as millions prepare for the solar eclipse in north america, we look at how to safely watch the total blackout. live from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. it's newsday. clear clear it's seven in the morning in singapore, and 2am injerusalem, where it appears israel is moving to a new phase of its military operation. the israeli military says it has withdrawn all its ground troops, apart from one brigade from southern gaza to focus on other offensives including rafah. sunday marked six months since hamas gunmen stormed into southern israel, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping more than 250. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu promised a �*mighty vengeance�* following the attacks in october. more than 33,000 gazans have

been killed since then in israel's offensive, according to the hamas—run health ministry. and aid agencies are warning of an imminent famine if there is no ceasefire and no increase in relief aid. on sunday, tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets ofjerusalem calling for the israeli government to strike a deal to bring home hostages and end the fighting. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen has been reflecting on six months of the war, and sent us this special report. 0ver six months, gaza has been ravaged by war, disease, death and now imminent famine, caused by israel's siege. the un calls it "a betrayal of humanity." kibbutz nir oz, right on israel's border with gaza, feels like a time capsule — stuck in the horrors of the 7th of october. hamas broke in at dawn. they killed and took hostage a quarter of the 400 or so israelis who lived here. sayed was laying there

dead, nearthere. you could see that he was trying to hold the door closed, and actually, the door was locked. the army opened the door later. ron and his family survived in their safe room. then he recovered dead friends and neighbours, some in pieces. in this house, you know, that was the first time that we realised that we are not looking for only bodies, because the beginning, you know, we took a lot of bodies. the interrupted, terminated lives — laundry neatly folded the night before the attack give israelis a sense of moral clarity. going around this place, you can understand why israelis believe very strongly that they're fighting a just war in gaza. of course, their allies feel the same.

their quarrel is with the methods that israel has been using that have cost so many innocent palestinian lives. and as for the family who lived here in this house, they're dead. israelis support the war. many are also back on the streets, demanding the resignation of the prime minister. netanyahu's stated war aims — total victory over hamas, as well as freeing the hostages — have not been achieved. the demonstrators say that's because they come second to his own political survival. nava rosalio leads a movement called shame. netanyahu has an interest . to lengthen the war as much as he can because as long. as the world is still going on, he can say that now is not i the time to know elections. now is not the time to look for who is l responsible, which is he. everyone here faces uncertainty, sometimes fear and a forbidding future. israelis and palestinians look at each other with horror since the 7th of october. the old city ofjerusalem, the heart of their conflict, has been mostly quiet.

during ramadan, many palestinians under 55 need police permission to join the crowds moving to the holy mosque. palestinians were already convinced that their lack of rights under israeli occupation amounted to apartheid. israel denies that allegation, and another, considered plausible by the world court, that it is committing genocide in gaza. both sides believe that the other has carried out inhuman, unforgivable crimes since the 7th of october. new wounds on a century of scars. dimitri diliani, a palestinian christian activist, says israelis are in denial. killing children is killing children.

it doesn't matter who is the child that's being killed, it doesn't matter who is doing the killing. i do sympathise with the holocaust. i recognise the holocaust. but that does not mean a green light for israel to commit genocide against my people or any other people. this is ramallah on the west bank. polls show palestinians have strong support for the hamas attacks, but like most israelis, they deny that their side commits atrocities. what happened on october 7th wasjust one, one... what's the word? one thing that happened in a long... many years of oppression. so, again, i'm going to repeat myself that our struggle will continue until we are free. that's what any people under occupation, under oppression, under colonial settler, colonial settlers will do. we can report first—hand here on the occupied west bank, just as we can from israel. but foreign journalists are not allowed into gaza by israel or egypt. the bbc commissioned a palestinian freelance in rafah to film ii—year—old rima getting food for herfamily.

translation: if we get - there early, we get some food. but if we're too late, the food runs out, i so we won't have anything to eat. i the food we bring is only enough for one meal. . this has become a daily ritual for the children, like rima, who fled to this part of rafah with their families. much less aid reaches northern gaza, where famine is imminent. israel, under us pressure, is letting more food in, but it's also insisting that it can't finish off hamas without attacking this town, where 1.4 million palestinians, including rima, are sheltering. she says getting her family food makes her happy. but rima's pot is all seven people have to eat in a single day. six months on, the gaza war is not over. a wider middle east war threatens. this could get worse.

jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. in the uk, the foreign secretary has said the government's support for israel is not unconditional. the deputy prime minister 0liver dowden told the bbc he has concerns about the way israel is conducting itself, but denied that the government had received legal advice saying israel has broken international law. the opposition labour party has called for that advice to be published. here's our political correspondent helen catt. this was what was left of an aid convoy hit by an israeli in gaza last week. seven aid workers died, three of them british. the foreign secretary, lord cameron, said today it was tragic and avoidable, and there was no doubt that the blame lay with israel. —— an israeli air strike. but the government has not agreed to calls made in the aftermath, including by 600 lawyers, to stop arms exports to israel. this morning the deputy

minister said the government's current assessment remains that sales are still legal. of course we have concerns about the way in which israel is conducting itself. that is why we have raised issues in relation to aid and getting more aid in. that's why we have raised issues in relation to de—conflicting. but that is in the context of a legend conflict that israel is pursuing. the conservative mp alissia kearns chairs the foreign affairs committee in the house of commons. she had previously claimed the government had received at least some advice from lawyers that israel had broken international law. mr dowden did not directly deny how clean this morning. labour is calling on the government to publish a summary of the legal advice it has received, which the government says is confidential. the shadow foreign secretary says people could then be sure international law hadn't been broken. this is a very serious issue. it's now gone on for six months on issues of proportionality, on precaution and distinction. there are real concerns —

notjust from judges, from the intelligence community, but the broader public. for that reason, let us be sure that we are not in breach. labour is not calling for arms sales to be suspended, as the lib dems and the snp have. the strike on the convoy won't be taken into account in a fresh assessment of the government's position on arms exports, which is thought to be due, as it is retrospective. the government's tone towards israel has changed in recent months, but as the war goes on, well itsjudgment of its action follow suit? helen catt, bbc news, westminster. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the head of the un's nuclear watchdog has condemned a drone attack on the russian—occupied zaporizhzhia power plant in ukraine. rafael grossi said there had been three direct hits on the site. he said no—one could possibly benefit from such attacks. russia's nuclear agency has blamed ukraine. it said three people were hurt when a canteen was hit. a southwest airlines aircraft was forced to return to denver international airport

in the us state of colorado on sunday morning when part of its engine cover broke off and hit the wing. america's federal aviation authority said the crew of the boeing 737—800 reported a piece of the cover had fallen off and struck the wing flap during take—off. the faa said it would investigate. there were no injuries reported. more than 90 people have died off the north coast of mozambique, when an overcrowded makeshift ferry sank on sunday. the converted fishing boat was carrying about 130 people. the local authorities said many of those onboard were children and that an investigative team was already working to find out the cause of the disaster. rescue teams in taiwan have evacuated several hundred people who were still stranded following wednesday's earthquake. many were cut off when rockslides closed the only road into a mountainous area near the city of hualien. that has now been partly cleared. rescuers are still searching for several missing hikers, including a couple from

singapore. china has carried out what it called "combat patrols" in the south china sea on the same day the philippines and its allies were also conducting a naval exercise. manila said their drill with the united states, japan and australia was not impeded on its route. tensions between china and the philippines over the disputed waters have been high in recent months. ceremonies were hold across rwanda on sunday to mark three decades since the start of the genocide against ethnic tutsis and moderate hutus. injust 100 days, 800,000 people were killed in 1994. rwanda's president, paul kagame, said the international community failed his country. france has acknowledged that it could have stopped the genocide, along with its allies, but lacked the willpower to do so. the bbc�*s senior africa correspondent anne soy followed the occasion from nairobi. well, a very symbolic lighting of the flame of remembrance by president paul kagame

in kigali, and this flame will burn for the next 100 days to signify the duration of a genocide. in 100 days, more than 800,000 people, mostly of the tutsi ethnic minority, were killed, and moderate hutus as well. now, the events from the 7th of april 1994 and for the next 100 days were triggered by the downing of the plane of the then president habyarimana, over kigali, who was hutu. therefore, we had the hutu forces doing the rampage across rwanda, and the tutsu forces which were led by paul kagame, then went on to take over the country within100 days and ended that massacre. there has been a lot of reflection on what the international community could have done better. un peacekeepers had just been downsized in the country

and they stood by and watched as this slaughter was going on. and therefore, today has been a moment to reflect on that, to reflect on what happened in 1994. the un secretary—general said that we must never forget, the world must never forget that, and it must never be repeated anywhere. and now that acknowledgement from france, a very significant step towards the recovery of rwanda as a country. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

in the uk, a murder investigation and widespread manhunt has been launched by police in bradford, after a 27—year—old woman was stabbed in the city centre on saturday. she was pushing her baby in a pram at the time. west yorkshire police say a knife was found at the scene and they're appealing for witnesses. judith moritz reports

from bradford. specialist search officers have spent today combing this corner of bradford, where just after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon in bright sunshine, a young mother pushing her baby in a pram was stabbed multiple times by a man who ran off before anyone could stop him. she was taken to hospital but died of her injuries. she wasjust 27. a knife was found at the scene, but police say they can't be certain whether the man responsible is still armed. they're looking for 25—year—old habibur masum and say the public shouldn't approach him. he's believed to have known the woman involved. this image from cctv shows him wearing the distinctive tri—coloured jacket that he's thought to have had on at the time. detectives are casting their net wider than just here in bradford. habibur masum is said to have links to places including 0ldham, burnley and chester. and so west yorkshire police say that they're liaising with neighbouring forces as well as those further afield who may be able to help.

detectives say they've had a good response from witnesses and are following up a number of lines of inquiry, but are asking drivers with dashcam footage or anyone with other information to come forward. judith moritz, bbc news, bradford. staying in the uk — a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after the torso of a man was found in woodland in salford. the remains were found wrapped in plastic by a passer—by on thursday. specialists are carrying out tests to identify the victim. greater manchester police said the man arrested is in his 20s and from salford; he is still in custody. a british man hasjust become the first person to run the entire length of africa. in some completely different news. 27—year—old russ cook, an ultra—marathon runner, who calls himself the �*hardest geezer�*, has finally reached the finish line after a year on his feet. his epicjourney had some

pitfalls along the way. ellie price reports. only the hardest geezer could do it. cheering russell cook has just run nearly every day for 352 days, covering more than 10,000 miles. let�*s go! day three... day four... day six... the heavens have opened. he�*s run through deserts, rainforests, savannas, mountains, and 16 countries. and he�*s so far raised nearly £700,000 for the running charity and sandblast. bit windy. soon enough, we�*ll all be in tunisia sipping strawberry daiquiris on the beach. he has had complications with his health, visas, the weather... sneezing. highs of 39 degrees out here today. twisting me up! ..and other man—made threats. they said we should go more to the main track. we're going to get blown up over here. really?

but he�*s taken it all in his stride. i�*m too damn ferocious, boys and girls! in this final stretch, the 27—year—old had a little help from his friends — a few more running mates than he�*s used to. he has achieved something no—one else in this world has ever managed, and that strawberry daiquiri. ellie price, bbc news. the webster mary refers to gezer as an extension person, usually a man. just so you�*re wondering. solar eclipse fever is building. millions of people in north america will be able to witness a rare solar eclipse on monday — hoping to spend around 4 minutes in total darkness — as the moon�*s shadow blocks the sun�*s light. emma vardy reports from texas. the daily cattle drive — usually the main attraction here, but now, thousands of people are herding to see this city of cowboys plunged into darkness. a first for some, others travelling to witness an eclipse again. the birds are quiet,

nothing moves. there�*s just this magical hush. i feel like it's going to be really fun and cool. people are rolling into the path of totality from all over the world and will be craning to get a good view. 0w, my neck! you�*ve got nine of you in this trailer? yes, ma�*am. how is that going? it�*s going 0k. what do you think it�*s going to be like? crazy. i think it's going to feel. pretty intense, you know, just watching it happen. what are you expecting to feel? maybe something spiritual come over me or it may touch my soul. i don�*t know. we planned this elopement in three weeks. more heavenly alignments are happening in arkansas, where a mass wedding will see some 300 couples tie the knot beneath the celestial event. this seems like the perfect storybook wedding, - the coolest wedding ever. this is a memory we'll take with us for the rest of our lives. newsreel: this is the moon|

moving into perfect alignment between sun and earth. not since 1970 has there been a total eclipse passing over such a populated area of north america — an experience for humans and animals alike. and during the eclipse, gordon had been crowing all morning, suddenly was quiet and just shuffled about rather nervously. and it�*ll be another 50 years before it happens again. the shadow of the moon has been approaching the earth for several hours this morning. we're going to have a huge impact across the us. - so, over30 million americans are in the path of totality - and another 150 americans are within 200 miles drivel of that path of totality. so, the impact that this eclipse is going to have| on everyone's daily life is fascinating. i while scientists can predict the precise time and path of an eclipse centuries into the future, what�*s harder to forecast is the weather. and with it looking pretty overcast here at the moment, people will have to hope for a glimpse during a break in the clouds. god, if you�*re listening, you know, clear it outjust forfour and a half minutes! a prayer that millions

across america are hoping to be answered, or they�*ll be waiting for the next one till the cows come home. emma vardy, bbc news, texas. cooper downs is a solar astrophysicist at predictive science inc who�*s in texas in preparation to study the total solar eclipse. he told us why this eclipse is so exciting. it�*s a really exciting moment for scientists because this is an opportunity to really see the solar corona that people like me study all the time, but it�*s not obvious to everyone in the public that there this amazing magnetized plasma atmosphere outside the sun. a purpose for scientists like me and my colleagues.

so we�*re very excited here in america. tell us a bit more about that. what are you looking to see? there are various different wavelengths, their very precise spectral lines where we see emission from ionised plasma, and the electrons in the solar corona scatter from the photosphere and that tells us about the density, the temperature, about the magnetic field. not all the space—based instrumentation measured will what we wanted to know. so the eclipse is really for us to make new opportunities and measure things we haven�*t measured before. measure things we haven't measured before.- measure things we haven't measured before. and the tell us a bit more _ measured before. and the tell us a bit more about _ measured before. and the tell us a bit more about how - measured before. and the tell us a bit more about how often j us a bit more about how often these actually occur.— these actually occur. sure. it's often _ these actually occur. sure. it's often roughly - these actually occur. sure. it's often roughly once - these actually occur. sure. it's often roughly once a i these actually occur. sure. . it's often roughly once a year, it�*s often roughly once a year, although it doesn�*t quite repeat the same way. many times, the path of totality is very small, and often times, it will go to towards different

parts of the world. antarctica was a couple years ago, little bit of australia last year and south america a few years before. it really depends. you either have to be at a eclipse of the chase or someone who follows that around. it�*s been a while since something happened in the us. the last one year was 2017.— happened in the us. the last one year was 2017. what sort of real-life impacts _ one year was 2017. what sort of real-life impacts will _ one year was 2017. what sort of real-life impacts will be - real—life impacts will be gathered from such an eclipse? people might be surprised to learn that the magnetic field on the sun can actually influence our life here on earth. you might�*ve heard of solarflares earth. you might�*ve heard of solar flares are corona maths injections. these are solar eruptions that can influence the magnetosphere here on earth. that can mess with things like satellites, also the power of the road. it�*s important for us to better understand what�*s going on the sun�*s atmosphere till we can understand its influence on earth. , , ,, .,

earth. give us some tips for watching — earth. give us some tips for watching the _ earth. give us some tips for watching the eclipse. - earth. give us some tips forj watching the eclipse. right. earth. give us some tips for. watching the eclipse. right. if ou're watching the eclipse. right. if you're here — watching the eclipse. right. if you're here in _ watching the eclipse. right. if you're here in the _ watching the eclipse. right. if you're here in the path - watching the eclipse. right. if you're here in the path of - you�*re here in the path of totality, you�*re definitely going to want to have your eclipse glasses, and when the moon finally does cover the sun, you can remove them and check out the beauty and splendour of the solar corona and how its wispy structure looks completely different from that orange ball you typically think of as the sun. but yes, eclipse glasses are really good things to block out the light on your telescope so you can look at the photosphere while the moon is covering the sun. just quickly, what�*s something we should know about solar clips that is perhaps nisc intellection —— a misconception? intellection -- a misconcetion? , ., , ., misconception? great question! i think peeple — misconception? great question! i think people think— misconception? great question! i think people think of— misconception? great question! i think people think of the - misconception? great question! i think people think of the sun l i think people think of the sun as this regular, boring object, but every solar eclipse is completely different because the sun�*s outer atmosphere changes a lot depending on what the magnetic activity is on the sun of that day. every eclipse is completely different and completely unique.

and we�*ll have special live coverage of the solar eclipse throughout the day on monday here on bbc news. you can also find lots more on the bbc news website, including more on how scientists will be conducting experiments experiments during the four—minute blackout window. that�*s it from this addition of bbc news. we will see you soon. bye—bye. hello there. it certainly was a windy weekend, but the winds are going to be a lot lighter on monday, and that�*s because storm kathleen to the north of scotland is weakening and moving away. but we are seeing more cloud coming in from the south across england and wales and this area of low pressure is taking a bit of rain northwards as well. clear skies, scotland and northern ireland will mean a chilly start here. we�*ve got the early rain in north wales and northern england moving northwards and largely petering out across southern scotland. later in the day we�*ll see some rain arriving in northern ireland. this rain in the south—west of england pushes back into wales and some showery bursts of rain arrive in southern england and later into the midlands. but ahead of that, we�*ll get some sunshine for a while in the midlands and eastern england,

so temperatures back up to a healthy 17 or 18 degrees. now, if you�*re hoping to get a view of the partial solar eclipse in northern and western parts of the uk — well, it could be spoiled by all this cloud that�*s coming in and the outbreaks of rain as well. now we�*ve seen the back of one area of low pressure, but there�*s another one arriving. this is one that�*s going to sit around overnight and into tuesday and it�*s going to take the rain northwards all the way into scotland by tuesday morning. the rain curving back into england and wales around the low, turning to drift away eastwards into the north sea, allowing brighter but more showery weather to come into southern and western areas and the winds will be picking up as well. and with the winds picking up and that cloud and showery rain around, temperatures are going to be a lot lower. it�*s going to be a cooler day on tuesday.

our top temperatures are only 11 or 12 degrees, and that�*s because we�*re seeing this north—westerly wind picking up on tuesday into tuesday night. but i don�*t think that cool air is going to last long. out in the atlantic there is milder air and that�*s following this weather front, which is going to bring cloud and rain in from the west. ahead of that, though, eastern areas starting dry on wednesday with some early sunshine, but soon clouding over. rain in the west pushes eastwards, heavy rain for a while in northern ireland, the hills and north—west england and also into scotland. lighter rain as you head further south across the uk. but it�*s gradually getting a little bit warmer on wednesday despite all that cloud — 14, maybe 15 degrees. but the wind direction is changing — we�*re getting a south—westerly wind. that is going to bring warmer weather back across the whole of the uk towards the end of the week and temperatures could be back up to around 20 celsius at best. turned on

a weekend of high stakes diplomacy between the us and china. we�*ll take stock of what has been achieved. from fast fashion to slow fashion... how one british designer is looking to transform the entire industry. hello and welcome to asia business report. i�*m steve lai. our top story today — us treasury secretary janet yellen, who�*s on a visit to china, says relations between the two

countries have improved because of "tough conversations". this came after she raised concerns about china�*s overproduction of electric vehicles, solar panels and other clean energy products with premier li qiang. she says the huge subsidies china is providing to companies is giving them an unfair advantage over foreign firms. my colleague david waddell has more. soon after arriving she addressed and promised to addressed and promised to address the oversupply of chinese goods in key industries such as electric vehicles in solar panels. 0n such as electric vehicles in solar panels. on sunday she meant the premier li qiang and struck a tone. the meant the premier li qiang and struck a tone.— struck a tone. we have put our bilateral relationship _ struck a tone. we have put our bilateral relationship are - struck a tone. we have put our bilateral relationship are more | bilateral relationship are more stable — bilateral relationship are more stable footing. this is not meant _ stable footing. this is not meant ignoring our differences or avoiding tough conversations. it has meant understanding that we can only make _ understanding that we can only make progress if we directly and openly communicate with one

anothen _ and openly communicate with one another. .