three sons of the hamas leader ismail haniyeh have been killed in an israeli air strike in gaza, according to a hamas affiliated news agency. muslims in gaza mark the end of ramadan, with fears of an israeli onslaught on rafah. president biden warns benjamin netanyahu he's making a "mistake," and calls for a ceasefire. what i'm calling for is for the israelis to just call for a ceasefire, allow for the next six to eight weeks total access to all food and medicine going into the country. russia and kazakhstan suffer the worst flooding in almost a century, forcing more than 100,000 people from their homes. a landmark review into how england's health service provided gender services to children finds they were let down by treatment that lacked firm evidence.

and world athletics announces it will become the first international federation, to award prize money at the olympic games. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live. we start with the breaking news from gaza about three sons of the hamas leader ismail haniyeh and three of his grandchildren have been killed in an israeli air strike in gaza. that information is coming from the hamas affiliated news agency. we had brought you the breaking line about the three sons a little earlier but the three sons a little earlier but the same news agency tweeting in the last little while about the death of three grandchildren too, so six people in total. the hamas leader

not based in gaza, he is based in qatar markussen 2023. that information coming in to us all the while. let's go live tojerusalem and speak to our middle east editor sebastian usher. these are early reports, but what are you hearing where you are? we reports, but what are you hearing where you are?— where you are? we have had confirmation _ where you are? we have had confirmation from _ where you are? we have had confirmation from ismail- where you are? we have had - confirmation from ismail haniyeh himself who has spoken on arabic media, saying three of his sons have been killed. i'm not sure about the grandchildren but i believe he has also said that about three grandchildren. the reports were that they were in a vehicle that was struck to the west of gaza city. there is video of the aftermath and the bodies have been a plant but they are supposed to show some of they are supposed to show some of the grandchildren. 0ne son killed with one of his children, another son with one of his children and a

third son killed in the strike. there has been nothing so far officially from israel, there has been nothing from the idf. it has been nothing from the idf. it has been reported in the israeli media but they are reporting what they are hearing from arabic sources, the sources you have been referring to. sebastien, i mentioned it as i was doing the introduction, haniyeh for a long time has not been in gaza, he is in qatar?— is in qatar? that is correct, he has been out of _ is in qatar? that is correct, he has been out of gaza _ is in qatar? that is correct, he has been out of gaza but _ is in qatar? that is correct, he has been out of gaza but a _ is in qatar? that is correct, he has been out of gaza but a large - is in qatar? that is correct, he has been out of gaza but a large part l is in qatar? that is correct, he has| been out of gaza but a large part of his family is in gaza and this is not the first time during the past six months that members of his family have been killed. another one of his sons was killed in february, also a brother and nephew towards the end of last year. there has been a heavy toll, as there has been on many families in gaza, on the haniyeh family. we

many families in gaza, on the haniyeh family.— many families in gaza, on the haniyeh family. we have heard again from president _ haniyeh family. we have heard again from president biden _ haniyeh family. we have heard again from president biden in _ haniyeh family. we have heard again from president biden in that - from president biden in that american interview repeating what he had already said that the current strategy from israel is a mistake, it would also be a mistake going into rafah. what is coming from the israeli government to that pretty blunt assessment from washington? the israeli government has been fielding more and more criticism from president biden over the past week or two and it has been coming back very defiantly. we have not heard today that we have heard in the last couple of days from the israeli prime minister, netanyahu, absolutely saying there is no change in his military strategy which is to go into rafah, not saying exactly how, he has said there is a date but i think we can say that it's not clear, saying that whatever the rest of the world says that whatever the pushback, this is something he believes israel must do but the full defeat of hamas can only achieved by

going into raffle. there has been no turning back, at least publicly, from this, and what has happened now, we are still waiting to hear about the latest ceasefire negotiations, hamas was looking at the latest proposal, the leadership had not given its final verdict. we were not hearing very positive things but there was still a chance that this latest ceasefire might potentially be approved, also the israeli security cabinet and the war cabinet met to discuss it so that is still out there. and today is eid, this is supposedly a moment ofjoy in the muslim and arab world. in gaza we have seen the pictures today of how people are very, very quietly and in a bleak circumstance obviously, the ruins of their homes, the shelters they are living in, have had a very, very muted celebration, if you can even call it that, of eid, and that is echoed in

some parts of the arab and muslim world where some people do not feel it is right to celebrate too much as the war in gaza continues. if this turns out to be a strike by israel, it is at a very sensitive time on a very sensitive target. ismail haniyeh has 13 children but to kill three children and three grandchildren in one strike on this of all days as the peace talks, the ceasefire talks, are still in the balance, seems an extraordinary moment. ., ., balance, seems an extraordinary moment. ,, ., , moment. sebastian usher in jerusalem. _ moment. sebastian usher in jerusalem, thank _ moment. sebastian usher in jerusalem, thank you, - moment. sebastian usher in jerusalem, thank you, we i moment. sebastian usher in. jerusalem, thank you, we will moment. sebastian usher in - jerusalem, thank you, we will talk jerusalem, thank you, we will talk again as more detail emerges. sebastien talking about eid. millions around the world — are celebrating eid today — at the end of the islamic holy month of ramadan, but many muslims in gaza who are caught up in the war with israel, have foregone the customary food and celebrations — as our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. in the shadow of a war that has

killed tens of thousands and left much of their land in ruins, gazans are marking eid, the last day of ramadan. streets that in the past would have been bustling are now empty and destroyed. families who would be celebrating are mourning lost lives. amany mansour came to remember her son, killed in this translation: when i think about last i eid, it was the best one of my life i because my son was beside me in my arms, getting him ready. everything he wanted, i did for him. i wish he was here with me. in rafah, dozens gathered outside what is left of the iconic al—farouk mosque. amid the rubble, they laid out their prayer mats. translation: this day for me is heartbreaking | compared to last eid. i look at my children and i feel heartbroken. when i sit with them, i start to cry, feeling sad for the days that have passed. 1.5 million palestinians are sheltering in rafah.

israeli officials have vowed to enter the city to destroy hamas, but those plans have faced international opposition amid fears an offensive here would lead to a humanitarian disaster. pressure on the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is growing, even from his closest ally. i think what he is doing is a mistake, so what i am calling for is for the israelis to just call for a ceasefire, allow for the next six to eight weeks, total access to all food and medicine going into the country. the biden interview happened before the latest proposalfor a ceasefire, but it shows the president's frustration with israel. the deal would see the release of a0 hostages being held in gaza in return for 900 palestinians detained in israeli jails. hamas now needs to give its response. but this is the main hope to bring a pause in

the fighting and much needed respite for palestinians in gaza. hugo bachega, bbc news. we will be keeping an eye on the pictures from the white house and in the next while we will get some of the next while we will get some of the pictures put out and early comments afterjoe biden met with the prime minister ofjapan. we anticipate some early comments in the next few minutes, if there is something significant we will take that on bbc news. let's continue with what we are watching. joining me now from rafah is tess ingram, who's a spokesperson for unicef. thank you so much forjoining us. how concerned are you that the us and the uk are now openly talking about a plan b for that israeli offensive on gaza? it

about a plan b for that israeli offensive on gaza?— about a plan b for that israeli offensive on gaza? it is really concerning- — offensive on gaza? it is really concerning. i— offensive on gaza? it is really concerning. ithink— offensive on gaza? it is really concerning. i think in - offensive on gaza? it is really concerning. i think in recent | offensive on gaza? it is really . concerning. i think in recent days there seems to be more movement towards an offensive and rafah happening, which isjust mind boggling. when you are here on the juicy at first hand, this really is a city of children. every second person in rafah as a child —— when you are here on the ground and you see it first—hand. there are 600,000 children here, so for a ground offensive to come into gaza six months into this war where everyone is exhausted, children are injured and sick, it would be absolute catastrophe. in and sick, it would be absolute catastrophe-— and sick, it would be absolute catastrohe. , ., ., , ., catastrophe. in terms of what you are able to _ catastrophe. in terms of what you are able to do _ catastrophe. in terms of what you are able to do on _ catastrophe. in terms of what you are able to do on the _ catastrophe. in terms of what you are able to do on the ground, - catastrophe. in terms of what you | are able to do on the ground, give mea are able to do on the ground, give me a sense of that. irate are able to do on the ground, give me a sense of that.— me a sense of that. we are struggling _ me a sense of that. we are struggling to _ me a sense of that. we are struggling to get _ me a sense of that. we are struggling to get aid - me a sense of that. we are struggling to get aid in, - me a sense of that. we are struggling to get aid in, it i me a sense of that. we are i struggling to get aid in, it has gone up marginally but nowhere near enough compared to what we need on the grounds that even what we were delivering before the war. the little beehive we are trying to distribute to children in need, wherever they are. have distributed

some clothes this week and hygiene kits, and blankets. we are attempting to deliver nutrition supplies today. we are doing our very best but the operating conditions on the ground is also challenging, not only safety but other logistical challenges. i was listeninu other logistical challenges. i was listening to _ other logistical challenges. i was listening to your— other logistical challenges. i was listening to your colleague - other logistical challenges. i was listening to your colleague james listening to your colleaguejames alger listening to your colleague james alger on listening to your colleaguejames alger on bbc radio today, he was trying to find the words to describe what it is like for so many people. he said you have people being held hostage by one group and being punished for being held hostage by another. is that how it feels in terms of the conversations and experiences you are seeing first hand? . experiences you are seeing first hand? , w experiences you are seeing first hand? , ., , ,, hand? yes, of course. people i speak to lament the — hand? yes, of course. people i speak to lament the fact _ hand? yes, of course. people i speak to lament the fact that _ hand? yes, of course. people i speak to lament the fact that they - hand? yes, of course. people i speak to lament the fact that they are - to lament the fact that they are caught up in the middle of something that they say has nothing to do with them. they say, i am not involved, this is ruining my life. they ask,

when will it end? unfortunately i do not have that answer, all i can do is say, inshallah, as they say, hopefully this will end soon. aha, hopefully this will end soon. a final thought, hopefully this will end soon. a finalthought, if hopefully this will end soon. a final thought, if there hopefully this will end soon. a finalthought, if there is hopefully this will end soon. a final thought, if there is a move on rafah we still await any sort of israeli plan they have said they would give to the americans, but in practical terms, would give to the americans, but in practicalterms, is would give to the americans, but in practical terms, is it remotely possible to be moving the sorts of people they are talking about, around 1.3 million, to any sort of safe area, to avoid large scale civilian casualties? i safe area, to avoid large scale civilian casualties?— safe area, to avoid large scale civilian casualties? i don't think so, there civilian casualties? i don't think so. there is _ civilian casualties? i don't think so, there is no _ civilian casualties? i don't think so, there is no safe _ civilian casualties? i don't think so, there is no safe place - civilian casualties? i don't think so, there is no safe place in - civilian casualties? i don't think i so, there is no safe place in gaza, thatis so, there is no safe place in gaza, that is the bottom line. sure, you can force people to move, not everyone will be able to, but where do they go? as i drive around here you see utter destruction, particularly the further north you 90, particularly the further north you go, so talking about moving people to the middle area makes no sense.

60% of homes in gaza have been destroyed, services decimated, the people i spoke to ben rafah told me they know there is, there is nowhere left for me to go, they said. tess intram, left for me to go, they said. tess ingram. we _ left for me to go, they said. tess ingram. we are — left for me to go, they said. tess ingram, we are very _ left for me to go, they said. tess ingram, we are very grateful - left for me to go, they said. tess ingram, we are very grateful you joined us on bbc news, thank you for that update. i said we were watching the pictures from the white house, that features coming in, japan's prime minister has been meeting at the start of a summit, we saw great ceremony on the south lawn of the white house but they are inside, just talking to the assembled media, nothing in terms of the middle east, reaffirming the importance of the us japan relationship and if there is more we will obviously return to it. words just mentioning given that we are talking aboutjoe biden, he has said today he is considering australia's request on the wikileaks

founderjulian assange's founder julian assange's prosecution. australia's founderjulian assange's prosecution. australia's prime minister in february backed a motion in the lower house of parliament calling for the return ofjulian assange to australia. us officials are looking to extradite him from britain to the us, where he is wanted on criminal charges over the wikileaks release of vast amounts of confidential us military records and diplomatic cables, so interesting comments from joe biden, saying they are considering australia's request forjulian assange to be released. more on that if we get it. flooding — described as the worst in nearly a hundred years — in russia and kazakstan. the flooding — in the urals and western siberia — has been caused by unseasonably warm temperatures, which has melted snow. in the russian city of 0renburg —

home to half a million people — the authorities said, the water had reached dangerous levels. thousands of people have left the city. 0renburg is downstream from the city of 0rsk, which was inundated when a dam burst last week. with the latest analysis, here's our russia editor steve rosenberg. president putin's spokesman, dmitry peskov, earlier today said that the situation was expected to get worse. in other places, water levels have fallen, for example, in the town of 0rsk that you mentioned, it was quite interesting. a few days ago, a crowd, an angry crowd, gathered in 0rsk to vent their fury on local officials, on the regional governor of 0renburg, on the local mayor, who they believe didn't warn them in time that this flood was coming. they criticised russia's minister for emergency situations, too. they didn't criticise the kremlin, which is quite interesting. they were actually chanting "putin, help us, putin, help us" as if, you know, the president sitting in the kremlin in moscow was the good tsar, according to russian tradition, someone that they believe could actually help solve their problems, give them compensation,

make things better. exactly on that point with vladimir putin, has he said anything about this himself directly? we see him so vocal on international matters, the operation in ukraine, what about something like this domestically with people calling for him to step in? have we heard from him at all? so the official message from the kremlin is that vladimir putin is across this completely. he's being kept informed. he is dealing with the situation, coordinating the situation. we haven't seen that yet, we haven't seen the pictures of this, and there's no suggestion at the moment that vladimir putin is going to visit the flood area. at the moment, the message is being put out there that the president is in full control of the situation, but we haven't actually seen evidence of that.

steve rosenberg in moscow. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you are live with bbc news. at the public inquiry, a leading supporter of the sub—postmasters campaigning forjustice has said he had doubts over the post office's approach to the truth. lord arbuthnot said he was also "frustrated and annoyed" with the government's response to his letter raising subpostmasters' concerns about the faulty horizon accounting software. here's zoe conway. he has been called the subpostmasters' most trusted voice. conservative peer lord arbuthnot. his campaigning began 15 years ago when he started writing to ministers. the evidence i shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth... in 2009, he wrote to the then

business secretary peter mandelson asking the government to intervene. a morejunior minister wrote back, saying the post office was run at arm's length. there is a sort of democratic deficit that is popping up here if the government is refusing to take responsibility for it. also, the risks of owning a dangerous dog, you cannot say that the dangerous dog has an arm's length relationship with you if the dangerous dog behaves badly. the inquiry heard that in this letter to a government minister in 2012, the then chief executive paula vennells had said that in every case where a sub—postmaster had been prosecuted, the courts had found in the post office's favour. the lead counsel to the inquiry, jason beer, had this to say about that. that is a false statement that in every instance the courts have found in our favour. it isjust not true. would you have known at the time

that that was a false statement? no, i wouldn't. lord arbuthnot was played in the itv drama by alex jennings. he first started fighting for the subpostmasters as a conservative mp when he became aware of the plight of his constituent, jo hamilton. she was at today's hearing, but she was not the only one he spoke up for. we would not have got as far as we have without him supporting us. i don't really know whether he understands just how much love and respect he has got from subpostmasters, but he really should know that. we do respect him such a lot. he is so down the line. the truth is all that matters. justice is all that matters. that report from zoe conway. we will be live at that inquiry later.

a major report into gender services for young people in england and wales says that medical interventions given to under 185 are based on �*remarkably weak evidence.�* the report's author — dr hilary cass — says the long—term impact of using puberty blockers and hormones is uncertain, and should only be given with �*extreme caution.�* england has joined a list of countries that are reviewing treatments for gender dysphoria. this final report follows an interim review, which has already led to major changes. 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 treatments 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. it is unusual for us to give a potentially life changing treatment to young people and not know what happens to them in adulthood. and that has been a particular problem that we haven�*t had the follow—up into adulthood to know what the results of this are. and that is the reason why i have said that we must improve the research base here. keira bell started taking puberty blockers aged 16 after being referred to the tavistock. she then took legal action, arguing she was not 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, 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 are forever changed. expanding gender services is another key focus of this 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. sonja 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 would be another long wait, she opted to go private until she could be seen by the nhs. sonja says the long delays were hard to cope with and she hopes there will soon be changes. hopefully with the review and its

findings, the young trans people of today and the generations can have a more human and a more respectful transition, that doesn�*t feel demeaning or demoralising or like it is taking years upon years ofjust waiting. nhs england says there will be an implementation plan. for sonja, it is the detail and the delivery which will count. with just over 100 days to go, until the paris 0lympics, there are concerns that the triathlon event could be delayed — or the swim leg even cancelled — because of poor water quality in the river seine. that�*s despite more than one billion euros spent trying to improve it. from the banks of the seine, our correspondent hugh schofield sent this update. the big picture is a good picture. it�*s a positive picture. the big picture is that the river has been cleaned up extensively over

the last 20, 30 years. it�*s far, far healthier than it was in the 60s when there were three species of fish left in it. now there are 30 or a0 species of fish. so the general picture is a very good one, but the specific picture is rather more worrying. the specific picture is this bid to get the river swimmable in by the olympics, which was a commitment that the olympics organisers, which president macron made, and which they insist is still on track. but there have been now these findings from an ngo which looks into water quality, which are troubling. this ngo called surfrider has found that in a series of readings it took over the winter, the bacteria levels are too high, they�*re above the norms and it�*s all scientifically kind of organised. above a certain level, you can swim... below a certain level, you can swim, above, you can�*t. and the levels were above that level. so there are assurances coming from the organisers saying "don�*t worry, winter water is worse than summer water." there are all sorts of things

that have yet to happen which will continue to clean up the river in time. but one can�*t help thinking that they must be worried. and in the same way that there are concerns expressed about the opening ceremony on the river seine, the security, people are now saying perhaps there should be a plan b in case the water isn�*t clean enough by the end ofjuly. i think the plan b, as i understand it... hugh schofield in paris. let�*s return to the breaking news from the middle east that three sons of the hamas leader ismail haniyeh have been killed in an israeli strike. we are also hearing three grandchildren have also been killed. he has confirmed he has talked to al—jazeera television, confirming that, also saying the killing of his three sons will not affect the group�*s demands in negotiations. confirmation from hamas�*s leader of the death of his three sons. more on

that in a few moments. hello there. it got quite cold last night as the weather briefly calmed down. things are going to be warming up over the next few days. but at the moment, we�*ve got all this cloud streaming in from the atlantic, those two weather fronts bringing spells of rain. but the wind direction is changing. we�*re getting a south—westerly wind, and that will bring in that warmer air. now, today, temperatures aren�*t going to be too high because we�*ve still got a lot of cloud around, some fog over the hills. but 1a or 15 is an improvement on yesterday. still have the rain, and the rain is going to be heavier across the hills of western scotland still for a while. parts of the country. temperatures are going to remain in double figures. and tomorrow sees more sunshine around as well. some early rain in the far north of scotland clears, a few spots of rain through the english channel and southernmost parts of england

and wales could stay a bit cloudy. next area of rain arrives in southern ireland, but across the uk it�*s probably going to be dry in most places. and with some sunshine around in that south—westerly breeze it will be warmer, temperatures back up to 19 or 20 degrees. but there are some more weather fronts coming in from the atlantic once again. they are going to return northwards, take more cloud and some wet weather northwards as well. so we�*ll see some rain pushing towards northern ireland and into scotland, maybe even northern parts of england. further south, after a bit of a cloudy start, we should see the cloud thinning and breaking and some sunshine coming through, and we still have those warm south—westerly winds. so these are the temperatures we�*re looking at on friday. let�*s compare those with the average for this time of year. so bury st edmunds, 20 degrees on friday, six degrees warmer than normal. and in aberdeen, it�*s a similar sort of story, six degrees warmer than normal. so a pleasant day for many areas on thursday and into friday. over the weekend, though, it will start to cool down again. the wind direction changes. cooler air is going to push down

from the north—west. pressure is going to be falling as well. and with low pressure moving in, we�*re going to find more wet weather coming in from the north—west as well. now, the fine weather will last throughout the weekend across south—eastern areas of the uk, but even here it will turn cooler. towards the north and west, though, an increasing risk of some showers.