happened by this. it should not have happened and this eight point plan seeks to ensure that it is put right and that it cannot happen again. i commend this statement to the house. thank ou mr this statement to the house. thank you mr deputy _ this statement to the house. thank you mr deputy speaker. _ this statement to the house. thank you mr deputy speaker. there - this statement to the house. thank you mr deputy speaker. there is i this statement to the house. thank you mr deputy speaker. there is deep concern _ you mr deputy speaker. there is deep concern in _ you mr deputy speaker. there is deep concern in this house about the grave _ concern in this house about the grave security breach and the house willm _ grave security breach and the house willm uk— grave security breach and the house will... , . ,, . ., , grave security breach and the house will... , . ,,. will... uk defence secretary grant sha -s will... uk defence secretary grant shapps making — will... uk defence secretary grant shapps making that _ will... uk defence secretary grant shapps making that statement - will... uk defence secretary grant i shapps making that statement about the hack of the payroll system of the hack of the payroll system of the british armed forces, and external network operated by a contractor. he pointed out that a number of actions has been, have been taken as a result, including taking that system off—line, a full investigation and he talked about a malign actor being behind this. he said we cannot rule out state involvement, government officials have told the bbc that china was most likely responsible, something that chinese foreign ministry has dismissed as absurd, although he

didn't mention china specifically there rather a malign actor, he said we can't rule out state involvement. the adult—film star at the centre of donald trump's criminal trial in new york has taken the stand as a witness prosecutors say stormy daniels received $130,000 from the hands of mr trump's former lawyer at his direction, before the 2016 presidential election, in order to keep quiet about her allegations that she had sex with the former president. mr trump has pleaded not guilty to falsifying business records and denies a sexual encounter with ms daniels. let's speak to nada tawfik, our north america correspondent. she is following the trial for us, and bring us up with what stormy daniels has been saying.- and bring us up with what stormy daniels has been saying. yeah, well stormy daniels. _ daniels has been saying. yeah, well stormy daniels, two _ daniels has been saying. yeah, well stormy daniels, two salacious - stormy daniels, two salacious details of her alleged affair with

donald trump which he denies. and stormy daniels started out by talking about her difficult upbringing and how she got into the aduu upbringing and how she got into the adult film wall, now she is centred on that alleged sexual encounter with donald trump in 2006 after she met him at a celebrity golf tournament. she says that she was approached by donald trump's bodyguard, ask to have dinner with donald trump and she playfully cracked jokes a couple times thank her initial response to that invitation was f no. but her plug blitzes urged her to attend at dinner, when it got to the exact details of the encounter in donald trump hotel suite, that's where things got a bit tense. the judge warned prosecutors numerous times that they were going into just too much detail, and they warned prosecutors to move quickly along to the relative information about that

encounter. donald trump's team objecting continuously to stormy daniels providing information about how that all played out. so we've got into a moment that is certainly very tense in her testimony. find got into a moment that is certainly very tense in her testimony. and we are seeinu very tense in her testimony. and we are seeing that _ very tense in her testimony. and we are seeing that mr— very tense in her testimony. and we are seeing that mr trump's - very tense in her testimony. and we are seeing that mr trump's lawyersl are seeing that mr trump's lawyers are seeing that mr trump's lawyers are objecting to almost every question that the prosecutor is asking, so it sounds like the progress of what's happening today is rather stop start affair.— is rather stop start affair. yeah, it's a very _ is rather stop start affair. yeah, it's a very delicate _ is rather stop start affair. yeah, it's a very delicate balance. - is rather stop start affair. yeah, it's a very delicate balance. i . is rather stop start affair. yeah, i it's a very delicate balance. i mean remember, before stormy daniels started her testimony, the defence wanted to exclude any testimony about the alleged sexual acts, and prosecutors said they would keep it brief and wouldn't be too graphic and thejudge agreed brief and wouldn't be too graphic and the judge agreed that it was necessary to ask her about itjust to establish your credibility as a witness. but the judge to establish your credibility as a witness. but thejudge has no said that they are going into just too much detail, and to give you a sense

at what point stormy daniels started to detail what toiletries donald trump had in his hotel suite, what he was wearing, the questions he was asking during that sexual encounter. so certainly providing many details that the defence feels it is not relevant to this case.- that the defence feels it is not relevant to this case. 0k, thank you ve much relevant to this case. 0k, thank you very much for— relevant to this case. 0k, thank you very much for that _ relevant to this case. 0k, thank you very much for that update, - relevant to this case. 0k, thank you very much for that update, and - relevant to this case. 0k, thank you very much for that update, and a i very much for that update, and a reminder that you can see all the latest on that trial and the new lines as they emerge from stormy daniels on the witness stand, and thatis daniels on the witness stand, and that is on our live page and the bbc app. you can keep right up to date there. israel's defence minister says israel will continue itsoperation in the southern gaza city of rafah until hamas forcesin the area are destroyed or the group hands over one of the israeli hostages it still holds. yoav gallant�*s comments come as the united nations says israel isn't allowing humanitarian workers access to the rafah crossing,

after israeli defence forces took control of the gaza side of the crossing with egypt. these pictures have been issued by the israel defense forces which says its troops are carrying out a limited operation in rafah. it says it's killed several hamas fighters and has destroyed a number of tunnels. meanwhile, aid lorries are queuing up at the rafah crossing waiting to get into gaza, as the un demands the crossings be "re—opened immediately". yolande knell sent this report from jerusalem. rolling into rafah. israeli tanks have now taken control of gaza's key crossing into egypt. the israeli army says it's killed what it calls 20 hamas terrorists and destroyed tunnels in a precise operation. but palestinians, mourning their lost loved ones, say children were among those killed in the latest air strikes. mohammad abu amra has his family lined up in body bags. translation: my wife, my brother,

my brother, my sister _ and my niece were martyred. we did nothing. we were sleeping peacefully. we are not hamas, nor any faction. i am a construction worker. what is happening in rafah still falls short of the full—scale ground offensive that world powers have warned against in this city crammed with the displaced people. there are new concerns that israel has now closed the two main crossing points for aid to gaza. the rafah crossing is now under the control of the israeli defence forces and is currently closed for the movement of goods and people in both directions. kerem shalom other crossing is also closed. that means that, currently, the two main arteries for getting aid into gaza is currently choked off.

last night, gazans rejoiced after hamas declared it had accepted a ceasefire proposalfrom mediators. celebrations were short—lived, as israel said its core demands were not met and it would continue negotiations. israelis supporting the hostages took to the streets, demanding a deal to bring them back. relatives of those still held captive accused their prime minister putting his own political survival ahead of their loved ones. some went to parliament today. translation: there are civilians there that need rescuing, - soldiers that need rescuing. so far what i am seeing is the state of israel and netanyahu are simply delaying. back in rafah, israel has again been ordering palestinians to leave the east. after seven months of war, an end had seemed tantalisingly close, but now there is more painful uncertainty.

let's speak to our security correspondent frank gardener injerusalem. frank, what is the latest you are hearing about the situation on the ground there, and also about the status of the negotiations to try to actually get a deal sorted? fighting and talkin: actually get a deal sorted? fighting and talking is _ actually get a deal sorted? fighting and talking is what _ actually get a deal sorted? fighting and talking is what israel— actually get a deal sorted? fighting and talking is what israel seems i actually get a deal sorted? fighting and talking is what israel seems to | and talking is what israel seems to be doing all at the same time, so it's got a two—pronged approach to this whole situation. it sent a mid—level delegation to cairo, not to negotiate we don't think i'm a bit more to study hamas' proposals, find out what common ground there is, and there is quite a lot of common ground, and then report back if they think there is a deal within reach than a high—level delegation will be sent from israel to cairo, probably headed by david bernier, but we're not there yet. it involves

an additional a0 day period of calm, of cease—fire, during which there would be an exchange of hostages, 33 hostages out of gaza, a larger number coming out of is reallyjails and release palestinian prisoners, a movement not of palestinian prisoners back to their homes in gaza, but the sticking point of that is over how this ends. is the cease—fire going to be permanent? hamas wants a full and final cease—fire, it doesn't want to sign up cease—fire, it doesn't want to sign up to something that they give up their key bargaining chip which is their key bargaining chip which is the hostages, only to find they come under massive assault the very next day. from the israeli perspective, they don't want to sign up to a deal that leaves hamas militarily intact. this country is still reeling from the october seven massacres and the government has vowed to things, to

bring the hostages home and to destroy hamas. if it leaves hamas intact the coalition will almost certainly fall apart because hard—line right—wingers will ha rd—line right—wingers will certainly hard—line right—wingers will certainly walk away from it. that puts mr netanyahu and quite a difficult position. in terms of rafah and the fighting there on the ground, the us, which is the main benefactor for ground, the us, which is the main benefactorfor israel, has made it very clear, it opposes a major military operation in rafah. why? because you've got i.a million palestinians crammed into an incredibly small space. rafah is a city at the southern end of the gaza strip but it's not big, and people are already living in dire conditions there. the last thing they need is combat taking place in they need is combat taking place in the middle of it. at the moment, this is a limited operation, but it still involved with the movement north of the best part of 100,000 palestinians and fighting is taking place. the two main crossing points for aid into the territory at rafah and kerem shalom are currently shut.

the one at karam shalom is shut because israel rocketed it a few days later. the one at rafah was taken over overnight, raise the israeli flag and said we are not in control of it. fighting is ongoing there, israel believes that military pressure on hamas is the best way to get the hostages out. that's not what the hostage relatives and friends seem to think. down the road from here in tel aviv they demonstrate every night, smaller ones here injerusalem saying we want to deal now. they shout in hebrew, deal now.— want to deal now. they shout in hebrew, deal now. take you very much, hebrew, deal now. take you very much. frank— hebrew, deal now. take you very much, frank gardner _ hebrew, deal now. take you very much, frank gardner in - hebrew, deal now. take you very i much, frank gardner in jerusalem. let's speak to noga tarnopolsky, an independentjournalist based injerusalem. thank you very much forjoining us today on bbc news. and do you think hamas agreeing to the cease—fire deal came as a surprise to the israeli government? it

deal came as a surprise to the israeli government? it appeared to, it a- eared israeli government? it appeared to, it appeared the _ israeli government? it appeared to, it appeared the israeli _ israeli government? it appeared to, it appeared the israeli government | it appeared the israeli government was basically bargaining on being able to tell the world, see? hamas rejected the terms of this agreement and hamas instead came out and said no, we accept it, although it's unclear what exactly are the terms that hamas has accepted, it's unclear whether israel has seen the agreement that hamas now say that the israeli government says it wasn't all that accuse the mediators, the egyptians, qatari's and even the americans, of some sort of dirty trick. yesterday, implying that they had offered hamas a softened version of a deal, compared to the one israel had accepted a few weeks ago in paris.— weeks ago in paris. what do people there in israel— weeks ago in paris. what do people there in israel think _ weeks ago in paris. what do people there in israelthink about- weeks ago in paris. what do people there in israel think about the i there in israel think about the government's aims to bring the hostages home while at the same time

not leaving hamas militarily intact? do they think both of those things are possible?— do they think both of those things are ossible? ~ ., �* ,, ., , are possible? well, i don't know, is the real answer, _ are possible? well, i don't know, is the real answer, but— are possible? well, i don't know, is the real answer, but i _ are possible? well, i don't know, is the real answer, but i think- the real answer, but i think israelis are very confused, and would like both of those aims to be achieved. but a very interesting poll published today by the israel democracy institute that is a nonpartisan think tank, showed that 62% of israeli adults believe that returning the hostages home is a more important aim then continuing the war against hamas in gaza. so that gives you an indication that a majority at least is putting the emphasis on getting the hostages back. i have to say that behind that opinion, is a reality that nobody knows how many of the hostages remain alive. officially there are more than 100 still being held, its

my understanding that the americans think that not more than 50 are alive. hamas, today in one of its many messages, said that it did not have 33 hostages alive hostages that it could really use and first phase of this. so the families are desperate and fighting on the streets, but it's unclear whether, evenif streets, but it's unclear whether, even if it succeeds, they are going to get living or dead hostages back. and briefly if you would, so you're talking there about public opinion. what about the opinion of president biden? do you think that's going to hold much sway with president netanyahu right now? prime minister not not to minister, i beg your pardon. trio not not to minister, i beg your ardon. ., , .,, ., ., pardon. no problem at all. prime minister netanyahu _ pardon. no problem at all. prime minister netanyahu appears i pardon. no problem at all. prime minister netanyahu appears to i pardon. no problem at all. prime| minister netanyahu appears to be equally un—swayed by the majority of israelis, clear majority that want this deal done and president biden and others, allies of israel

including prime minister sunak, the president of france and others who are pushing him very, very hard, thus far at every opportunity prime minister netanyahu has chosen the opinions of the most extremist of his ministers above the opinions of a majority of israelis and all of israel's international allies. thank ou ve israel's international allies. thank you very much — israel's international allies. thank you very much for _ israel's international allies. thank you very much for your— israel's international allies. thank you very much for your thoughts l israel's international allies. thank. you very much for your thoughts on this story today. you can follow the latest on what is happening gaza, the situation on the ground and the response in israel on the bbc news app response in israel on the bbc news app and website, we've got a live page there with all the developments for you as they happen. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

putin has been in power since 1999 begins his new mandate after he sent tens of thousands of troops into ukraine. in march, vladimir putin wona ukraine. in march, vladimir putin won a landslide victory in a tightly controlled election from which to anti—war candidates were barred on technical. france said it would send its ambassador. ukrainian intelligence says it's foiled a russian plot to assassinate president zelensky. it's arrested two colonels from the government protection unit suspected of passing on secret information to a russian fsb cell. according to the statement, it was to be timed for president putin's inauguration as a present. let's get more on this with our kyiv correspondent james waterhouse. yes, this was quite a plot that was

allegedly uncovered by the intelligence service of ukraine. we had fruitage released appearing to show two men, to serving kernels in the country's security service which is responsible for keeping officials safe, being arrested, and they are accused of being hired by the fsb, russia's own security service as moles before the full scale invasion where they met their russian handlers in neighbouring european countries, we are told, where cash was exchanged, and the investigators here have released recordings of a parent phone calls between them and their handler where they talked about both trying to convince security guards close to present zelenskyy and top officials to both take them hostage and later murdered them. he talked about, investigators talked about alleged plans to leak

details of where these vips would be travelling, as well as addresses they would be staying, whether they would be hit by missiles and the men are also accused of carrying large amounts of weaponry from ukrainian regions to kyiv, including mines, explosives and drones. so these really are quite a tally of accusations facing these two colonels. we don't know how close they got to this alleged plot but if they are found guilty and a subsequent trial they face life in prison. subsequent trial they face life in rison. �* , subsequent trial they face life in rison. ~ , ., subsequent trial they face life in rison. , ., , prison. and, james, there have been a number of — prison. and, james, there have been a number of attempts _ prison. and, james, there have been a number of attempts on _ prison. and, james, there have been a number of attempts on president l a number of attempts on president zelenskyy�*s life of course, or plots on his life, how does this measure “p on his life, how does this measure up compared to others? it certainly on the extravagant _

up compared to others? it certainly on the extravagant side. _ up compared to others? it certainly on the extravagant side. it's - on the extravagant side. it's obviously an interesting tale, isn't it? where you talk about an infiltration of this nature. and just how reason it sounds. in terms of this allegation. there are instances in the past where you have the more extreme, russian paratroopers landing in the early hours of this invasion, towards the presidential palace not far from where i am right now. where they were trying to take out president zelenskyy and where ukraine's leader turned on officers to leave as invaded forces moved in. and then there are tales of russian collaborators which is something the security service constantly grapples with where you have individuals sympathetic to the russians, who leak sensitive details. and the penalties they face are steep. but this is something that really goes to the heart of the security apparatus of ukraine, and it's also apparatus of ukraine, and it's also a reminder of the risks that president zelenskyy takes. this is a leader that doesn't shy away from public appearances, he travels the

country, goes to the front line, goes to very hostile areas, so you can be sure there will be a thorough examination. you would imagine, by the security service, to establish to what extent a russian agents may have infiltrated other parts of the ukrainian state. itjust shows that this is a warrant notjust a war—torn battlefield, there is an information war and there is almost an infiltration where as well. as far as the intelligence services concerned, it was foiled but we'd never know how close it got for president zelenskyy.— never know how close it got for president zelenskyy. thanks very much, president zelenskyy. thanks very much. james _ president zelenskyy. thanks very much, james waterhouse - president zelenskyy. thanks very much, james waterhouse in i president zelenskyy. thanks very| much, james waterhouse in kyiv. a security guard was injured at the home of drake. it took place early hours of tuesday morning, it's too early to investigate. he was in a

feud with kendrick lamar who accused him of relationships with underage women. he angrily denied the accusations, saying they made him feel disgusted. it's fashion's biggest night — the met gala has been hosting an array of stars from film, music and tv. a—listers were invited to branch out with the dress code, the garden of time — inspired by a short story by jg ballard. zendaya,j lo, chris hemsworth and bad bunnyjoined vogue's anna wintour as hosts. tamison o'connor is the uk fashion features director at elle magazine. she told us her thoughts on last night's event. i certainly enjoyed what was on offer on the red carpet last night. i think for me, zendaya's outfit, herfirst outfit and then her outfit change. opening and closing the red carpet looks last night were pretty spectacular. she worejohn galliano for maison margiela to open and then closed with another galliano look that he designed for

givenchy in the �*90s. in a world which is dealing with so many crises, how does the met gala, these gorgeous costumes, how does that fit into it? it is quite a tough time in the world right now, of course, but i think that the met gala does provide a platform for fashion escapism, really. it's a time to celebrate creativity and reallyjust enjoy what is on offer. i think we saw that last night with a lot of designers really going to town with some of their very, very exciting and inventive takes on on the theme for the met gala this year. and why is this event so important in the fashion calendar? i feel like it's almost a bigger event than what people are wearing to the oscars, for example. totally.

well, i guess it is the oscars of the fashion world. the main purpose of the met gala is to raise funds for the costume institute, which is a really important fashion archive. but it's become a really important celebrity moment with some very, very key big names and an opportunity forfashion brands to really explore and experiment on the red carpet in a way that they can't do at other red carpet events because of the fashion nature of the theme and of the event. and we've seen quite a few pictures of some of the stars. what about men's fashion? what caught your eye there? i thoughtjosh o'connor in his loewe look was a really fun twist on the traditional black tie garb. there was quite a lot of exciting men's fashion. lil nas x always does a very out there look. he actually kept it quite pc last night, quite toned down. we sanonathan anderson,

who is creative director of loewe in some very lovely sparkly shoes. lots, lots on offer. that was thomas o'connor from elle magazine, do state here on bbc news. hello there. despite some cloud across northern areas, especially across scotland, much of the country had a pretty decent day today with a good deal of sunshine around. it felt quite warm through the afternoon. that's how we're keeping things for the rest of this week. always a bit more cloud across this northwest corner with some rain at times, particularly the north and west of scotland. by far, the bulk of the dry, sunny weather will be across england and wales. there may be the odd isolated shower here and there, but most places will stay dry. in fact, a pretty good looking week coming up. all in all, thanks to high pressure which has been building in killing off the showers, pushing away the weather fronts, its left a legacy of cloud, though,

and that's what we're going to see again across parts of the north of the uk and also some sea fog, some mist and murk here and there across the north sea coast in towards the irish sea as well, but generally dry for most with a few clear spells, temperatures 6—10 celsius. high pressure then dominates the scenes, gets a bit stronger across the country, so i think we'll see fewer showers for england and wales. but these weather fronts will bring thicker cloud, more of a breeze. outbreaks of rain to the northwest of the country, most places starting dry, a bit of mist and murk to start off with plenty of sunshine, england and wales, southern and eastern scotland, northern ireland. then we'll start to see splashes of rain with increasing breeze across the north and west of scotland into the afternoon. so 13—1a degrees here, up to 20 for southern scotland, 21 or 22 in the warmest spots in england and wales. the winds generally like coming in from the south wednesday night, the winds generally light coming in from the south. wednesday night, most places dry again with clear spells. variable cloud stays quite cloudy, breezy with outbreaks of rain across the northern half of scotland

through the night and temperatures again 6—10 degrees. so for thursday, then i think we'll see more sunshine around across england and wales, a bit of a cloudy start. then the sunshine really gets going and i don't think there'll be any issues with the showers whatsoever. should stay completely dry. a bit more cloud for northern scotland. the odd shower here, but southern scotland, northern ireland doing pretty well. temperatures 19—20 degrees here, 22—23, the warmest spots across england and wales. high pressure continues to bring fine weather on friday and into the weekend as well, but it starts to retreat towards the continent and allows low pressure to take over initially from the west as we head through the latter part of sunday. so it could be quite warm friday and certainly into the weekend across the south of the country. by the end of sunday, we start to see a few showers, i think, pushing into western areas. take care.

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