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? hello. i'm azadeh moshiri. president biden�*s national security adviser is due to hold talks with saudi arabia's crown prince 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. in the latest violence, at least 28 palestinians are reported to have been killed, most of them in a strike on a house in nuseirat in the central gaza strip. 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. a 14—year—old boy has died and a 13—year—old boy is in a critical condition after getting into difficulty in the river tyne at 0vingham in northumberland on saturday. the boys went into the water near to 0vingham bridge yesterday afternoon and multiple emergency service crews were deployed to the scene. the parents of both boys are being supported by specially—trained officers.

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 905. 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? 0ur political correspondent tony bonsignore looked ahead to tomorrow's report and possible compensation for victims. the question is, of course, how much and when will people start seeing those final amounts, the final compensation scheme? there has been some payments so far, but there's been huge pressure on the government to speed this up,

to get a final framework out for compensation for those many, many thousands of people who've been affected. 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 here on the bbc a short while ago. here's what he had to say. 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 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. and not only has this been a scandal that's gone back decades, but of course it will take many, many more years just to get that compensation out.

it's such a huge problem there. so this is something potentially the labour party will inherit if they win the next general election. so, same question to the shadow health secretary, on the same programme. here's what he had to say. let it be justjustice _ for the victims of this scandal, because every four days, _ another victim dies without justice. and justice has been - delayed for far too long. i suspect all parties are going - to have to take some pretty heavy criticism on the chin when sir brian reports tomorrow, including us. i and we will take that criticism on the chin. even more importantly, even in this election year where we're, - you know, slugging it out for who governs britain. i i hope we can see that rare moment i of consensus in our politics to put. this situation right. well, he said justice has been delayed for far too long now. prime minister david cameron, when he was in office, apologised for the scandal.

several governments have presided over this. there's still criticism, isn't there? there will be criticism, yeah. i mean, it was theresa may, david cameron's successor as prime minister, who began this inquiry, who launched this inquiry, and that's back in 2017. and she's talked since about some of the resistance she met within whitehall to this. jeremy hunt today, in the sunday times, talking about the dilemmas he faced, given the huge amounts of compensation that will have to be paid out here. i suspect tomorrow, though, given the gravity of what's happened, i suspect tomorrow will be primarily about the victims. and i think there will be an attempt by politicians to raise above party politics on this, because some of the stories, as we've seen, are absolutely harrowing. we will have full coverage of the inquiry and its conclusion tomorrow on bbc news. you will be able to

follow that live on the news website and app, and on bbc iplayer. 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 helped, but in the next town, about four

or five kilometres out, there was a lot of detonations this morning and helicopters near the main hospital. a few minutes ago, the road to the airport has been freed. 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. and the airport is hoping to open to commercial flights on tuesday. schools are still off.

schools will be off for the next week and the state of emergency is still going on, as well as the nightly curfew from 6pm to 6am. to slovakia, where prime minister robert fico's life is no longer in danger, following an assassination attempt. that's according to his deputy, robert kalinak. he says mr fico's condition remains serious and he still needs intensive care after undergoing hours of surgery since the attack on wednesday. the 71—year—old man charged with attempting to murder him is to remain in custody following a court hearing on saturday. we will bring you more updates on that as we have them. 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

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 roads. even by helicopter, we arrive hours later than needed after a stroke. these rescues are not without their 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.

now it's time for a look at today's sport. 0leksandr usyk has become boxing's first four—belt undisputed heavyweight champion after beating tyson fury in a split—decision points victory. the brit lost for the first time in a 16—year professional career, but he will get an immediate opportunity for revenge with a rematch planned for later this year. boxing pundit steve bunce was watching ringside in saudi arabia and says it was close, but usyk defintitely had the edge fury did think he had won, but he said, i'm a fighting man, i will take it. too much of thejudges only separated by one round. that shows it was a really tight fight, and it was a really tight fight. had usyk lost, he would not have screamed. fury lost, he didn't scream. you might see him change the narrative, thatis might see him change the narrative, that is just boxing, that is how it works. the ninth round, one of the

all—time great heavy heavyweight rounds. usyk was trailing by a couple of points, he clawed his way back, he hit tyson fury, i'll use an expression, now i finally know what it means, he was hit from pillar to post, his bucket every side of the ring and a ridiculous a0 or 50 seconds sequence, resulting in him toppling into the ropes, which come in boxing, counter they knock down. it was what it was. i am not going to cry— it was what it was. i am not going to cry over— it was what it was. i am not going to cry over spilt milk. it was what it was _ to cry over spilt milk. it was what it was i— to cry over spilt milk. it was what it was. i tried my best in there. i was _ it was. i tried my best in there. i was having — it was. i tried my best in there. i was having a _ it was. i tried my best in there. i was having a lot of fun, actually. i don't _ was having a lot of fun, actually. i don't know — was having a lot of fun, actually. i don't know if_ was having a lot of fun, actually. i don't know if it looked like it, but i was _ don't know if it looked like it, but i was playing around, hands behind my back, _ i was playing around, hands behind my back, i— i was playing around, hands behind my back, i was enjoying it. he i was playing around, hands behind my back, iwas enjoying it. he is i was playing around, hands behind my back, i was enjoying it. he is a good _ my back, i was enjoying it. he is a good fighter, i was catching him, he was catching me, it was a good fight _ was catching me, it was a good fight i— was catching me, it was a good fight. i hope you guys enjoyed it as much _ fight. i hope you guys enjoyed it as much as— fight. i hope you guys enjoyed it as much as i_ fight. i hope you guys enjoyed it as much as i did. the premier league season reaches its climax today. it's in manchester city's hands as they chase an unprecedented fourth title in a row.

a win against west ham will mean they'll be champions once again. arsenal, two points behind, must beat everton and hope for city to slip up. my my feelings now, wejust my feelings now, we just focus on west ham. that is what you have to do. there is not any contamination in my brain, thinking about anything else than what we have to do to beat west ham. that is all i have in my mind since... yeah, the day after the game against spurs. we have to do ourjob, which is going _ we have to do ourjob, which is going to — we have to do ourjob, which is going to be _ we have to do ourjob, which is going to be tough, because everton are in_ going to be tough, because everton are in a _ going to be tough, because everton are in a really good moment. we have to prove _ are in a really good moment. we have to prove again that we can be better than the _ to prove again that we can be better than the opponent and win the game. and then, _ than the opponent and win the game. and then, yeah, we have to wish for the best. _ and then, yeah, we have to wish for the best. we — and then, yeah, we have to wish for the best, we have to wish for west ham to— the best, we have to wish for west ham to have a really good day and help us _ ham to have a really good day and help us to — ham to have a really good day and

help us to fulfil our dream. that is what _ help us to fulfil our dream. that is what we _ help us to fulfil our dream. that is what we are — help us to fulfil our dream. that is what we are hoping for.— help us to fulfil our dream. that is what we are hoping for. coverage of the last day — what we are hoping for. coverage of the last day of— what we are hoping for. coverage of the last day of the _ what we are hoping for. coverage of the last day of the premier - what we are hoping for. coverage of the last day of the premier league i the last day of the premier league across the bbc. max verstappen said it was "very special" to equal the record set by the great ayrton senna, when he took pole position for the eighth race in a row, at the emilia romagno grand prix. it's 30 years since senna's death on the same imola circuit. verstappen won a tight qualifying session, with only a tenth of a second dividing the top three. britain's lando norris will start alongside him on the front row. it was a big improvement for the championship leader, after three disappointing practice sessions. it's been tough, but we kept on working, capped on trying to improve. luckily, when we went into the quarterfinals, it came together a bit more and ifelt the quarterfinals, it came together a bit more and i felt more comfortable in the car. and when we were fighting for pole again. great turnaround by the team. moving day at valhalla did not disappoint, with some notable changes on the leaderboard at the us pga championship. shane lowry made the biggest leap, with a major record—equalling 62. he had nine birdies

in a flawless third round. the former 0pen champion is 13—under—par, two shots behind the leaders xander schauffele and collin morikawa. lowry clearly enjoyed playing alongside his ryder cup team—mate justin rose, who shot a 6a to finish the day one shot behind lowry, along with robert macintyre. and that's all the sport for now. there are more details on the bbc sport website. 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 mountain—top monastery and the nearby town were captured from the nazis. earlier i spoke to our correspondent kasia madera who has been following the memorial events. right now at the commonwealth war cemetery, wreaths are being laid by the families,

by those who are honouring the fallen of the battle for monte cassino. 55,000 allied casualties 80 years ago. and the battle was extremely brutal. it was over the monastery, right up on that hill, monte cassino, where the germans had an incredible viewpoint and the allied soldiers needed to take control of that mountain. as my report shows. on a mountaintop perch, the monastery that was worth fighting for. but with heavy losses on both sides, victory came at great cost. big italian railway guns arranged against the german lines... - by the end of 19a3, 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. so that was at the polish war ceremony where we heard from that incredible veteran talking about his losses. and just have a look at the gravestones. this is the average age — 19 years old. these were young, young men fighting in those brutal conditions for monte cassino. and here today at the commonwealth war cemetery, we're honouring those men from six different continents who fought. one of those who fought was john walker's father. john, just tell us a little bit about your dad. yeah, dad joined up scots guards and was here 19aa at the battle, arrived in naples and the guards set up and returned it and then were moved in here to cassino for the final battle. and that's how he arrived at that.

he spoke about it to me a lot when i was younger. so essentially i was born into the conflict and it's never left me and now that they have gone these soldiers, of course, the ones that died at the battle, went early, but the veterans now are drifting away. so it's up to the sons and daughters and people who are interested to keep the liberty and freedom of our country going by honouring the dead. did your father ever feel that this battle was overlooked? slightly, because of d—day. he got malaria at the battle and he ended up in rome and it was there the radio was on and the allies had landed in france. and therefore he knew that the the war had started, of course, in europe. but here he didn't know that at the time of the battle. but yeah, the d—day dodgers, of course, some of them as the lyrics go stay in italy. but yes, i think they did feel a bit overshadowed. yes. but you felt it really important to come here.

you've come from scotland all the way to to italy to the centre of italy to be here. absolutely, yeah. and long may it continue that the memory of this battle is highlighted through the press, through the media, into the schools, universities, newspapers, blogs. people must remember it's important that this battle took place. thousands killed, as you know, and all sides. so, yeah, i would say to people, read the books and look at the history. it's definitely worth remembering. absolutely. and it's interesting because for so many veterans, they didn't talk about it. they wouldn't share. but your father did it. he did. he was of that nature, dad. and i think that maybe helped him because he did express it to me when i was younger. he told me the stories and then when he was at the end of his life, when i was getting his book sorted out, asked him again to go over it. and he did go over the stories and were the same as they were told to me when i was a boy, although now he was at the end

of his life looking back on it and as i say, this always stayed with him right to the end was cassino. absolutely. this always stayed with him. john walker, thank you very much for talking about your father, a veteran who survived, who came home to talk about the stories. thank you. but so many, of course, didn't survive. they lay here. this is the commonwealth war cemetery and there are a000, over a000 graves here, people from six different continents who fought those brutal battles for monte cassino. that monastery right up on the hilltop was a strategic, crucial point, location for the allied forces to capture if they were going on and finally liberating rome. 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 southeast wales. here, certainly more sunshine than yesterday. we will see a few isolated showers pop up, lots of low clouds 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. a few heavy showers and thunderstorms, though, 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. a lot of 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 south east 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 as i said, it will start to feel a little bit cooler compared to this weekend, too. bye for now.

this is bbc news, the headlines. president biden's national security adviser is due in israel to hold talks with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. earlier — jake sullivan held talks with saudi arabia's crown prince

in the saudi city of dhahran. it's the latest in the us initiative to try and halt the fighting in gaza. police say a fourteen—year—old boy has died and a thirteen—year—old boy is in a critical condition — after they got into difficulty in the river tyne in the northeast of england. the two boys entered the water yesterday afternoon. the younger child was rescued and taken to hospital. 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 twelve rounds. now on bbc news...unspun world withjohn simpson.