is the subject of a new film, back to black. our culture correspondent sat down with the film's director and its star. hello. i'm sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. we start in the middle east, where it appears israel is moving to a new phase of its military operation. residents from the southern gazan city of khan younis have started to return home after the israel defense forces say they have withdrawn all of its manoeuvring ground forces, leaving just one brigade. israeli defence minister yoav gallant says troops have been pulled out to prepare forfuture missions, including into gaza's southern city of rafah. much of the khan younis area is now in ruins after months of bombardment and heavy fighting

between israeli troops and fighters from palestinian groups. sunday marked six months since hamas attacked israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 others hostages. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, vowed to "crush and destroy hamas" so that it no longer posed any threat, launching a mission to bring all hostages home. in the war that has followed, gaza's hamas—run health ministry says at least 33,000 people have been killed. on sunday, tens of thousands of protesters in israel took to the streets, calling for the israeli government to strike a deal to bring home hostages and for mr netanyahu to resign. 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 october 7. 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, near there. 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 behat 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 war is still going on, he can say that now is not the time to new elections. now is not the time to look for who is responsible, which is he. everyone here faces uncertainty, sometimes fear and a forbidding future. israelis and palestinians look at each other with horror since october 7. 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 october 7. 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 7 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 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 her family. translation: if we get - there early, we get some food. but if we're too late, the food runs out, so we won't have anything to eat. 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. let's speak to calvin dark, political analyst and commentator. joining us live from washington. the six month mark, it is a degree milestone to reach on both sides. talks to try and a ceasefire have resumed and depending on which side you look at, some are saying it is fairly optimistic on the arabic aside, that is

what you are hearing. your thoughts?— what you are hearing. your thoughts? what you are hearing. your thou~hts? ~ , , ~ , ., thoughts? well, yes. as we are here are six _ thoughts? well, yes. as we are here are six months _ thoughts? well, yes. as we are here are six months after - thoughts? well, yes. as we are here are six months after the l here are six months after the seventh of october, we see there is still that challenge of how a ceasefire can be possible. it seems to me that what israel wants, the end of hamas and frame of hostages is exactly the opposite of what hamas said it will accept which is israel not being present in gaza, and obviously hamas doesn't want to agree to that instruction. what we will really see now is how the united states, egypt and other regional partners use their influence to find a solution that both can accept, that doesn'tjust provide a temporary pause in the humanitarian crisis, it has a lasting humanitarian influence of the next challenge of the day after can begin in the region can begin to heal, and thatis region can begin to heal, and that is a huge challenge. it is a hue that is a huge challenge. it is a huge challenge. _ that is a huge challenge. it is a huge challenge. we - that is a huge challenge. it is a huge challenge. we are looking at pictures of the

destruction, and you do wonder where do you even begin to rebuild in gaza and how does that work, who will help, who will provide funding and expertise and everything else? in terms of what the israeli defence force is saying, has pulled out of khan younis, virtually all of its brigades, but basically it is saying it is regrouping now for its next operation in rafah, which is something that the us administration has really warned against.- administration has really warned against. yes, and as i am sure _ warned against. yes, and as i am sure you _ warned against. yes, and as i am sure you are _ warned against. yes, and as i am sure you are aware, - warned against. yes, and as i am sure you are aware, in - warned against. yes, and as i | am sure you are aware, in the united states, this has become a really, really domestic issue given our elections that are coming up this year. but i think one of the ironies is that since october 7, one of netanyahu's messages to the united states and the international community has been the israel needs support to accomplish its two

objectives of victory against hamas and releasing the hostages. the way that israel has conducted this war overshadows those, and one of those things that i think we are seeing plainly now is that what netanyahu has done has put israel in a bad position for the future because they lost the future because they lost the international credibility, that they will need to rebuild, to do the things that you mention, and that is going to be something israel will have to deal with long after he is out of power, which may be sooner than later.— sooner than later. calvin, thank you _ sooner than later. calvin, thank you for _ sooner than later. calvin, thank you for your - sooner than later. calvin, l thank you for your thoughts sooner than later. calvin, - thank you for your thoughts on the latest details with regards to the middle east. of course we have more detail on our website, and we will be updating you as the day progresses. but now, let's look at this story. the bbc has found that in recent weeks hundreds of muslim ethnic ranger have been contributed to fight for the militaryjunta fight for the military junta despite the fight for the militaryjunta despite the fact that they are

denied citizenship and subjected to a range of discriminatory restrictions like a ban on travel outside of their communities. let's speak to our south east asia correspondent. let's speak to our southeast asia correspondent jonathan head. they are denying sending them to the front line but what has the bbc found? to the front line but what has the bbcfound?_ the bbc found? that doesn't hold u- the bbc found? that doesn't hold up at — the bbc found? that doesn't hold up at all. _ the bbc found? that doesn't hold up at all. we _ the bbc found? that doesn't hold up at all. we have - the bbc found? that doesn't hold up at all. we have had. hold up at all. we have had several interviews with people in different camps. remember, 155,000 of those not driven out that in great ethnic cleansing of 2017 are confined to these camps, and the military officials have been going around since february, ordering them to report for military training, demanding that the community leaders come up with lists of up to 25 people from each camp and they are sent off, drew two weeks of training, shown how to use a rifle and then thrown into

battle, and there are a lot of battles in rakhine state. there is an ethnic insurgent army there backed by the other population, the buddhist population, the buddhist population, which has made tremendous advances. the military is retreating everywhere and it is now using these people effectively from these people effectively from the description they have given us as cannon fodder, throwing them into these battles. 0ne them into these battles. one man with photos and 11 days in a battle in a town where a military posts were besieged. he had shrapnel in both his legs, saw a lot of other rohingya killed. it is desperate not to be sent back when he heals from his wounds. 0thers when he heals from his wounds. others have gone into hiding to avoid this. just think about the ghastly irony, the military in particular taking the view that rohingyas are illegal settlers, they have a profoundly racist view of them, real contempt which drove the terrible operation against them in 2017, killing thousands. now it is using them in this war and it will have catastrophic consequences. rohingyas feel

completely trapped in the middle of this conflict and completely hopeless. they can't escape this conscription. this escape this conscription. as ou escape this conscription. as you say. — escape this conscription. as you say, thousands were killed in 2017, 700,000 were forced to neighbouring bangladesh. how many are left in rakhine state? 600,000 are believed to be the estimated population, a quarter of those confined to these camps. they really have suffered terribly because we have seen so many pictures of rohingyas who have had their legs blown off by landmines in this conflict between the military and the army, some had their villages shelled, lots of people have been killed. people on all sides have been killed in his escalating conflict. there is a far more serious consequence of this. the army backed by the kind buddhist population in the past having quite hostile to rohingyas, sharing the same view that they don't belong. in recent years, as it is poised to take more control of the state, has put

out a more moderate view and say they can perhaps live side—by—side with rohingyas. but now the rohingyas are forced to fight on the military side and we have spoken to the army and they say we see this as betrayal. it will poison relations between those remaining rohingyas, though 600,000 in the rest of iraq on buddhist population, it would be really terrible long—term consequences of this conscription. consequences of this conscrition. ., ., ., ~ conscription. jonathan, thank ou. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

the next phase of the uk post office horizon public inquiry will resume this week. it will be the second to the last chapter of an independent probe into one of the uk's biggest miscarriages ofjustice. our business correspondent emma simpson has been looking at the story so far.

fanny compton. just a place to start really annoying the post office. ., ., ., office. the moment in the drama where former _ office. the moment in the drama where former sub-postmaster i where former sub—postmaster alan bates picks the spot for the fight back.— alan bates picks the spot for the fight back.- joe - the fight back. alan! joe hamilton _ the fight back. alan! joe hamilton is _ the fight back. alan! joe hamilton is there - the fight back. alan! joe hamilton is there to - the fight back. alan! joe i hamilton is there to meet the fight back. alan! joe - hamilton is there to meet him. they have no idea how many would come the first meeting. but come, they did.— would come the first meeting. | but come, they did.- the but come, they did. hello! the realjoe hamilton _ but come, they did. hello! the realjoe hamilton remembers. but come, they did. hello! the | realjoe hamilton remembers it well. , . . , well. they galvanised me, it made me — well. they galvanised me, it made me so _ well. they galvanised me, it made me so angry. - well. they galvanised me, it made me so angry. told - well. they galvanised me, it| made me so angry. told that with the same stories and realise we had all been shafted. in the beginning we were a little circle in the middle and end up the word spread and more postmasters came and, yeah, we are where we are. it came and, yeah, we are where we are. . , , came and, yeah, we are where we are, , ., came and, yeah, we are where we are. ., , , ., ., came and, yeah, we are where we are. .,, , ., ., are. it has been a long road, though- _ are. it has been a long road, though- the _ are. it has been a long road, though. the first _ are. it has been a long road, though. the first campaign l though. the first campaign meeting in fanny compton was in 2009. eight years later, alan bates took legal action against

the post office and his group eventually won. in 2021, the court of appeal quashed the convictions of 39 sub—postmasters in a landmark ruling. the year after the public enquiry began hearing evidence, starting with the victims. the next phase starts in this room tomorrow. the enquiry is slowly trying to join the dots and it is now focusing on who knew what at the top. centre stage will be former post office boss paula venables. here she is in parliament defending the horizon it system. if parliament defending the horizon it system. if there had been any _ horizon it system. if there had been any miscarriages - horizon it system. if there had been any miscarriages of - been any miscarriages of justice, it would have been really important that we really surface those, and as the investigations have gone through, so far we have had no evidence of that. of course there will be dozens of other witnesses from board members and barristers to keep politicians and government officials. , , ., officials. first up, though, in the witness _ officials. first up, though, in the witness chair _ officials. first up, though, in the witness chair will - officials. first up, though, in the witness chair will be - officials. first up, though, in| the witness chair will be alan

bates. ., , ., ., ., , bates. people have got to be held accountable. _ bates. people have got to be held accountable. i— bates. people have got to be held accountable. i see - bates. people have got to be held accountable. i see no i bates. people have got to be l held accountable. i see no sign of it yet, but i think after the enquiry, then i think that is definitely the next stage, and then we started looking at prosecutions, notjust that and then we started looking at prosecutions, not just that as well, there is a huge bonuses being paid to people over the years, some of that should be clawed back. bill years, some of that should be clawed back.— clawed back. all eyes are now on what this _ clawed back. all eyes are now on what this enquiry - clawed back. all eyes are now on what this enquiry is - clawed back. all eyes are now on what this enquiry is about | on what this enquiry is about to uncover. on what this enquiry is about to uncover-— on what this enquiry is about to uncover. we have done the groundwork- _ to uncover. we have done the groundwork. we _ to uncover. we have done the groundwork. we find - to uncover. we have done the groundwork. we find the - to uncover. we have done the i groundwork. we find the system is broken and the people knew the system was broken and now we will find out what the leaders of the post office did with that information. we are deeply concerned that there is growing evidence that there was a cover—up. growing evidence that there was a cover-utm— a cover-up. victims will be watching- _ a cover-up. victims will be watching. they _ a cover-up. victims will be watching. they want i watching. they want accountability as well, as well as full and fair compensation. emma simpson, bbc news. now, japan's prime minister fumio kishida is heading to the united states on monday for an official visit to the country. the white house said mr kishida's visit to washington

"will underscore the enduring strength "of our alliance, "the unwavering us commitment to japan, "and japan's increasing global leadership role." stephen 0lson, a former us trade negotiator, gave us his assessment on what the visit could entail. i think biden and his japanese counterpart i going to give each other a very big bear hug and very warmly embrace each other. i think they are going to stress the importance of both the economic relationship as well as the security relationship, and if at all possible, try to move this relationship even more close together. of course the £800 gorilla that will be sitting in the room during this discussion will be steel and us steel, whether us presidential election being in the not—too—distant election being in the not—too—dista nt future, election being in the not—too—distant future, i don't think biden really has a political manoeuvrability is to

substantially change his position on that issue. so it is something that leaders are going to have to carefully manage. going to have to carefully manage-— going to have to carefully manaue. ~ ., ., ., manage. we will have more on that in business. _ he's known as the �*hardest geezer�*. now, russ cook from west sussex has earned that nickname by running the entire length of africa for charity. he set off last april in south africa and covered the equivalent distance of 385 marathons. he headed north through countries including angola, nigeria and ivory coast before crossing the finishing line in tunisia. 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 so far, he's 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's had complications with his health, visas, the weather... sneezing highs of 39 degrees out here today. twisted 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? yes. 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. cheering he has achieved something no—one else in this world has ever managed — and that strawberry daiquiri. ellie price, bbc news. he has earned that, has ante, let's be honest. —— has ante.

—— hasn't he? her talent was indisputable. now, the life and music of amy winehouse is the subject of a new film, back to black. it follows her journey to becoming a star, as well as her later struggles with addiction. ahead of the premiere this evening, our culture correspondent, charlotte gallagher, sat down with the film's director and its star. singing amy winehouse. a music legend. singing # they tried to make me go to rehab... ., ., , rehab... now, and new film is tellin: rehab... now, and new film is telling her— rehab... now, and new film is telling her story. _ rehab... now, and new film is telling her story. it _ rehab... now, and new film is telling her story. it was i rehab... now, and new film is telling her story. it was so i telling her story. it was so exciting with the idea of playing and getting in touch with amy, the girl, and then amy the singer, as well as the woman before, the icon. i don't write songs _ woman before, the icon. i don't write songs to _ woman before, the icon. i don't write songs to be _ woman before, the icon. i don't write songs to be famous. i i write songs to be famous. i write songs to be famous. i write songs to be famous. i

write songs because i don't know what i'd do if i didn't. how hard was it to find your amy, someone that can physically resemble amy, but then also comes in like her? really it was important mostly that i could find someone who wouldn't impersonate amy. there were many brilliant impersonators and people who look or sound like her, but marissa came in as herself, was the only one in the audition process who didn't try to look like her in any way, earrings, ihlein or anything. aha, like her in any way, earrings, ihlein or anything.— ihlein or anything. a big part ofthe ihlein or anything. a big part of the film — ihlein or anything. a big part of the film 's _ ihlein or anything. a big part of the film 's amy's - of the film �*s amy's troubled relationship with blake fielder civil. i didn't meet, i didn't meeting but i wanted to. i set out to make _ meeting but i wanted to. i set out to make the _ meeting but i wanted to. i set out to make the film - meeting but i wanted to. i "er out to make the film through her perspective, so her love of him had to be palpable, had to feel real and we had to understand why she fell in love with him. so it wasn't about making a 1—dimensional villain. we had to fall in love with him to understand wife she wrote

one of the greatest albums about their love. and for me, really, the villains of the film �*s addiction and paparazzi. film 's addiction and paparazzi-— film 's addiction and paparazzi. film 's addiction and --aarazzi. ., , paparazzi. when you actually look back — paparazzi. when you actually look back now _ paparazzi. when you actually look back now at _ paparazzi. when you actually look back now at the - paparazzi. when you actually l look back now at the headlines that were written about her, amy goes to see blake in court but she can't hide the state of her shocking skin, and a picture of someone very unwell. are you think now what she went through, what britney spears went through, maybe we have moved on a bit as a society, that people will not be persecuted like that? i don't know. recent _ persecuted like that? i don't know. recent use _ persecuted like that? i don't know. recent use mason i persecuted like that? i don't| know. recent use mason say different. ifeel that know. recent use mason say different. i feel that we know. recent use mason say different. ifeel that we have evolved to this place of maybe that wouldn't happen now, but it feels like it is happening now. # we only said goodbye with words... now. # we only said goodbye with words. . .— now. # we only said goodbye with words... what would she make of the _ with words... what would she make of the film? _ with words... what would she make of the film? hopefully l with words... what would she i make of the film? hopefully she would be proud _ make of the film? hopefully she would be proud of— make of the film? hopefully she would be proud of it. _ make of the film? hopefully she would be proud of it. and i would be proud of it. and herself as _ would be proud of it. and herself as well. _ would be proud of it. and herself as well. hopefully she would — herself as well. hopefully she would watch it and feel proud of everything she created. if

of everything she created. ”it back of everything she created. back to of everything she created. so back to black. stay with us here on bbc news. we have the top business stories here next. i will see you injust stories here next. i will see you in just a stories here next. i will see you injust a moment. 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. clearer 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 southwest 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. we're looking at gale—force winds around some southern and western coasts of england and wales, 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 northwesterly 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, heavier rain for a while, northern ireland, the hills and northwest 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 southwesterly 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.

live from london, this is bbc news. "tough conversations" are what's needed, says janet yellen, as the us treasury secretary seeks to build bridges with china. food inflation in rich nations has slowed to its lowest level since russia's full scale invasion of ukraine. we take a look at what is still expensive and where prices have fallen. a fresh headache for boeing as a part falls off one of its 737 planes on a us route served by southwest airlines. plus, we head to mexico where two women are campaigning to become its next president.

hello, i'm sally bundock with the top business stories. we are now focusing on the top business stories. starting in china, where the us treasury secretary is having what she calls "tough conversations" with counterparts in beijing. in recent days, janet yellen has been meeting senior officials, including the premier, li qiang. both china and the united states have a number of key concerns — much of it rooted in trade tensions which have been gathering pace for years. dr yellen's seeking to navigate these issues and smooth a few feathers in beijing. here's our business reporter david waddell. soon after arriving, secretary yellen addressed business leaders in guangzhou and promised to address the oversupply of chinese goods in key industries such

as electric vehicles and solar panels.