billions of pounds of compensation are expected in the infected blood scandal. ukraine's oleksander usyk beats the uk's tyson fury — to become the first unified world heavyweight boxing champion for a quarter—of—a—century. and judgment day — will it be arsenal or manchester city celebrating — as the premier league season comes to a close? president biden�*s national security adviser is due to hold talks with saudi arabia's crown prince in the in the saudi city of dhahran. it's the latest us diplomatic initiative to try to halt the fighting in gaza. previous talks involvign israel and hamas have failed to make a significant breakthrough. in the latest violence, a gaza hospital an israeli air strike targeting a house

at a refugee camp in the centre of the palestinian territory killed at least 20 people. benny gantz, a member of the war cabinet has threatened to withdraw his centrist party from the coalition unless prime minister benjamin netanyahu sets out a post—war plan for the gaza strip. in response, benjamin netanyahu said implementing his demands would amount to defeat for israel. first let's hear those comments from benny gantz. translation: something has gone wrong. - essential decisions were not taken. acts of leadership required to ensure victory were not carried out. a small minority has taken over the command bridge of the israeli ship and is leading it towards a wall of rocks. while israeli soldiers are displaying incredible bravery on the front, some of those who sent them to battle are acting with cowardice and a lack of responsibility. security will remain in our hands only. we will not allow any outside power, friendly or hostile, to impose a palestinian state on us.

earlier, i spoke to our correspondent danjohnson, who is in jerusalem. he provided context to the fallout between president netanyahu and benny gantz. they have been working together in coalition since the hamas attacks of the 7th of october. but that's been a fragile, delicate coalition that was perhaps always potentially in jeopardy and in the last week has dropped into open criticism of the prime minister. and it's notjust coming from benny gantz. earlier in the week, the defence minister, yoav galant, made similar comments, but a similar challenge to benjamin netanyahu, saying that a clear plan needed to be laid out for what happens after the fighting ends when the military campaign concludes. what next for gaza and its people? how to rebuild the infrastructure in that territory, how to represent the palestinian people, how to rebuild, how they will be governed for the future, and how to make sure there is security there that keeps israel safe without keeping the idf there indefinitely. bogged down in a long running conflict of military rule,

which benny gantz says would in the long run, mean less security for israel. so he's calling for the prime minister to lay out a clear plan. but benjamin netanyahu so far has refused to engage with that question. he's sticking to his first priorities, eradicating hamas and returning israeli hostages. but the fact that former israeli hostage bodies were recovered over the last few days only underlines the questions about the success of that campaign and whether the prime minister's aims are actually being achieved now so many months on into the conflict with the idf having to go back into areas where it had previously declared hamas to have been eradicated, putting more israeli lives at risk. and with so many palestinians uprooted just in the last week with the intensification of military operations around rafah, more than 800,000 palestinians have been forced to flee again in the last few days. and this does add pressure to benjamin netanyahu, doesn't it? he's facing both pressure domestically. there are protests and also from his allies. growing protests amongst the israeli public.

yes. questioning what this military strategy is aiming to achieve now. is the eradication of hamas actually realistic? is there any prospect of bringing back some of the more than 120 hostages who are still held in gaza alive? what are the peace negotiations going to look like if they are able to resume? and what is the future for gaza? what does the prime minister want to see in conclusion of the military operation? but then for the longer—term future? these are huge questions being asked by the israeli public right at the top of the war cabinet by the us and other international partners. and the national security adviser from the united states, jake sullivan, is coming to israel today to raise those points directly with benjamin netanyahu, to seek some answers, to seek some assurances about the safety of palestinian refugees and to get some extra aid into gaza. that's another priority, given the restrictions on aid flows over the last week or so,

especially as military activities intensified around rafah. so benjamin netanyahu looking resolute. he's unwavering in his determination, his priorities, but he is facing growing criticism and more and more open challenges from people closer to him. this may not bring down the government, even if benny gantz leaves the coalition, but it leaves benjamin netanyahu increasingly isolated and potentially even more reliant on the extreme right wing voices in israeli politics. and dan, i also want to mention the fact that jake sullivan, president biden�*s national security adviser, has met with with saudi arabia's crown prince. could you tell us more about that meeting and those efforts by the us? yes. i think that is part of the us efforts to build a coalition of arab states that could potentially play a role in the future of rebuilding gaza.

maybe something the israeli prime minister doesn't want to countenance at this stage, but he's ruled out working with the palestinian authority, which governs notionally at least the west bank. so what will the future role be for arab states, for the united states, for other international organisations? those are the sorts of discussions that jake sullivan's been having in saudi arabia and elsewhere during this trip, something that he will put to benjamin netanyahu today as part of increasing that pressure on him to counter these issues, to consider what the right approach should be. how is this military campaign going to proceed? what is its focus? what will be its success in terms of achievements? and then what will follow? benjamin netanyahu is under increasing pressure to answer some of those questions. an inquiry into the uk's biggest health scandal will release its final report next week. more than 30,000 people in the uk were infected with hiv and hepatitis c after being given contaminated blood products by the national health service in the 19705, �*80s and �*90s. in total, 3,000 people died. it's been described as the biggest treatment disaster

in the history of the nhs. victims and their families have spent decades fighting for compensation. so how much will that compensation be? ministers have been asked about the blood scandal this morning. with me is our political correspondent tony bonsignore. much speculation over what that number is going to be, it's going to be big, and the many billions. the question is how much and when will people start seeing the final amounts? the has been some payment so far that astute pressure on the government to speed this up and get final framework government to speed this up and get finalframework out in government to speed this up and get final framework out in competition for those many, many thousands of people infected. we get the final report tomorrow, monday, and so in anticipation of that the defence secretary, grant shapps was asked

about that on laura kuenssberg stop and the idea it's taken all of this time to get to the truth i think is heartbreaking. i haven't seen the report yet. the government has already said that it will want to respond quickly to it. and so i know that that's what will happen. can you confirm the compensation? i don't. i can't. i'm not in that position. we'll certainly want others and the chancellor and the prime minister to talk about it. but i do know, as i say, from my own constituency casework, it's heartbreaking. and it's the system over decades having let down these families. this is such a huge problem and something the labour party will inherit if they win the next election so the same question to the shadow health secretary wes

streeting we have to have justice for the victims of the scandal because every four days victim dies withoutjustice. the because every four days victim dies without justice.— without “ustice. the scandal has . one withoutjustice. the scandal has one on withoutjustice. the scandal has gone on too _ withoutjustice. the scandal has gone on too long _ withoutjustice. the scandal has gone on too long and _ withoutjustice. the scandal has gone on too long and i - withoutjustice. the scandal has gone on too long and i suspectl withoutjustice. the scandal has l gone on too long and i suspect all parties will have to take some pretty heavy criticism when the report comes tomorrow including us and we will take that criticism on the chin, even more importantly in the chin, even more importantly in the selection year where we are slugging it out written, i hope we can see that we a moment of consensus in our politics to put the situation right david cameron when he was in office apologised for the scandal and several governments have presided over this.— presided over this. theresa may launched this _ presided over this. theresa may launched this inquiry _ presided over this. theresa may launched this inquiry back- presided over this. theresa may launched this inquiry back in - presided over this. theresa may | launched this inquiry back in 2017 and she is top since about some of

the response she met from whitehall to this end jeremy hunt talking in the sunday times about the dilemmas he faced given the huge amounts of competition will have to be paid out of it. but i suspect tomorrow given the gravity of what has happened it will be primarily about the victims and i think there will be an attempt by politicians to raise above party politics in this because some of the story says we have seen in absolutely harrowing. we will have more from tony under other correspondence as this progresses and we will continue covering this today. —— and our other correspondence. french forces have launched what they call a "major operation" in new caledonia to regain control of a key road linking the capital noumea to the main international airport. the mayor of noumea says the french island territory is under siege after almost a week of violent unrest prompted by changes to voting rights.

six people have been killed and hundreds injured. some areas are calm, but residents have reported hearing gunfire and explosions. officials say more than 600 heavily—armed gendarmes have now been deployed to secure the highway to noumea. earlier i spoke to david boydell, a resident of noumea, whose road been protected by a barricade. he described the situation there. things have been fairly quiet, today, sunday and the rain has perhaps help but in the next town, about four or five kilometres out, there was a lot of detonation this morning and helicopters near the main hospital. i can seejust a morning and helicopters near the main hospital. i can see just a few

minutes ago, the road to the airport has been free. . they have got through all the barriers and the airport is hoping to open to commercial flights on tuesday. schools are still off. schools will be off for the next week on the state of emergency is still going on as well as the night curfew from 6pm to six a:m.. it's not open to transport yet, but these 600 gendarmes, as you said, were there with armored cars. there were 60 barriers between here and the airport, 60 kilometers away. they have got through them all.

now, the clearing, all the mess, it was mainly burnt out cars that were put across the the carriageway. so we're hoping that fairly soon that road will be open to the public. barriers and the airport is hoping to open to commercial flights on tuesday. schools are still off. schools will be off for the next week on the state of emergency is still going on as well as the night curfew from 6pm to six a:m.. so, david, just to ask, we're seeing some of these pictures. we're seeing burnt cars. we're really seeing the extent of the damage that's been caused here. could you explain, put into perspective why we're seeing this sort of reaction and some of some of the concerns at play when it comes to these potential new laws? but one reason and some people are realising now is the gulf between the rich and poor. in new caledonia, there are some local people in the kanak people who have got diplomas and can't getjobs. and there's a certain resentment sometimes against people who come from abroad to work here. there is a policy in place to for local people to getjobs, but it's not working for everyone. also, the fact that for the last two years we've had political stalemates between the independence movements and the non—independence movements. the country voted three times against independence, but the problem was the third

referendum was a bit of a problem because it was boycotted because of covid by the independence parties and they don't recognise that. so that the main reasons and really the fact that the two sides aren't talking. to each other very much. right. the independence is to have refused to meet with both the french government and the local non—independent together, to meet with them separately, but not together. and that's necessary in order to go ahead. and of course, as you know, the most recent thing is the opening, the voting to people who've lived here for the past ten years and the local population feel that we've got to make them a small minority. further bad weather is hampering rescue efforts in southern brazil, where flooding has left vast areas underwater. in the three weeks since the storms first hit the state of rio grande do sul, at least 150 people have died, and 600,000 have been forced to leave their homes. 0ur south america correspondent ione wells has this report.

the roads that connect these cities, these cities that hold people's homes, some now entirely underwater. helicopters are the only way to reach some people who need help. this woman had a stroke, and ambulances would not be able to get her to hospital in time. she lives near a lake that has flodded the surrounding homes. even by helicopter, we arrived hours later than needed after a stroke. these rescues are not without the risks. as we fly back, the weather turns bad. visibility is poor. rescue flights are called off for the day. the aim is to get people to safety. about 6,000 people are now living in this university sports hall that has been converted into a shelter. people here are coming to terms with having lost everything. they don't know when they can return home, if they'll have a home to go back

to, and some are fearful about going back to a place that they worry could flood again. albertine is here with her husband, sons and grandchildren after being rescued from their flooded home. translation: 50 helicopters passed by, and none of them stopped. - then it started to rain. my son who is here, he was at the window, shouting that his father was old and couldn't walk, and then a boat came and picked us up. i came with just the clothes on my body. i was very sad, really sad. i didn't even sleep five nights. but after i saw that, it seems like everyone is going to help us. so i think i am not worried any more. i'm really not. hope is what albertina holds on to. hope of soon returning home. looking down on herflooded city that seems a distant prospect.

ione wells, bbc news. the english premier league season reaches its climax later on sunday. it's in manchester city's hands as they chase an unprecedented fourth top flight title in a row. this is how it stands. a win against west ham will mean they'll be champions once again, but any slip—ups, and arsenal, who are just two points behind, could lift the trophy instead. it doesn't bother the manchester city manager pep guardiola that his but the fact is that if you asked all the premier league teams, when we started the season, what would be the better position in the last game of the season, we are in the best position, so that's for sure. 0ne game left, destiny in our hands, to win one game to be champions, everyone would like to be in our position, that's for sure. the arsenal manager mikel arteta says his team are still in with a chance of winning the trophy. i do believe we wanted to be in this position,

we have earned the right to live a beautiful day in front of our people on sunday, with the hope and a big opportunity that we can lift that trophy at the end of the match. liverpool may be out of contention, but it's a big day for them, too. their match at home to wolves will bring an end to almost nine years of manager jurgen klopp in charge. the german led them to champions league glory in 2019, before winning the premier league title for the first time for 30 years. he's also lifted the fa cup and the league cup during his time at the club. it's going to be tough to say goodbye. commemorations are being held in italy to mark 80 years since the allied forces won the battle of monte cassino, one of the bloodiest in the second world war. tens of thousands of troops from a number of countries, including the uk, were killed before the mountaintop monastery and the nearby town were captured from the nazis. let's speak to our correspondent kasia madera, who has been following the memorial events.

we are at the commonwealth war cemetery right now commemorations are taking place. this cemetery right now commemorations are taking place-— are taking place. this is a very secial are taking place. this is a very special service _ are taking place. this is a very special service and _ are taking place. this is a very special service and honour - are taking place. this is a very special service and honour of. are taking place. this is a very - special service and honour of those soldiers that fought here 80 years ago from six different continents. in attendance the daughter of one of the polish leaders who were so critical in the battle for montecassino and also her royal highness the duchess of edinburgh and they are here to honour all those who lost their lives fighting for this. those who lost their lives fighting forthis. i'mjust those who lost their lives fighting for this. i'm just going to point to three at the critical point, the crux of the german defence line was where they would have supreme views of the city, pick off soldiers who were fighting.

on a mountaintop perch, the monastery that was worth fighting for. but with heavy losses on both sides, victory came at great cost. newsreel: big italian railway guns are ranged against the german lines... by the end of 1943, allied advances into italy had forced the germans back. but blocking the route to rome was the town of cassino. it's no longer possible to speak of cassino as a town. this is how it looks today... the battle that took place here is often described as the most bitter and brutal of the second world war. it lasted for more than four months in appalling conditions during the harshest italian winter on record. history hasn't always appreciated the sacrifice of those who fought here. they were known as the d—day dodgers, mocked for missing the normandy landings. yet the sacrifices were high, with countries including the uk, the us, france and poland having 55,000 casualties. the germans suffered losses of around 20,000. now the last few veterans

are marking this milestone anniversary, recalling their harrowing experience. if you feel the same way as i do, we are a family. we are a family, because we come here to honour those who didn't make it, who fell in here on their road to poland. yes, they didn't make it, but i did. 80 years on, their sacrifices for the battles of monte cassino are not forgotten. that was a ceremony at the polish cemetery and here today services are being held at the commonwealth

cemetery. this lady, her great uncle fiona porter's great uncle was born in cassino and involved with the new zealand infantry battalion, the 23rd battalion and zealand infantry battalion, the 23rd battalion . ., , ., battalion and he was that interpreter _ battalion and he was that interpreter so _ battalion and he was that interpreter so as - battalion and he was that interpreter so as a - battalion and he was that interpreter so as a young | battalion and he was that - interpreter so as a young boy age battalion and he was that _ interpreter so as a young boy age 15 hejoined them and interpreter so as a young boy age 15 he joined them and they gave him the honorary rank of boy sergeant so thatis honorary rank of boy sergeant so that is the memory. unfortunately our lovely uncle can't be with us today so i am representing him and so proud to do it. not only see a great uncle but a great war veteran of this beautiful place. cassino it's amazing. of this beautiful place. cassino it's amazing-— of this beautiful place. cassino it's amazing. of this beautiful place. cassino it's amazinu. a, . , ., , it's amazing. extraordinary. how is he feeling. — it's amazing. extraordinary. how is he feeling, when _ it's amazing. extraordinary. how is he feeling, when you _ it's amazing. extraordinary. how is he feeling, when you see - it's amazing. extraordinary. how is he feeling, when you see these -

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sacrifice people experienced. that is why these commemorations are so important in the 80th anniversary for the battle for monte cassino. hello. a fine sunday for many, but there will be some big weather and temperature contrasts across the uk today where we've got some of that lingering fog into the afternoon, particularly around some north sea coast

temperatures will probably hold at around 12 celsius, but with some longer spells of sunshine, a sunnier day than yesterday, some of the warmest weather, 25 degrees will be found across parts of south england and south east wales. here, certainly more sunshine than yesterday. we will see a few isolated showers pop up, lots of low clouds or lingering towards the north and the east. here's the details for the afternoon, though. mid—afternoon, those lively showers, quite pokey ones across some southern counties and south wales, but nowhere near as extensive thunderstorms as we saw through yesterday. that low cloud probably around the coast of yorkshire northwards. around the southern uplands and the cumbrian fells, 20 to 23 here down a bit on yesterday, but always cooler compared with recent days across the far north of scotland. now, into tonight, mist, low cloud will roll in more widely across the eastern half of the uk. could come as far west as the midlands, maybe getting into parts of western scotland too, but some clear skies in the west.

but even here, the odd fog patch, possible, temperatures similar to recent mornings. it does make for a bit of a grey and a bit of a slow commute for some of you on monday morning. look, that low cloud, though, breaking up quite quickly here in the morning. they will see patchy still across some northern areas. a heavy shower to the west of northern ireland into the second half of the day. but it's here the highs of the temperatures up to 23 degrees. elsewhere, down a little bit on what we've seen this weekend. a few isolated showers towards the southeast later on and a greater risk of showers on tuesday. starting to see the weather change after this warmth of the weekend. showers and thunderstorms more widely, scotland, northern england and across ireland.

there'll still be some longer spells of sunny weather across parts of england and wales and still warm in that sunshine, too. but the big change really comes late tuesday into wednesday, gathering in the near continent, an area of low pressure, more extensive rain, how far north that goes and how quickly it moves across the country. a bit of a question mark at the moment, but it's certainly going to bring windier conditions compared to what we've seen this weekend and into the start of the week where we'll still have some sunshine quite widely, outbreaks of rain then developing from tuesday onwards and has said it will start to feel a little bit cooler compared to this weekend, too. bye for now.

president biden�*s national security adviser is due to hold talks with saudi arabia's crown prince in the in the saudi city of dhahran. it's the latest us diplomatic initiative to try to halt the fighting in gaza. previous talks involving israel and hamas have failed to make a significant breakthrough.

the ukrainian boxer 0leksandr usyk has become the first undisputed world heavyweight champion in a quarter of a century. he beat britain's tyson fury in a fiercely competitive contest in the saudi capital, riyadh, which went the entire 12 rounds. the ukrainian won on points. let's start with the big political interview of the day on sunday with laura kuenssberg. she spoke to the defence secretary, grant shapps, covering a wide range of defence issues as well as the infected