leyen, on monday. france is expected to urge china to pressure russia to end its war against ukraine. the visit also comes amid mounting trade disputes between china and the eu.

stay with us here on bbc news. we will have more on those heavy losses suffered by the conservatives in the local elections in england. former home secretary suella braverman has spoken to my colleague, laura kuenssberg. we will have more on her response and from others and the conservative party. it's been another day of big weather contrasts across the uk. now, many areas did keep quite a bit of cloud and there were some showers or longer spells of rain. passing showers there on the horizon at topsham in devon. but it wasn't like that everywhere. we had some pleasant sunshine northern parts of wales, stretching into merseyside, greater manchester, yorkshire, much of the midlands and east anglia. the warmest spots seeing temperatures up to 20 degrees. the coolest spots, where cloudy, just 12. and again, we kept cloud

for scotland and northern ireland. some quite heavy showers in eastern scotland at the moment. and as we go on through this evening and overnight, there will be some further patches of rain coming and going, particularly in east scotland. elsewhere, a lot of cloud around, a few showers for southern wales, pushing into the midlands. could see an odd one for east anglia and southern counties of england, too. on into bank holiday monday, we do start the day with quite extensive cloud cover and it is another day where showers will develop through the afternoon. the showers are going to be much more widespread and they'll be heavier than we've seen over the last couple of days with some thunderstorms around. probably the brightest weather in the midlands, parts of northern england, maybe parts of east anglia once again. but the south—east could have more persistent rain, particularly towards the south coast. now, on into tuesday, we start to see pressure rising from the west. this is the first sign of our weather becoming a bit more settled. yeah, just in time as we go

back to work, of course. now, there will be a few showers around across western areas, but not as many as we've seen over recent days. many parts of the country will have a dry day on tuesday with some hazy spells of sunshine. starting to see those temperatures more widely reach the upper teens to low 20s for england and wales, and warming up, too, in northern ireland. high pressure then builds a bit more for wednesday. it's not strong enough, though, to keep this weather system at bay. there will be some rain in scotland — moving into the hebrides, highlands and arriving late in the day for orkney and shetland, along with strengthening winds. now away from that, for northern ireland, england and wales, should be largely dry day on wednesday with hazy spells of sunshine. and we're seeing that trend to slightly warmer weather. 18 degrees in newcastle, a 20 for london and 19 for cardiff. and looking at the forecast through much of the rest of the week ahead, there'll be a lot of dry weather with some sunshine and temperatures more widely reaching the upper teens to low 20s.

this is bbc news. the headlines. israeli police have raided the offices of the aljazeera television network after the cabinet decided to close down the operations of the broadcaster. aljazeera called claims it was a threat to israeli security a "dangerous and ridiculous lie". hopes for a ceasefire in gaza appear slim, with the two sides still unable to agree the exact terms of a truce. lengthy negotiations have so far failed to yield any breakthrough. after heavy losses in the local elections in england,

the former home secretary suella braverman tells the bbc rishi sunak needs to �*change course' if the conservative party is to avoid a political wipe—out. brazil's president lula surveys the damage left by deadly floods as thousands are forced to evacuate. local authorities say 66 have been killed and over 100 are missing. more now on the fall out from the local elections in england. more now on the fallout from the local elections in england. the conservative party suffered significant losses in what was one of the party's worst ever performances in england's local elections — culminating with defeat in the west midlands, losing the mayoral election to labour. politicians have been reacting to those results over the past few hours on sunday with laura kuennsberg. the former home secretary suella braverman has warned that her party could suffer a political wipe—out if the prime minister doesn't change course. she added she regretted

backing rishi sunak. the plan's not working, and i despair at these terrible results. there's no spinning these results. there's no disguising the fact that these have been terrible election results for the conservatives, and they suggest that we are heading to a labour government and that fills me with horror. i love my country, i care about my party and i want us to win. and i'm urging the prime minister to change course to, with humility, reflect on what the voters are telling us and and change the plan and the way that he's communicating and leading us. if it's that dire, why not change the leader? listen, i just don't think that's a feasible prospect right now. we don't have enough time, and it's impossible for anyone new to come and change our fortunes. to be honest, there's no superman or woman out there who can do it. rishi sunak has been leading us for about 18 months. he's been making these decisions. these are the consequences of those decisions.

he needs to own this and therefore he needs to fix it. former home secretary suella braverman talking to laura kuenssberg. well, labour's national campaign co—ordinator, pat mcfadden, also appeared on the programme. he said the good results had given the party "a sense of belief in themselves." i think what the results have given us this weekend is our sense of belief that sometimes the labour party hasn't had in recent years because we've become used to losing. and i think even some of our voters have thought, "well, ivote labour," but they never win," cos we didn't win in 2010 or15 or17 or19 — four general elections in a row. so there is a sense of belief there, but that sense of belief should never be confused with any sense that the job is done.

not a single vote has been cast in the general election that's to come. i think there's a mood of change in the country and we have to meet it. and when people look at the labour party now, they can see a changed labour party compared to a few years ago. a labour party that is passing the essential tests of trust that the voters look for. can you be trusted with public money? with national security? we weren't passing those tests a few years ago. we're passing them today. and we are determined after this weekend to keep going and keep working to earn people's trust as we approach the general election. labour's national campaign co—ordinator pat mcfadden there. also speaking to the programme, the transport secretary mark harper said he was disappointed his party had lost nearly 500 councillors in england, but the general election was still "all to play for". look, i'm not going to pretend that the election results - over the last few days were disappointing —i disappointing to lose - hardworking local councillors. i was particularly disappointed - by the the nail—biting narrow result yesterday in the west midlands. as transport secretary, i've worked very closely with andy street. -

he's a fantastic mayor. no, look, that was a well, that illustrates, i think, i something really important about the prime minister. _ i he's interested in taking difficult. decisions that might not be popular with everyone, but that are in the long—term i interests of the country, not in the long term interests of andy street. well, i disagree. every single penny of the money i we save from cancelling the second second phase of h52 is being reinvested in transport. - and i was in the west midlandsjust a few weeks ago with andy street l for the launch of a £1.75 billion midlands rail hub, improving i the connectivity of birmingham. . secretary of state is that it's not l just about what happened in the last couple of days, which in many places for you is dire. - you got hammered in the local. council elections last year as well. you've lost seven by - elections under rishi sunak. and if we can show you the roll call and show this to our viewers - as well, the roll call of councils that you lost, basildon dorsetl

to the lib dems, north east, lincolnshire, nuneaton, redditch. these are places where labour is salivating at the prospect of taking your mps you've been losing under rishi sunak time and again. don't you think you need to change something? look, i'm not going to pretend - they weren't disappointing results. i was out campaigning with lots of people across the country i land it's always disappointing whenl you lose hardworking conservatives. the united nations has warned against an israeli attack on rafah in the gaza strip, saying it risks causing many more deaths. israel has said that even if there is a ceasefire agreement, it will be temporary, and that it plans a military assault on rafah to destroy hamas. around 1.4 million people are sheltering in rafah — many of them have been displaced from other parts of gaza. our special correspondent fergal keane reports now on the crisis facing rafah. five times its original population.

the story of desperate need told in a single line. this is the queue on the egyptian side of the border. rafah is both the hub through which most of god �*s in aid passes and now home to nearly one half million —— because five times its original population. a place where hospitals have become refugee camps, where no living space is wasted. the wards where families cook, where their children roam the corridors of a place such as, for now, safe. this 11—year—old is, according to his mother, surviving on painkillers. here, the brutal truth of the war is urged on the faces of its young victims. the feeder is that this is what awaits rafah if an invasion is ordered. —— the fear. in the coalition government,

the far right finance minister opposes any deal that would spare rafah in return for israeli hostages. he says there's no housework. —— half work. the israelis say there are four hamas battalions and rafah to be destroyed with or without a ceasefire. the un is making plans for more field hospitals, but once it won't stop a disaster. but warns it won't stop a disaster. it will not avoid what we expect will be substantial additional mortality and morbidity. a lot more people dying? a lot more death and a lot more diseases. this is where to destruction leads. this is where utter destruction leads. people who have lost their homes, forced to camp next to graves. people who have lost their homes, forced to camp next to graves. this woman is the mother of seven children. she described some of the horrors

she and her children have witnessed. she points to a grave coverage in bricks and explains the grim reason for this. translation: yesterday, there was a grave come there were no rocks above it. and the family came and they found that the dogs it part of the body. and the family came and they found that the dogs ate part of the body. they were forced to put bricks on his grave to protect him from the dogs. from ten at night to dawn, we cannot sleep because of the sound of the dogs. at night, the children keep holding on to me because of how scared they are. there is intense pressure for a ceasefire deal now. without it, there's only foreboding — the dread of what comes next. in israel, the offices of the aljazeera news network have been raided by police after the israeli government ordered it to cease

operations in the country. ministers have accused aljazeera of acting as a mouthpiece for hamas. the network called the ban a criminal act. i was joined earlier by our bbc world service middle east analyst sebastian usher, who gave us more detail into this decision and the impact it's had for aljazeera staff in israel. it was made at the cabinet meeting this morning. there was a tweet almost immediately afterwards by the prime minister netanyahu saying it was closed and it was an incitement channel. then things moved very quickly. there was a raid on the offices injerusalem. the equipment was confiscated and the satellite and cable providers have now stopped the transmission in israel. the website app access has also been blocked. so, this is something that

was built up to for some time. the israeli parliament passed a law giving the government the ability to do this. but it had been months since october the 7th. it's just gotten sharper and sharper. since october the 7th. it'sjust gotten sharper and sharper. when it comes to the _ gotten sharper and sharper. when it comes to the coverage, _ gotten sharper and sharper. when it comes to the coverage, al _ gotten sharper and sharper. when it comes to the coverage, al jazeera i comes to the coverage, aljazeera reporters on the ground there in gaza — how does that impact the future? gaza - how does that impact the future? ~ ., ., , future? what some of the reporters in the occur>ied _ future? what some of the reporters in the occupied west _ future? what some of the reporters in the occupied west bank- future? what some of the reporters in the occupied west bank have - in the occupied west bank have expressed concerns that might be next because they can come under the control of israel. in gaza, that could have been as well. what we've seenin could have been as well. what we've seen in gaza and what aljazeera has accused israel of doing is targeting its journalists. accused israel of doing is targeting itsjournalists. two accused israel of doing is targeting its journalists. two aljazeera journalist have been killed, its

bureau chief has been wounded, a large amount of his family has been killed. they say they don't hurry as journalists. —— target. aljazeera said this is the case and if we go back two years, in may 2022, al jazeera's star palestinian reporter was killed when she was reporting in the west bank and aljazeera accused israel of targeting her. at the very worst, it was an accident. it hasn't 100% said it was israeli fire. let’s 100% said it was israeli fire. let's look back at _ 100% said it was israeli fire. let's look back at the _ 100% said it was israeli fire. let's look back at the local _ 100% said it was israeli fire. let's look back at the local elections. in london, labour's sadiq khan is to serve a record third term as mayor of the capital. the results gave mr khan 275,000 more votes than his conservative opponent susan hall. the smaller parties were squeezed with the first past the post system, turning the contest into a two—horse race. bbc london's karl mercer looks back at contest to run one of the world's most important cities.

the smile of the winner — for the third time. i therefore declare that sadiq khan has been duly elected as mayor of london. sadiq khan will be london's mayor for another four years. thank you from the bottom of my heart. thank you, london. it's the honour of my life to serve the city that i love. hints of the bitterness of the campaign remained, though. the body languauge between the two clear to see on stage — and clear to hear in their speeches. i hope he stops patronising people like me who care. l we faced a campaign of nonstop

negativity, but i couldn't be more proud that we answered fearmongering with facts, hate with hope and attempts to divide with efforts to unite. she didn't hang around for interviews, ushered quickly out of the city hall before talking to the press, but former conservative minister for london was scathing about her campaign. it was lacklustre, it was woeful because it was so negative, it was just sitting in the stalls wagging herfinger at the guy on the stage. we should have been on the stage making a positive vision and a positive explanation about why you want a conservative mayor. 54,400... cheering it had been clear from around lunchtime yesterday that sadiq khan was on course for victory. in the end, there was a swing away from conservatives to labour, the mayor beating his opponent by 11 points. this is the first time any mayor has learned a third time and increased his majority. this is the first time any mayor has

learned a third time _ and sadiq's increased his majority. that shows that people were coming out and positively that shows that people - were coming out and positively voting for sadiq's very positive campaign. . i know from speaking - to voters, people did not like the conservative candidate or the conservative campaign. | the lib dems managed third place, jumping ahead of the greens byjust 70 votes. they are open to our message of fixing the police.— fixing the police. we're seeing it as two votes _ fixing the police. we're seeing it as two votes between _ fixing the police. we're seeing it as two votes between us - fixing the police. we're seeing it as two votes between us and - fixing the police. we're seeing it| as two votes between us and the liberal— as two votes between us and the liberal democrats, and i think city khan _ liberal democrats, and i think city khan built— liberal democrats, and i think city khan built his campaign on appealing to greeh_ khan built his campaign on appealing to green voters. i hope he listens. the votes — to green voters. i hope he listens. the votes weren'tjust to green voters. i hope he listens. the votes weren't just for the mayor

the votes weren'tjust for the mayor yesterday. they were signing it at city hall today among we have been trying to get a seat since _ we have been trying to get a seat since the — we have been trying to get a seat since the assembly— we have been trying to get a seat since the assembly was _ we have been trying to get a seat since the assembly was first - since the assembly was first created _ since the assembly was first created~ all_ since the assembly was first created. all constituencies i since the assembly was first - created. all constituencies have either _ created. all constituencies have either been _ created. all constituencies have either been either— created. all constituencies have either been either labour- either been either labour conservative. _ either been either labour conservative. it's- either been either labour conservative. it's the - either been either labourl conservative. it's the third either been either labour- conservative. it's the third party to make — conservative. it's the third party to make a — conservative. it's the third party to make a breakthrough. - conservative. it's the third party to make a breakthrough. reform uk also won their _ to make a breakthrough. reform uk also won their first _ to make a breakthrough. reform uk also won their first seat. _ i used to be a conservative but i left the conservative party last year over the second lockdown and high tax. i think i represent a strand of politics that is growing in this country, that we're calling for change, we want to shake things up and we want to get things done. also at city hall this afternoon, the losing conservative mayoral candidate, susan hall. but still retaining her seat on the assembly. as for the man who beat her, what are his future plans? is this going to be

the last term in london? you speak to mo salah. once he scores a hat—trick at the enjoys the hat—trick. let's wait and see. meanwhile, another contest to be mayor was on a knife—edge — that of mayor of the west midlands. labour's richard parker elected in dramatic fashion on saturday night, beating the conservative party's andy street byjust over 1,500 votes. bbc midlands today correspondent lindsay doyle looks back at the contest and a warning, there are flashing images in her report from the start. what a way to end the general election. ~ , ' :: j~ ., election. with 'ust 1508 vote senate, election. with just 1508 vote senate, richard _ election. with just 1508 vote senate, richard parker- election. with just 1508 vote senate, richard parker beat| senate, richard parker beat incumbent andy street in what is huge to the conservatives who suffered losses across the region.

this week come on people here motive for the _ this week come on people here motive for the person in the party. they recognise — for the person in the party. they recognise a _ for the person in the party. they recognise a labour mayor can make a positive _ recognise a labour mayor can make a positive difference in this region. tensions— positive difference in this region. tensions were high last night. the result was delayed after a recount in coventry and it was a defeat for andy street. n in coventry and it was a defeat for andy street-— andy street. i genuinely thought that the combined _ andy street. i genuinely thought that the combined authority - andy street. i genuinely thought that the combined authority was | that the combined authority was doing _ that the combined authority was doing good _ that the combined authority was doing good things _ that the combined authority was doing good things for— that the combined authority was doing good things for the - that the combined authority was doing good things for the regionj that the combined authority was - doing good things for the region and the region— doing good things for the region and the region was— doing good things for the region and the region was coming _ doing good things for the region and the region was coming stronger- the region was coming stronger through— the region was coming stronger through it _ the region was coming stronger through it hir— the region was coming stronger through it— the region was coming stronger throu~hit. ~ . ,, , , , the region was coming stronger throu~h it. ~ . ,, , , , ., through it. mr parker represents a massive area _ through it. mr parker represents a massive area including _ through it. mr parker represents a l massive area including birmingham, coventry and the black country and expectations are high. the emergence ofthe expectations are high. the emergence of the tram network _ expectations are high. the emergence of the tram network in _ expectations are high. the emergence of the tram network in and _ expectations are high. the emergence of the tram network in and around - of the tram network in and around dudley and the black country, and i think more work like that would be hopefulfor think more work like that would be hopeful for the west midlands. potholes and the roads, people are 'ust potholes and the roads, people are just struggling to live. a potholes and the roads, people are just struggling to live.— just struggling to live. a clear message- _ just struggling to live. a clear message- we _ just struggling to live. a clear message. we will _ just struggling to live. a clear message. we will be - just struggling to live. a clear

message. we will be working | just struggling to live. a clear - message. we will be working with civil servants _ message. we will be working with civil servants in _ message. we will be working with civil servants in the _ message. we will be working with civil servants in the uptime -- - civil servants in the uptime —— combined _ civil servants in the uptime —— combined authority— civil servants in the uptime —— combined authority how - civil servants in the uptime —— combined authority how we i civil servants in the uptime —— i combined authority how we can civil servants in the uptime —— - combined authority how we can most effectively _ combined authority how we can most effectively use — combined authority how we can most effectively use the _ combined authority how we can most effectively use the mayor's _ combined authority how we can most effectively use the mayor's unspent i effectively use the mayor's unspent resources _ effectively use the mayor's unspent resources to — effectively use the mayor's unspent resources to pump _ effectively use the mayor's unspent resources to pump funding - effectively use the mayor's unspent resources to pump funding into - resources to pump funding into housing — resources to pump funding into housing developments. - resources to pump funding into housing developments. 1&- resources to pump funding into housing developments. a nail-biting ni . ht, housing developments. a nail-biting niaht, now housing developments. a nail-biting night, now voters _ housing developments. a nail-biting night, now voters look _ housing developments. a nail-biting night, now voters look to _ housing developments. a nail-biting night, now voters look to mr - housing developments. a nail-biting night, now voters look to mr parker | night, now voters look to mr parker to deliver on his pledges. lindsay doyle, bbc midlands today, birmingham. with just under 24 hours to go until nominations close to replace humza yousaf as leader for the scottish national party — there are suggestions of a late entry to the race. for now, john swinney, the former deputy first minister and party leader, is the only person officially in the running, but veteran party activist — graeme mccormack says he believes he can garner enough nominations by tomorrow's deadline. our reporter in glasgow ben philip explains how serious a challenge this could be. it was widely expected thatjohn swinney would be unopposed. the

deadline is tomorrow at midday, and it was expected thatjohn sweeney would become the next snp leader and seventh first minister of scotland, but there are reports that graham mccormick, a veteran activist, believes he'll have enough motivations. —— nominations. including about its independence strategy, he's been critical. if he was to win a contest, he could only become party leader, he can't become the first minister of scotland because he isn't an msp. something cuite because he isn't an msp. something quite different _ because he isn't an msp. something quite different now. _ it's been a staple of breakfast tables and cafes across france for generations — we are talking about the humble croissant. now bakers in paris are challenging tradition — and addressing climate change — by making the pastry without using butter. our paris correspondent andrew harding has the story.

controversial, i know. the french, as we know, take their food and all its traditions seriously — almost like a religion. so what to make of this? in a paris bakery, something close to sacrilege. c'est bon. it's a croissant made entirely without butter, like everything else on sale here. the baker responsible says his vegan business is booming. flaky? yes. one small portion of a much bigger struggle to shake up french food culture and to address climate change. we have to adapt a little bit french food. but it must be a steep mountain to climb in a country like france. a lot, a lot. very difficult? yes, but it is changing. but that change is messy.

dairy farmer sophie has spent many of the past few months on huge protest marches, leaving her pampered dairy herd to demonstrate against cheap foreign imports and against new eu rules to tackle climate change. as you can imagine, she's a big fan of butter in her croissant, but she's worried about the future. translation: i have grandchildren, so i want what's best _ for the planet, but you can'tjust blame everything on farmers. in her view, people need to eat local produce to cut out the big multinational firms taking the profits. transforming french food culture is going to take a long time, but there are plenty of people leading the way. in bakeries, on farms, and in high—end restaurants like this one. but there are plenty of people leading the way — in bakeries, on farms, and in

high—end restaurants like this one. in her kitchen, chef manon fleury has already made waves for hiring almost only women, challenging a still male—dominated industry, but she's also trying to nudge her customers away from meat — tackling another culinary tradition head—on. french tradition is quite heavy, so we need to, _ a little revolution? yes, kind of. but these parisians are not yet ready for another revolution. they've come to judge the city's croissants, every pastry rich with dairy. all that buttery flavour going into it and that's what makes it wonderful and dreamy. the vegan version not even under consideration. andrew harding, bbc news, paris.

a huge free concert by madonna has taken place in rio dejaneiro, with a crowd of over there are some flashing images in the pictures we are about to show you. the brazilian show had been billed as a thank you to her fans for decades of support, and marks the end of her "celebration" world tour, organisers say copacabana beach transformed into the "world's largest dance floor" as madonna performed a string of hits from her 40—year career. earlier, we spoke to vincent paterson, who was madonna's dance choreographer in the 1980s. i think it's fantastic. i saw the show in los angeles and it's an incredible, incredible collection and an example of her careerfor incredible, incredible collection and an example of her career for the

last 40 years. just phenomenal. the fact that she gave it to the brazilian citizens for free, ijust think this is part of the generosity of who madonna is. you think this is part of the generosity of who madonna is.— of who madonna is. you work for at her for some _ of who madonna is. you work for at her for some time. _ of who madonna is. you work for at her for some time. you _ of who madonna is. you work for at her for some time. you can - of who madonna is. you work for at her for some time. you can tell - of who madonna is. you work for at her for some time. you can tell us. j her for some time. you can tell us. what was she like to work with? she was a dream- _ what was she like to work with? sue: was a dream. she what was she like to work with? 5ie: was a dream. she worked what was she like to work with? 5“i9 was a dream. she worked so what was she like to work with? 5“i9: was a dream. she worked so hard and she always wants to outdo herself, she always wants to outdo herself, she was once a best herself. like michaeljackson, both of them, for me, is incredible. they always wanted me to create something the world had never seen before. you can ask for —— cannot ask for more than that and she was incredible to work with. :, :, ~' that and she was incredible to work with. :, :, ,, :, :, with. you worked on some of the choreographv- — with. you worked on some of the choreographv- i— with. you worked on some of the choreography. i remember- with. you worked on some of the choreography. i remember the i with. you worked on some of the - choreography. i remember the express yourself video was a favourite of mine and the blonde ambition tour. what she involved or was it a case of you delivering the career robert —— choreography? ida. of you delivering the career robert -- choreography?—

of you delivering the career robert -- choreography? no, i directed it. she had problems _ -- choreography? no, i directed it. she had problems with _ -- choreography? no, i directed it. she had problems with someone i she had problems with someone earlier and she called me at the last minute. i had basically 20 days to create 18 numbers and redo the whole set list with her. it was very collaborative. we always worked well together that way. it was never me just creating the movement and saying here it is, madonna. it was always the two of us collaborating. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it's been another day of big weather contrasts across the uk. now, many areas did keep quite a bit of cloud and there were some showers or longer spells of rain. passing showers there on the horizon at topsham in devon. but it wasn't like that everywhere. we had some pleasant sunshine northern parts of wales, stretching into merseyside, greater manchester, yorkshire, much of the midlands and east anglia. the warmest spots seeing temperatures up to 20 degrees. the coolest spots, where cloudy, just 12. and again, we kept cloud for scotland and northern ireland.

some quite heavy showers in eastern scotland at the moment. and as we go on through this evening and overnight, there will be some further patches of rain coming and going, particularly in east scotland. elsewhere, a lot of cloud around, a few showers for southern wales, pushing into the midlands. could see an odd one for east anglia and southern counties of england, too. on into bank holiday monday, we do start the day with quite extensive cloud cover and it is another day where showers will develop through the afternoon. the showers are going to be much more widespread and they'll be heavier than we've seen over the last couple of days with some thunderstorms around. probably the brightest weather in the midlands, parts of northern england, maybe parts of east anglia once again. but the south—east could have more persistent rain, particularly towards the south coast. now, on into tuesday, we start to see pressure rising from the west. this is the first sign of our weather becoming a bit more settled. yeah, just in time as we go back to work, of course.

now, there will be a few showers around across western areas, but not as many as we've seen over recent days. many parts of the country will have a dry day on tuesday with some hazy spells of sunshine. starting to see those temperatures more widely reach the upper teens to low 20s for england and wales, and warming up, too, in northern ireland. high pressure then builds a bit more for wednesday. it's not strong enough, though, to keep this weather system at bay. there will be some rain in scotland — moving into the hebrides, highlands and arriving late in the day for orkney and shetland, along with strengthening winds. now away from that, for northern ireland, england and wales, should be largely dry day on wednesday with hazy spells of sunshine. now, away from that, for northern ireland, england and wales, should be largely dry day on wednesday with hazy spells of sunshine. and we're seeing that trend to slightly warmer weather. 18 degrees in newcastle, a 20 for london and 19 for cardiff. and looking at the forecast through much of the rest of the week ahead, there'll be a lot of dry weather with some sunshine and temperatures more widely reaching the upper teens to low 20s.

live from london, this is bbc news. israeli police raid the offices of aljazeera after netanyahu's government moves to stop the news network operating in the country — we get the response from the channel's director of news apparently, it seems the israeli government and israeli prime minister want a mouthpiece for israel, not a free media operating. despite a crushing election defeat, prime minister rishi sunak vows as some in his party

voice serious concerns. we are, at this rate, you know, we'll be lucky to have any conservative mps at the next election. and, brazil's president lula surveys the damage left by deadly floods as thousands are forced to evacuate. hello, i'm azadeh moshiri. we start in israel — where the offices of the aljazeera news network have been raided by police, after the israeli government ordered it to cease operations in the country. ministers have accused aljazeera of acting as a mouthpiece for hamas. the network called the ban a criminal act. meanwhile, talks between israel and hamas in cairo on a ceasefire in gaza and the release of israeli hostages ended without an agreement. leaders on both sides are blaming each other for the lack of progress. with all the latest from jerusalem, here's frank gardner.

at the kerem shalom crossing point into gaza this afternoon,