carpet forfashion's biggest night of the year. voice-over: live from our studio in — voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, - voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, this. voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, this is| studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. we start the hour with events in the middle east. the israeli army has conducted targeted strikes against hamas and even rougher, it says. it comes at the end of a busy day in the diplomatic front line of this conflict. other times and ligands in rafah to evacuate the city, the israeli army dropped thousands of leaflets over rafah informing the palestinians the idf would soon be expanding its operation against what it says are terrorist operations in eastern parts of the city. armed factions in gaza fired rockets at southern israel in response. around 100,000 people were warned they word need to read

locate to al mawasi, and expanded safe said, east of khan younis. a rtefa cts artefa cts as artefacts as the deal has been revised and accepted. outside al aqsa hospital in gaza there were celebrations at the news. but israel did not react warmly to the deal. prime and the netanyahu said it did not meet israel's demands and they will continue in rafah in southern gaza. moments ago the un secretary general antonio guterres his call against a ground invasion. he said it would be intolerable. here's the latest from our security correspondent, frank gardner. they have at least agreed to do with they did not do it the weekend which is to send a delegation of mediators, experts to try to

thrash out a deal. it set the terms that hamas have agreed to are very far from what meets their needs but not ruling it out and i think there's a degree of optimism here at the same time as i mentioned, they're continuing to push them against the wishes of the americans in rafa and that is controversial because the aid agencies are saying this could be a catastrophic result for the civilians there. if you had to sum up the israeli position, it would be keep talking but keep fighting. those words from our security correspondent frank gardner speaking to us from jerusalem. earlier the us state department spokesman matthew miller gave its response to the hamas announcement. i can confirm that hamas has issued a response and we are reviewing that response now discussing it with our partners in the region. as you know, director burns is in the region working on this in real time and will be discussing this response with our partners over

the coming hours. we continue to believe that a hostage deal is in the best interest of the israeli people and the best interest of the palestinian people which will bring an immediate ceasefire was would allow increased movement of humanitarian assistance so we will continue to work to try to reach that. to our north america correspondent, david willis. what more on the reaction from washington? cautious reaction as you might expect, the white house national security spokesperson john kirby telling reporters that united states was evaluating the dealfrom hamas. he went on to say that it was a highly sensitive time and did not want to say anything that might up and the ongoing negotiations when we heard from matthew miller from the state department spokesman and a deal was achievable. it isa it is a sign of how difficult all this has been given the fact that only a few hours

earlier president biden had spoken by telephone to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and in that conversation which lasted nearly half—an—hour, we are told, urged him against some sort of military operation in rafah yet only a few hours later, as we now know, such an operation was under way. talissa more about the pressure biden is under given that a ceasefire has failed to materialise so far. mark and israeli conflict _ materialise so far. mark and israeli conflict has _ materialise so far. mark and israeli conflict has become l materialise so far. mark and l israeli conflict has become the big foreign policy issue for the biden administration. it's also become something of a liability politically here in the united states. in the early days of the conflict the biden administration provided all our support for israel, said it wouldn't put conditions on military aid to israel, staunch

ally, but as the death toll in gaza has grown, the administration has come under increasing pressure from people here at home particularly young people who have rallied to the palestinian cause. we saw the occupation of university campuses and colleges over the last couple of weeks and there have been warnings from members of his own party to president biden that this issue could cost him political support at the forthcoming presidential election, just six months away. it is an election in whichjoe biden will need the support, most probably, i've younger voters, gen z and so on and those arejust the voters, gen z and so on and those are just the sort of people who have been rallying to the palestinian cause. it is a difficult one forjoe biden and frustrated as the administration has become over its perceived lack of leverage

over the israeli government in this regard, there are reports that the biden administration has put a pause on the delivery of us ammunition to israel in an attempt now to gain some sort of leveraged over benjamin netanyahu and his cabinet. thanks for getting us up to speed with those developments. david willis, our north american correspondence. 100,000 refugees have been told to move to a safe zone. but khan younis is already overcrowded. fergal keane has more details. they haven't had reason to dance for a long time. but they haven't forgotten how. even amid uncertainty about israel's position, hope springs.

across gaza, bbcjournalists captured the reaction... ..of those convinced, perhaps prematurely, that a ceasefire will happen. translation: the feeling is indescribable. _ we're so happy we're going back to our home in gaza city. "we're refugees from the north and we fled here," this young man says. "we're so happy there's a ceasefire." israelis are still absorbing the news. it came late on one of this society's most important days, when — across the country — sirens bring the nation to a halt in memory of the dead of the holocaust... ..a day of reflection in a country traumatised by the hamas attack last october. chanting tonight, on the streets of tel aviv, those who believe healing that trauma can begin with a ceasefire deal and the release of israel's hostages.

we expect the israeli government to take this deal, to save all the remaining hostages who are still alive. but after seven months of a war in which israel's army pledged to destroy hamas, a ceasefire deal that fails to accomplish that risks breaking israel's wartime coalition government. israel will send negotiators to talks but won't stop fighting yet. translation: we examine every proposal very seriously _ and we review every possibility on the issue of negotiations and the return of the hostages to their homes as quickly as possible and as a central task. at the same time, we carry on with our operations in the gaza strip and will continue to do so. this morning, the people of eastern rafah awoke to leaflets telling them to evacuate. many have been displaced before, but still they were told to leave — everyone, no matter how old,

how young or how vulnerable. to al—mawasi, israel says, and other desolate places beyond rafah. the so—called humanitarian zones were to be expanded. but they've never been safe from sickness, hunger or war. this is the aftermath of raids on rafah last night. people hope these may have been some of the last air strikes if the ceasefire can be made to work. news of the hamas announcement was still hours away.

nisreen rajah, mother and refugee. for seven months, this has been the daily reality. this orphan, grieved by his relative. "his family was killed during the war," she says. "even he was killed." so many here are grieving and exhausted. late tonight, israel attacked eastern rafah, where they told people to leave. celebration had turned to fear... ..and the hope that tomorrow might bring peace. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. it is shaping up to be a busy night in rafah and across the strip as israel said it has conducted target strikes against hamas in eastern rougher after urging 100,000 civilians to leave. you can go

to a live page to violators especially first details emerging by hamas officials about what could be inside the hostage deal. moving away from the middle east. xijinping's first trip to europe in five years has kicked off in paris, with trade tensions and the war in ukraine topping the agenda. french president emmanuel macron and the eu commission's chief ursula von der leyen warned that chinese overprroduction was flooding the european union with industrial goods and electic vehicles. earlier during a press conference, chinese president xijinping spoke about the ongoing war in ukraine. translation: we have not stood idly by and i've always played - an active role in achieving peace. the chinese government special representatives for eurasian affairs has begun his diplomacy. at the same time, we are opposed to this crisis being used to shift blame

onto a third country, tarnish its image and incite a new cold war. iamjoined by i am joined by frederick clean, a research fellow. thank you for coming to speak with me. we'vejust been for coming to speak with me. we've just been hearing shooting can speak and we had president macron said he has welcomed pledges by president xi not to sell arms to moscow and control exports. how considerate is this and this, will impact on the ground? this is very significant _ will impact on the ground? ti 3 is very significant and possibly the most important foreign policy item from the europeans so the best case would have been if xijinping presumably used his considerable influence on vladimir putin to impact the situation on the ground in ukraine but already pledging not to deliver a weapons to russia and there is great if you knew that he might, is a little victory for the

europeans.- little victory for the euroeans. ., , little victory for the euroeans. ., europeans. back to focus on what he is — europeans. back to focus on what he is that _ europeans. back to focus on what he is that specifically l what he is that specifically meeting with president macron in regards to france, what do you think is key to emmanuel macron and what he wants to get from china?— from china? emmanuel macron bein: the from china? emmanuel macron being the french _ from china? emmanuel macron being the french president - from china? emmanuel macron being the french president has| being the french president has a national agenda to get more chinese investment in france but also has long talked about more market access for european economies in china and you mentioned the allegations of dumping of chinese overcapacity exported to europe so this would be on his agenda as well. for xijinping what you would be on his agenda as well. for xi jinping what you think he wants get out of the trip? xijinping is clearly on economic diplomacy mission. there are increasing conversations in europe about putting up trade barriers, tariffs, on chinese exports to the european single market and he is here to ever the spectre of a women trade were between europe and china. we are

talking electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar modules and so forth and he is trying to, but he has a threat in his suitcase as well which is through the european market that's already one of the most protectionist markets in the world become even more china will certainly reciprocate with chinese countermeasures against europeans. countermeasures against europeans-— countermeasures against europeans. countermeasures against euro eans. ., ., europeans. you mentioned the euro ean europeans. you mentioned the european market. _ europeans. you mentioned the european market. china - europeans. you mentioned the | european market. china prefers to do business bilaterally with company countries directly. do you think there is any reason why france was perhaps its first start with regards to that? , a, _ , that? there is always the notion that _ that? there is always the notion that france - that? there is always the notion that france is - that? there is always the - notion that france is somewhat independent from the rest and perhaps looking like china more towards a multipolar world autobody the day ursula von der leyen was that which is a clear message europe can't be divided, and xijinping would not travel to brussels but he is travelling to france and olaf scholz of germany has just been to china, so bilateral deals, yes, investment deals, but the eu is a common single market and all these trade

measures, potential trade barriers we talked about are in the purview of the european commission. fit, the purview of the european commission.— the purview of the european commission. a united front is what they _ commission. a united front is what they want _ commission. a united front is what they want to _ commission. a united front is what they want to show - commission. a united front is what they want to show him. | what they want to show him. thank you for coming in and speaking to us. frederick kliem, research fellow. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

now use from the new karen webb bbc understands personal information of an unknown number of serving military personnel has been accessed in a significant data breach. it includes bank details the names of past and current members. it is unknown who is behind the hacker what the data would be useful. our correspondent alex forsyth has more. what we know so far is that

a third party has accessed in an unauthorised fashion, a payroll used by the ministry of defence and the system is run by an external contractor. this is not the main ministry of defence computer and no operational details have been obtained but what has been accessed his personal details of serving members of the armed forces, mostly names and bank account details but also very small number of cases, some addresses and these are people that are currently serving in the royal navy, army and in the raf but also some veterans as well and we are not sure yet or it has not been confirmed yet who was behind this and with the data is being used for but it's a very significant breach and the defence took immediate action to the system is been taken off line and there are clearly investigations going on to ascertain the scale of this and any more information behind it. the ministry of defence is in the process of contacting

the people who were involved, whose information was accessed, hmrc—style information that was accessed and they are looking at ways they can support and advise those individuals also talking to veterans groups because a number of people involved were former members of the armed forces and we understand the uk defence secretary grant schapps is due to update mps on the house of commons on this tomorrow and set out a plan, an action plan, response plan and a plan to ensure the protection of all serving men and women in the armed forces. i think this is clearly a very significant development and there's a lot to be learned of what's happened and we are likely to hear much more about it in the house of commons but we suspect a lot of questions from mps who were concerned of what is happened and want more information. let's look at other stories in the headlines. thejudge at donald trump's criminal trial threatened the us former

president ofjailfor threatened the us former president ofjail for contempt of court. this urges owners away from multi— story building under construction collapse in the south african city of georgia. 22 people are known to be injured while dozens more remain trapped under the rubble. at least one person is known to have died. rishi sunak has said the result of the general election is not a foregone conclusion. the prime minister has competed for the first time that tories could lose their majority and monitor analysis that suggested labour may be the largest party in a hung parliament. later, the starliner, a brand new spacecraft, will make its first crewed test flight. two nasa astronauts will be heading to the international space station, as pallab ghosh explains. ready for launch. right on top is boeing starliner spacecraft. it's the latest private sector launch to the international space station.

this is starliner�*s first test flight with a crew. it's five metres high and lt.5 metres wide. it can carry up to seven astronauts into low earth orbit, but this time it'll be carrying just two. during the mission, the crew will test the spacesuits and seats, assess the onboard life support and navigation systems, and evaluate the system that moves cargo to the international space station. if all goes to plan, starliner will be certified its first uncrewed test flight in 2019 didn't make it to the space station because of a software fault. a second attempt in 2022 did make it, but there were issues with some of the thrusters and the craft�*s cooling system. and on earth, boeing has been facing growing scrutiny because of faults with some of its aircraft. this is the big one.

this is the first test flight with humans on board. they've had a few problems on earlier test flights, i think it's fair to say. so there's a lot riding on this one. the astronauts in their new blue lightweight suits have reassured those close to them that the faults have been fixed and the spacecraft is safe to fly. we're here because we're all ready. and, you know, ourfamilies and friends have heard about it along the way. you know, we've talked about all these the issues that we've encountered. and i think they're happy and proud that we've been part of the process to fix it all. the astronauts will dock 21t hours after lift—off and return after 10 days. they'll experience sta rliner�*s landing system, which will touch down on land in the deserts of the southwestern united states. pallab ghosh, bbc news. coming up on asia business report, more on the business troubles on the airline side of the company. it's one of the most glamorous nights on the new york social calendar,

let's show you the pictures which speak thousand words, an evening for celebrities to test theirfashion boundaries, producing a red carpet full of outrageous, daring and dazzling outfits. the met gala ball is being held in manhattan tonight and this year's theme is the garden of time. i spoke to fashion journalist and author amy odell about why the event is so important. it is the super bowl of red carpets. it is the most biggest most lavish and internationally recognised event of the year and has eclipsed the oscars in terms of cultural significance and they've been planning it

since 1995 anna wintour, chief and editor of vogue magazine, landed with a mixed serial attention to detail down to the ingredients of the food garlic, parsley and onions are banned from the food because she believes that it makes casts breath smell and get stuck in their teeth and also pays attention to everything her guests are doing inside the party and she doesn't want people to be on their cell phones and when kim kardashian attended wearing a dress so tight that she could not sit down, anna was asking her staff why isn't she sitting. she certainly has her eye on the details but tell us about the theme and what we can expect. the dress code is the garden of time and interestingly and i went to apologise this morning on television for the quote confusion caused by the dress code which is different from the theme of the costume institute gala division sleeping beauties. the exhibition _ sleeping beauties. the exhibition i _ sleeping beauties. the exhibition i saw - sleeping beauties. the exhibition i saw at - sleeping beauties. the exhibition i saw at the | sleeping beauties. tue: exhibition i saw at the met museum this morning, it is beautiful, showcases around 250 items of fashion from the costumers issued's collection. the reason it's called a sleeping beauties because the

gowns are so fragile and special that they have to be exhibited lying down in glass cases. but many of the looks on the show are inspired by nature, so we'll see a lot of people on the red carpet wearing things evocative of gardens and plants and may be birds and things like that. we understand that tiktok my ceo is an honorary chair at the event. why is a tech ceo involved in fashion events? find involved in fashion events? and i went to oppose _ involved in fashion events? situc i went to oppose my involved in fashion events? jim i went to oppose my primary function as the chair of the event is to raise money and find sponsors and she has been going in recent years to attack titans because that's where the money is. she approached sam bankman—fried to try to get him to sponsor one met gala and he never did that. but we have seen tech people like elon musk, jeff bezos will be attending tonight with his fiancee, lauren sanchez, this will be her first met gala,

everyone is excited to see what she will work, so this is how she will work, so this is how she has been able to raise the enormous amount of money that she is able to pull in to make the about special and elaborate.— the about special and elaborate. ., , ., elaborate. you can soak up more ofthe elaborate. you can soak up more of the met _ elaborate. you can soak up more of the met gala _ elaborate. you can soak up more of the met gala outfits _ elaborate. you can soak up more of the met gala outfits on - elaborate. you can soak up more of the met gala outfits on our - of the met gala outfits on our website stop there is a live page “p website stop there is a live page up and running. bye for now. hello. well, your bank holiday monday probably came with a rain interruption at some point. it was pretty unsettled. some lengthy spells of rain across the southeast of england, but plenty of showers elsewhere. others, though, managed some sunshine. and in lincolnshire, we had 11 hours of sun, so it wasn't so bad there, whereas others had the downpours. and across parts of northern england, we had a couple of funnel clouds spotted — one over saddleworth moor and another one in the derbyshire area. the weather is going to be improving, though, over the next few days as a ridge of high pressure starts to move its way in and that will tend

to settle the weather down. a slow process. we've still got a bit of rain left over across southeast england, one or two showers elsewhere, but these will tend to fizzle over the coming hours. and temperatures as we start off tuesday morning, generally around 8—10, the coldest spots down to about five degrees. and that's probably where we'll have the best of the early morning sunshine. now, what you do start off the day cloudy, and particularly around some of these north sea coasts, it could be quite grey. some mist and fog patches around, a few spots of drizzle, but it is an improving picture for the majority. cloud will thin and break up, with sunny spells becoming widespread into the afternoon. outside chance of a shower? yeah, it's possible, perhaps across the hills of wales and south west england, one or two elsewhere, but not as many as we've seen over recent days. the vast majority of you will have a dry day and it will feel warmer when the sunshine comes out. the high pressure continues to build in for wednesday, but we do have weather fronts that will try to sneak in from the northwest. so wednesday, again, it should be a fine day for the vast majority of the country. this certainly england, wales, most of northern ireland looking dry with spells of warm sunshine,

probably quite hazy sunshine. there will be some high cloud in the sky. but across the hebrides, highlands, orkney and shetland, it will turn cloudy, quite windy with outbreaks of rain moving in. in the sunshine, though, temperatures more widely climbing into the low 20s, so feeling progressively warmer. thursday, you've still got a risk of a few showers, this time for scotland. otherwise, some broken cloud and sunny spells. should be another dry day for most areas of northern ireland, england and wales. and again, those temperatures continue to climb. we're up to 19 in belfast. the warmest weather probably across eastern england, where temperatures will reach around 22, possibly 23 degrees celsius. that is going to feel warm in the sunshine, and there is more of that sunshine as we finish the week and head into the weekend, albeit probably with an increasing risk of seeing some showers moving in. that's your latest weather. bye— bye.

more trouble for boeing as it faces a new investigation in the united states, this time over the 787 dreamliner. do you think of anything in particular when you think of food from britain?— particular when you think of food from britain? quite boring actuall . food from britain? quite boring actually- you — food from britain? quite boring actually. you we _ food from britain? quite boring actually. you we meet - food from britain? quite boring actually. you we meet the - actually. you we meet the company _ actually. you we meet the company is _ actually. you we meet the company is trying - actually. you we meet the company is trying to - actually. you we meet the company is trying to spice | actually. you we meet the i company is trying to spice up their options to asia. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm steve lai.

the us regulator has opened a new investigation into boeing. it comes after the plane—maker acknowledged that some employees may have failed to carry out proper quality inspections on 787 dreamliners. from new york, the bbc�*s michelle fleury has more. boeing's work is once again in the spotlight. america's air safety regulator, the federal aviation authority, has opened a new investigation into boeing after the company came forward and said some employees had committed misconduct by claiming certain tests had been completed when, in fact, they hadn't. now, the faa is investigating whether boeing completed inspections to confirm adequate bonding and grounding, where the wings join the main body of the plane, on certain 787 dreamliner aircraft. bonding and grounding is vital on a plane because it prevents static build up. think of it as electrical safeguards. boeing credited a south carolina worker who saw something they felt was wrong on the production line and came forward and reported it.

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