live from london. this is bbc news kazakhstan and russia's worst flooding in almost a century forces tens of thousands of people from their homes. spain's prime minister pedro sanchez says recognising a palestinian state is in europe's best interests. a review finds children have been let down by "weak" evidence about gender treatment. england joins a list of european nations limiting medical intervention. arizona's supreme court rules that the us state can enforce a near—total abortion ban, that dates back 160 years. ending ramadan in the ruins of rafah. people in gaza celebrate eid surrounded by the rubble of their mosque.

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. nearly 100,000 people have now been forced from their homes in kazakhstan by what's been described as the worst flooding in almost a century. across the border in russia, entire towns are under water and tens of thousands of people from regions in the urals and western siberia, have been forced to leave their homes. the flooding has been caused by unseasonably warm temperatures melting snow. in the russian city of 0renburg — home to half a million people — the authorities said water levels on the ural river had reached dangerous levels. thousands of people have left the city. 0renburg lies downstream from the city of 0rsk, which was inundated when a dam burst last week.

dramatic pictures coming to us from kazakhstan and russia and we will bring an update on that story today. president putin has been briefed on that situation and is helping or giving help to that region but it's an dramatic situation will give you more later. to the middle east next, where israel is coming under increasing international pressure over how it's conducting the war in gaza. in the past few hours, a string of world leaders have criticised the military operation. spain's prime minister described israel's campaign as "disproportionate," saying that it threatened to destabilise the region and the world. president biden said he believes prime minister, benjamin netanyahu is making a "mistake" and has called on israel to agree to a six to eight week ceasefire. while rishi sunak says the suffering in gaza is "intolerable". meanwhile, australia has suggested that formally recognising a palestinian state would strengthen momentum towards peace. first, let's hear some of that speech from the spanish prime

minister pedro sanchez, who said that recognition of a palestinian state is in europe's geopolitical interests. translation: we were the ones who, i when the conflict and gaza started, l demanded the european union propose a permanent ceasefire, ensure the opening of permanent humanitarian corridors and maintain support for the un agency for palestinian refugees, unrwa. we also proposed an international peace conference and continue to defend the two state solution as the only way for israelis and palestinians to coexist in peace and security. 0ur correspondent in madrid, guy hedgecoe, was listening to that address and provided some background to the statement. he's been taking a similar line to this more or less ever since the october 7th attack and israel's response to it. today mr sanchez, once again, he condemned the attack by hamas. he called for the release of prisoners, but he described

israel's response to the attack as utterly disproportionate. and as you said there, he talked about the need for europe to acknowledge the state of palestine. he said that without acknowledging a palestinian state, there can be no solution to the middle east conflict. and he said, as you mention there, this was in the geopolitical interests of europe. he has been lobbying for this proposal around europe in recent weeks. he said he has spoken to the leaders of ireland, slovenia and malta, and he plans to speak to other european leaders about this proposal. and in terms of a time frame, he has spoken previously, not today, but previously, has said that spain would like to acknowledge a palestinian state byjuly. australia's foreign minister has suggested that the country could recognise palestinian statehood, though hamas could have no role in its governance.

penny wong said the refusal of benjamin netanyahu's government to even engage on the issue had caused widespread frustration. recognising a palestinian state, one that can only exist side by side with a secure israel, doesn'tjust offer the palestinian people an opportunity to realise their aspirations, it also strengthens the forces for peace and it undermines extremism. it undermines hamas, iran and iran's other destructive properties in the region. so i say to you, a two—state solution is the only hope of breaking the endless cycle of violence. lots to talk about in terms of diplomatic momentum and the pressure being put on israel the moment. this give you a sense of what life is like in gas at the moment because muslims are celebrating eid and we

have seen people gathering and marking that point in the ruins of a mosque in gaza. let's speak now to feda'a murjan, she's a displaced palestinian living in rafah. she's experienced the worst imaginable tragedy, after her eight year old daughter was killed in an israeli stricke while she was drawing a picture. iam very i am very pleased to see you but i am very sorry for your loss of your lovely daughter. how are you and the rest of your family doing? first lovely daughter. how are you and the rest of your family doing?— rest of your family doing? first of all, thank rest of your family doing? first of all. thank you _ rest of your family doing? first of all, thank you so _ rest of your family doing? first of all, thank you so much _ rest of your family doing? first of all, thank you so much for- rest of your family doing? first of all, thank you so much for giving | rest of your family doing? first of. all, thank you so much for giving me this opportunity to speak about the situation in gaza and the people of gaza and rafa. as you know, this is the first day of eid and we would usually wear the best because we have and have the best chocolate and these are usually days of happiness and joy for everybody here in gaza and joy for everybody here in gaza and of the gaza strip and palestine

but unfortunately, this eid is very different from any other eid before. i am different from any other eid before. iam speaking, different from any other eid before. i am speaking, this eid... i am a defeated and sad mother who is suffering for six months because of the loss of my own daughter —— only daughter. you can imagine what's happening here. no words can destroy described the horrible and miserable terrible crisis happening here in gaza. we are talking with fear and justice or injustice, sadness and a combination of people are suffering from bad humanitarian crisis and we are suffering from a lack of food, lack of water, from a lack of medical treatment. you know that the hospitals are not working in an adequate way and they partially

working. israel has prevented the importing of food, fuel and the basic needs for palestinians. we are depending now and very few humanitarian assistance as that is only a small part of the basic needs of everybody in gaza. we only a small part of the basic needs of everybody in gaza.— only a small part of the basic needs of everybody in gaza. we were seeing some very beautiful _ of everybody in gaza. we were seeing some very beautiful pictures - of everybody in gaza. we were seeing some very beautiful pictures of- of everybody in gaza. we were seeing some very beautiful pictures of your l some very beautiful pictures of your daughter habiba. can you tell us what happened? fin daughter habiba. can you tell us what happened?— what happened? on the 13th of october, habiba _ what happened? on the 13th of october, habiba was _ what happened? on the 13th of october, habiba was drawing l what happened? on the 13th of| october, habiba was drawing on what happened? on the 13th of- october, habiba was drawing on our 0ctober, habiba was drawing on our home and i was making dinner in the kitchen and suddenly, without any warning before, they bond our neighbour's home. bombed... when they bumped the home i was thrown long distance from my place in the home was partially destroyed. we had the rubble over us and when i wake up the rubble over us and when i wake up i rush to search for my kids. i have two cage, habiba who was eight

and 0mar who have two cage, habiba who was eight and 0marwho is have two cage, habiba who was eight and 0mar who is four and i searched for them and ifound 0mar but unfortunately i didn't find habiba. i didn't find her. i kept searching for her and some people came to rescue us and they said that they took her to the hospital but they were lying to me because she was still under the rubble. i took my son 0mar, we went to the hospital. me, myself and my husband were injured... i was screaming of my injuries but i was saying that it was a screening of my heart but not because my injuries it was because i couldn't find my daughter. habiba was the

light of my life and when her teacher... herteachersaid light of my life and when her teacher... her teacher said she was one of the most beautiful and clever school she ever met. if her teacher is telling this, what about me? i am her mother. she has the most beautiful face in the world. she her mother. she has the most beautifulface in the world. she is the kindest girl ever and she was growing, she was growing and they killed her without any thought. it is so heartbreaking to hear your story and especially as you tell us the story on eid as well. i want to ask you what the situation is in terms of where you might go if there is an offensive on rafah? i was s-ueakin is an offensive on rafah? i was speaking with _ is an offensive on rafah? i was speaking with this _ is an offensive on rafah? i was speaking with this with - is an offensive on rafah? i was speaking with this with my - is an offensive on rafah? i —" speaking with this with my brothers this morning. we don't know. we have no choices actually because they

designated where we are is the last safe place on the gaza strip. if they announce an offensive on rafah we don't know what to do because it's the last safe place in the gaza strip. i think the only option is to have a tent on the sea but i don't know because it is not safe at all because when they designated rafah but they are still bombing here and there doing massacres here and they are destroying the homes over the heads of people here so i don't think there is any safe place in gaza, i don't know. they know that the israeli army announced that they withdraw from khan younis for my family is when they built their house stone by stone when the army

withdrew from khan younis everybody rushed their to check their homes. all of their homes are completely destroyed, raised to the ground so if they are thinking to go back there, they have nothing to go to because it's not valid for living. there is no water, no buildings, nothing. so they have no place to go to. even in a tent they cannot go there because there is no water or basic needs that will help them to live. ~ . , , . , ., live. we are seeing pictures of the moment as _ live. we are seeing pictures of the moment as you — live. we are seeing pictures of the moment as you tell _ live. we are seeing pictures of the moment as you tell us _ live. we are seeing pictures of the moment as you tell us about - live. we are seeing pictures of the moment as you tell us about your| moment as you tell us about your brothers and of khan younis and the rubble is an ruins of many people public buildings. thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us on this day. heartbreaking to hear that story but it gives you an idea of what life in gazais it gives you an idea of what life in gaza is like on this very important day. this talk of a diplomatic

pressure being put on the united states particularly in the growing pressure on benjamin netanyahu as well. we have an associate fellow at chatham house and an international negotiator. i'm sure you are listening to the interview that we just did in the growing chorus of demands from world leaders for a ceasefire, including president biden who had his harshest criticism yet of israel. where does this leave us on how close do you think we could beat to a potential ceasefire? i think it's extremely disappointing that a ceasefire wasn't agreed on before eid. the hope was that at the very least there will be a cessation of hostilities for the three days of the eid and the more likely it was hoped that there would be a six—week ceasefire agreed, commencing yesterday. so we are in an extremely

difficult spot at the moment, given that did not happen, with very harsh criticism coming out, not only from president biden but throughout the world with the king ofjordan writing an opinion piece with other world leaders in the washington post calling for a ceasefire. the fact that these leaders are making public their harsh criticism of, say netanyahu, because he is too large extent to blame for the current situation and for the fact that the hostages have not been returned, which should be his prime responsibility and prime priority and a ceasefire which would have allowed for adequate humanitarian aid to flow into the gaza strip and when i say adequate i mean the beginning of a flow of aid which would need to continue to go on for

years, but at least opening of more land crossings which is the only way to get aid in adequately. developments today with pedro sanchez of spain and penny wong in australia saying that both of those countries are looking to formally recognise a palestinian state. does that change anything, those kind words, diplomatically? the? that change anything, those kind words, diplomatically?— that change anything, those kind words, diplomatically? they are not 'ust words words, diplomatically? they are not just words but _ words, diplomatically? they are not just words but that _ words, diplomatically? they are not just words but that is _ words, diplomatically? they are not just words but that is action... - just words but that is action... they haven't said what they're going to do but he does the issue. correct, lucy, but the fact that they made a statement in public that they made a statement in public that they are going to do it is very significant. sanchez spoke about the eu and i think it's going to be very difficult to get 27 member states of the eu recognising palestine anything that's highly unlikely, but i think as individual states, within the eu, they can decide whether they would like to recognise palestine. certainly lured cameron the foreign secretary here has also made a

statement last month that this is on the cards here, and was a ground—breaking statement, but he certainly raised the possibility of the united kingdom recognising the state of palestine as part of a process meaning first a ceasefire, release of all the hostages and then that has to be done in conjunction with the regional plan which will entail the recognition of a palestinian state but the setting up of a palestinian state with secure borders and sovereign state and viable and as part of that lord cameron mentioned that the uk would recognise a palestinian state and for israel, in turn, there would be the withdrawal of the 67 borders or the withdrawal of the 67 borders or the drawing of that borders on the normalisation of arab states like saudi arabia and others in the region. saudi arabia and others in the reuion. �* ,, saudi arabia and others in the reuion. �* , saudi arabia and others in the reuion. �* ., region. always good to get your thou . hts, region. always good to get your

thoughts, nomi. _ whistle—blowers have raised concerns about care at the specialist gender clinic for children and young people in england and wales. the report makes 32 recommendations on health services should operate and they include considerations around medical interventions and further research and safeguarding measures as well. england joins a list of countries that are reviewing treatment for gender dysphoria. psychotherapy was recommended strict criteria for measures and in 2022 sweden restricted use of hormone treatments to exceptional cases and health leaders saying risks were likely to

outweigh benefits and in the us, 22 states have total bans and under 18 is being given treatment for gender issues. some of those would impose prison time and doctors and see parents investigate child abuse. here we have more. sonia wanted to transition from the age of 15, but she found she couldn't get access to care and was put on a waiting list. by the age of 18, she hadn't had a first appointment and was transferred to adult services. after hearing there'd be another long wait, she opted to go private until she could be seen by the nhs. sonia says the long delays were hard to cope with. all in all, i spent four years on waiting lists to be seen by an nhs specialist. it was incredibly frustrating and the period between being told that, "oh, we're not going to see before your 18th," and being referred on, and then me gaining private health care was an incredibly dark period in terms of my mental health.

it was the the lowest i've been during the course of my transition. expanding gender services is a key focus of the latest independent review. recommendations include a separate pathway for young children and their families, allowing early discussions to take place, a follow—through service for 17— to 25—year—olds, and assurances that the same standards of care as other parts of the nhs will be provided. gender services provided by the controversial tavistock clinic in london ended last month. two new centres in london and liverpool have been set up. the use of drugs to stop the onset of puberty has now stopped until further research is done. the author of the report says hormone treatment should in future be used with extreme caution for 16— to 18—year—olds and argues that children were let down by the quality of services. well, i think it's very important to be concerned about a group

of children and young people, who are not getting the services that they need and they deserve in order to thrive and be well as they grow into adults. so i, of course, would hope that considerable note is taken of this report. keira bell started taking puberty blockers aged 16, after being referred to the tavistock. she then took legal action, arguing she wasn't challenged enough at the clinic and regretted her decision. her lawyer responded to the review findings. whilst it is very reassuring for young people who are going through gender—questioning at the moment and their parents, that hopefully there will be a new service developed that will meet their needs appropriately, it is, unfortunately, for many young people, too late. they live with the ongoing consequences of poor clinical treatment and their lives forever changed. for sonia, the priority now is for the report's

findings to be implemented, for more resources to be provided, and for calmer and fairer discussions around gender and identity. hugh pym, bbc news, birmingham. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

to the united states next. a day after former president donald trump said abortion should be left for individual states to decide, the arizona supreme court has revived a near—total ban on abortion that dates back 160 years. the law bans abortion in all cases except when the mother's life is at risk. it also makes providing a termination or helping a woman to obtain an abortion punishable by two to five years in prison. democrats, and some republicans, have publicly condemned the court's ruling, which comes into effect in 1a days. arizona's governor urged people to use the democratic process to reverse the decision.

this november, arizonans may have an opportunity to make their voices heard on this important issue to the people across arizona who are concerned about the future of abortion rights in our state, who are worried about their bodily autonomy, who don't want to see the freedom of their wives, sisters and daughters restricted. you can make your concerns known at the ballot box, and i encourage you to do so. for more on this, we can speak now to our cbs correspondent, jarred hill. i see there has been criticism in arizona about leading republicans. taken the reaction. it’s arizona about leading republicans. taken the reaction.— taken the reaction. it's been interesting _ taken the reaction. it's been interesting because - taken the reaction. it's been interesting because you - taken the reaction. it's been| interesting because you have republicans and democrats criticising this law in saying this is not something they believe to be on the books. 0ne republican kari lake is running for senate and there is a republican conservative who is now urging the state governor to try to find a way to put forward some

common—sense solution to this issue, even though again she is someone who has been pro—life in the situation or at least anti—abortion on this issue as well. or at least anti-abortion on this issue as well.— or at least anti-abortion on this issue as well. you can see these ictures issue as well. you can see these pictures and _ issue as well. you can see these pictures and we _ issue as well. you can see these pictures and we know how- issue as well. you can see these - pictures and we know how passionate many people are about this issue. with arizona being a key battleground state, how influential do think people public opinions on abortion are going to be when it comes to in november?- abortion are going to be when it comes to in november? when it comes to votin: comes to in november? when it comes to voting specifically _ comes to in november? when it comes to voting specifically in _ to voting specifically in arizona, we know that at least in 2022, six hours on about 26 out of ten voters believe they should have guaranteed access —— six out of ten voters should have an abortion nationally. the issue is something being taken a hold across the country, this issue, former president donald trump said it should be a states rights issue and republicans are trying to run of that issue on the idea that this

should be something that they should vote for within the states but then democrats vote from the presidential ticket saying that if they are continued to be voting into office then they will try to cement this as a federal right so this is something we are seeing bubble up as a significant issue come november. thank you so much. and finally, let's have a look at these pictures out of gaza. they're from the southern city of rafah, where muslims have been celebrating eid al fitr, the end of ramadan. they have been praying surrounded by the ruins of their mosque, destroyed in february during israel's offensive. we have more coming up on that in the next half hour. there are1 million palestinians sheltering in rafah after being forced to leave their homes and we can see these drone pictures as dozens of worshippers gather to hold

prayers for eid. hello again, it has been a pretty wet start to day in some western area away and that rain is going to be steadily push being eastwards, accompanied by brisk winds today. it is courtesy of this weather front today. it's a warm front. it is bringing in the rain. you can see from the isobars that the winds will be brisk as well but behind this we are also pulling in some milder air from the atlantic on this south—westerly wind, and that will eventually push across all areas as we go through the course of today, tonight and into tomorrow. but after a bright start in the east this morning the rain has already been gathering. some of that is heavy and persistent, particularly so in western scotland. the cloud building ahead of it and behind it for the rest of england and wales and also northern ireland, it is going to be fairly cloudy and murky and dank.

some heavy rain across the west of scotland and persistent rain at that. 20-14 scotland and persistent rain at that. 20—14 millimetres of rain and northern ireland will be cloudy this afternoon with highs of 16 degrees and here is the rain continuing to drift eastwards across the rest of england. that will eventually clear and more rain comes in from the north—west, which is also thinking southwards and it will get down into the far south by the end of the night but it is going to be a mild night but it is going to be a mild night — 6—12 . night but it is going to be a mild night — 6—12. that leads us into tomorrow. we have the dregs of this waterfront across southern areas, still producing cloud and still murky in the coasts and hills for the rest of the country will be largely dry and the early cloud will break and we will see distant or decent lengthy spells. it would be a breezy day but also it will be mild in the breeze will come in from the south—west with highs of 11 and

highs of 20 degrees. through the latter part of the week and into friday you can see a bright and breezy day for the most part and there would be decent spells of sunshine but some showers coming in from the west and they will be affecting parts of western scotland and northern ireland and 20 or even potentially 21 degrees by the time we get to the end of day. note that weather front crossing and it remains unsettled with the blues return to the charge so that means is we go through the weekend and into the early part of next week it's going to turn that bit cooler.

this is bbc news, the headlines. kazakhstan and russia's worst flooding in almost a century forces tens of thousands of people from their homes. spain's prime minister pedro sanchez says recognising a palestinian state is in europe's best interests. a review finds children have been let down by "weak" evidence about gender treatment. england joins a list of european nations limiting medical intervention. arizona's supreme court rules that the us state can enforce a near—total abortion ban that dates back 160 years. muslims around the world are marking eid al—fitr. one of the biggest celebrations in the islamic calendar, with prayers seen here in istanbul.