who'll come out on top — arsenal or manchester city — on the final day of the premier league season? and — auf wiedersehenjurgen — — there'll be an emotional farewell at anfield forjugen klopp. hello, i'm . we start this hour with the latest on the israel gaza war. president biden�*s national security adviser has been holding talks with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. their meeting is the latest us initiative to try and halt the fighting in gaza after the failure of negotiations involving israel and hamas. earlier, jake sullivan held talks with saudi arabia's crown prince in the saudi city of dhahran. 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. we can go live tojerusalem and our correspondent danjohnson. i correspondent dan johnson. i wondered correspondent danjohnson. i wondered if we could start with a meeting jake sullivan is having with mr netanyahu. you are still trying to get some form of ceasefire? yes! to get some form of ceasefire? yes, or at least a — to get some form of ceasefire? yes, or at least a guarantee _ to get some form of ceasefire? yes, or at least a guarantee that - to get some form of ceasefire? 1&1: or at least a guarantee that the military operation around raffle will remain restricted in order to limit the threat to palestinian lives. we know that the military offensive there has been intensifying over the last almost two weeks now and that has put nearly 800,000 palestinians back on the move in search of safety. the us has settled israel that if it conducts an all—out assault on rafah it would seize certain weapon shipments to israel —— cease. jake sullivan will be making —ish events and trying to ensure that aid can

get through to the palestinians in bringing this question of what happens and gaza when the fighting finally ends. benjamin netanyahu his face that question repeatedly this week and has been growing pressure and division of what should happen with the military strategy, how that will conclude on what it can achieve in terms of success but then what comes next for the people of gaza and benjamin netanyahu has so far failed to engage with that question so i think this is the united states and others upping the pressure now, laying that demand that has come also from politicians at the top of israeli politics and is quite widespread amongst the israeli population as well. what is that military campaign supposed to achieve? are hamas realistically to be eradicated? will hostages be brought home safely and then what the people of gaza? how will they be built, how will they build coordination to reinstate as a possible infrastructure to lay down some sort of structure for a future in gaza. fin some sort of structure for a future in gaza. . , ,

in gaza. on that, it is interesting that mr sullivan _ in gaza. on that, it is interesting that mr sullivan comes _ in gaza. on that, it is interesting that mr sullivan comes to - in gaza. on that, it is interesting that mr sullivan comes to israell that mr sullivan comes to israel after a meeting with the saudi crown prince and he and the saudis could be quite key with the arab world. absolutely, yes. saudi arabia key partnerfor absolutely, yes. saudi arabia key partner for the united states absolutely, yes. saudi arabia key partnerfor the united states in wider security matters and that was first and foremost the intention of this visit of this meeting in saudi arabia but we also understand that jake sullivan's been discussing the possibility of an arab coalition which the saudis would probably be the biggest and leading lenders. —— leading members. some sort of arab states alliance with other international organisations backed by the us and other european countries which could lead that future for gaza. benjamin netanyahu's not been join future for gaza. benjamin netanyahu's not beenjoin on future for gaza. benjamin netanyahu's not been join on a question. the anything that he said is that he was out working with the palestinian authority, which represents palestinians and governs the west bank. he believes that they are in alignment with hamas, supporters of terrorists, and that's why he said they are not for the

government gaza. mr netanyahu won't be drawn on who is and what shape that should take but in the meantime it seems the united states has taken the opportunity of talking to the saudis and others about what could be put in place if and when the fighting ends. dan be put in place if and when the fighting ende— be put in place if and when the fiaahtin ends. g ., fighting ends. dan johnson reporting live from jerusalem. _ fighting ends. dan johnson reporting live from jerusalem. thank - fighting ends. dan johnson reporting live from jerusalem. thank you - fighting ends. dan johnson reporting live from jerusalem. thank you very | live from jerusalem. thank you very much. 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 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. police have described the incident as "absolutely tragic". the parents of both boys are being supported by specially—trained officers. let's get more on this with our reporter andy gill in 0vingham. andy, just describe what we know what happened yesterday? weill. andy, just describe what we know what happened yesterday? well, the two bo s what happened yesterday? well, the two boys went _ what happened yesterday? well, the two boys went into _ what happened yesterday? well, the two boys went into the _ what happened yesterday? well, the two boys went into the river - what happened yesterday? well, the two boys went into the river at - what happened yesterday? well, the two boys went into the river at a -

two boys went into the river at a spot a couple of hundred yards downstream from here. there a rope swing over the river and it's swing over the river and its popular with young people. when they got into difficulties, a major search and rescue operation was mounted involving the police, the fire brigade, the air ambulance is involved, mountain rescue as well, and a 13—year—old boy was rescued alive from the river, taken to hospital, but he is in a critical condition. however, a 14—year—old boy was pulled out of the river and he was declared dead at the scene. this is a popular spot with young people. the station nearby is very easy to get to from the major cities of newcastle. two years ago, another 13—year—old boy called robert hattersley also drowned on the stretch of the river tyne. there's actually a photograph of him attached to a rock here by way of a memorial. and last year, northumberland fire and rescue service were critical of a group of

local youths who apparently ignored warnings to come out of the river despite the dangers. we've also been speaking to a local councillor here from northumberland county council. she herself nearly drowned when she was a child visiting... two years ago... she's been trying to get education about improved in local school, education about the fact that the phenomenon called cold water shock. trying to get more physical safety along the river here. there are... and the person who gets... tears happened... there

still campaigning here. we haven't yet had the names

victims have the certainty of knowing that if there is a change of government. he told the sunday times families had every right to be incredibly angry politicians hadn't acted fast enough. it is reported he is preparing a compensation package of £10 billion. the inquiry report will examine why blood transfusions were given to patients even after

warnings they were infected with hiv and hepatitis c. home testing kits are available but bbc news analysis found that more than 1700 patients have the virus because of treatment decades ago and still don't know it. demand for hepatitis c test gets online in england have soared since her story ran. more than 12,800 kits were ordered between thursday, may nine and friday, may 17. that compares with 2300 for the whole of april. helplines are also busy. the hue april. helplines are also busy. tie: huge increase in calls we have seen that they hepatitis c trust clearly demonstrates that a lot of people for the very first time are aware about infected blood within the nhs blood supply. about infected blood within the nhs blood sum-— about infected blood within the nhs blood suoply-_ blood supply. another key issue for the in . ui blood supply. another key issue for the inquiry was _ blood supply. another key issue for the inquiry was the _ blood supply. another key issue for the inquiry was the use _ blood supply. another key issue for the inquiry was the use of - blood supply. another key issue for the inquiry was the use of products | the inquiry was the use of products were haemophiliacs made from blood from paid donors including prisoners from paid donors including prisoners from the us. the inquiry chair has

already said wrongs were done at individual and systemic levels. and a reminder we will have full coverage of the infected blood scandal inquiry conclusion tomorrow here on the bbc news, you will be able follow it live on the bbc news website and app and also on bbc iplayer. it's the final day in the premier league title race — will it be manchester city or arsenal? with that and the rest of the sport its life to 0llie foster. you tell me, it could go either way. we have team news in the next 45 minutes as the premier league season reaches its climax. ten teams kicking off at 4pm local time. it is in city's hands as they look to seal an unprecedented fourth title in a row.

they only have to match the arsenal result against everton to be champions once again. arsenal have to beat everton and hope city slip up. my feelings now, wejust 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 to be tough, because everton are in a really good moment. we have to prove again that we can be better than the opponent and win the game. and then, yeah, we have to wish for the best, we have to wish for west ham to have a really good day and help us to fulfil our dream. that is what we are hoping for. tyson fury says he should have won last night's fight against 0lexander usyk, but thinks thejudges sided with the ukrainian because the country

is currenty at war. usyk is now the first four—belt undisputed heavyweight world champion after beating fury in a split—decision in saudi arabia. it was what it was. i'm not going to cry about spilt milk. look, i've had plenty of victories and i gave god the glory. i've had this one loss, in a close fight, with a good man like usyk. it was what it was. i tried my best in there. i was having a lot of fun, actually. i don't know if it looked like it, but i was playing around, hands behind my back, i was enjoying it. he's a good fighter, i was catching him, he was catching me, it was a good fight. i hope you guys enjoyed it as much as i did. the fight swung in the ninth round, with some ferocious punching from usyk. a rematch has already been agreed for october, boxing pundit steve bunce was ringside in riyadh and says it was a fair result. fury did think he had won, but he said, i'm a fighting man, i will take it. two of the judges only separated them by one round. that shows it was a really

tight fight, and it was a really tight fight. had usyk lost, he wouldn't have screamed. fury lost, he didn't scream. you might see him change the narrative over the next few days, that's just boxing, that's the way it works. as for the ninth round, that's one of the all—time great heavy heavyweight rounds. in round six, usyk was trailing by a couple of points. he clawed his way back, in the ninth round he hit tyson fury, i'll use an expression, now i finally know what it means, he was hit from pillar to post, his back hit every side of the ring in a ridiculous a0 or 50 second sequence, resulting in him toppling into the ropes, which, in boxing, constitutes a knock down. britain's emma raducanu has withdrawn from this week's french open qualifying. the 21—year—old, who won the us open title in 2021, hasn't played since losing in the first round of the madrid 0pen last month. afterwards she said she was "mentally and emotionally exhausted", but no reason has been

given for her withdrawal. the french open begins a week today. she hasn't given no reason for pulling out of qualifying. it could be an epic final round in the uspga championship. the top of the leaderboard is so tightly packed at valhalla, shane lowry made the biggestjump in the third round, equalling the record for the lowest round at a major, 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 64 to finish the day one behind lowry, along with robert macintyre. and that's all the sport for now.

the match has already begun but the latest on go out for another four or five hours. 0lly foster with the spot there. now to the democratic republic of the congo. the alley says it has foiled an attempted coup in the capital kinshasa. speaking on state television, brigadier general sylvain ekenge said the situation was now under control and the attackers were "out of action". translation: the armed forces of the democratic republic - of the congo bring to the attention of the national and international public that an attempted coup d'etat was nipped in the bud by the defence and security forces. this attempt involved foreigners and congolese. these foreigners and congolese work stopped, including their leader. the armed forces of the drc asked the population to go about their business freely and peacefully. the defence and the security forces are in complete control of the situation.

let's speak to our deputy africa editor, ann soy. what do we know happened? we understand that around dawn and to men with ak—47s and military gear raided the home of the former president of understand there casualties there and some of his girls were killed. and later they went to the presidential palace and they were trying to lower the floods of the country, the democratic republic of congo, and raise the formerflag of the republic of congo, and raise the former flag of the same country when it went by the name of their and they filmed themselves shouting we are zaire aware coming for you to the president. but we understand the

army has now taken control of the situation and the habit and casualties in the lead with this group has been killed. he has been identified as christian malanga, a 41—year—old former army man who turned politician and formed a political party where he had moved back to the united states where he lived with his family and has been organising from abroad, so this came as a surprise to many congolese because this is somebody who has been out of the country. the army says that among those who have taken part in an attempted coup work foreigners. part in an attempted coup work foreigners-_ part in an attempted coup work foreiuners. �* ., , , ., foreigners. and what is the general ci acui foreigners. and what is the general city acuity situation _ foreigners. and what is the general city acuity situation like _ foreigners. and what is the general city acuity situation like at - foreigners. and what is the general city acuity situation like at the - city acuity situation like at the moment and the democratic republic of the congo? —— general security situation. to of the congo? -- general security situation. ., , , ., ~ of the congo? -- general security situation. ., ,, ,, . , situation. to speak specifically about kinch — situation. to speak specifically about kinch asher _ situation. to speak specifically about kinch asher and - situation. to speak specifically about kinch asher and the - situation. to speak specifically | about kinch asher and the area situation. to speak specifically - about kinch asher and the area when the presidential palace we understand that the presidential guard took control in the morning after dealing with this group, arresting some of them, including a

son of christian malanga. they had set up barricades around the area and we understand the police have now been deployed there and there was disruption to the movement of traffic but things are coming back to normal. there have been protests in the hometown of the president and we understand that security has been increased around his mother's home, so this is something that created tension in the morning but things are slowly coming back to normal in the democratic republic of the congo. the democratic republic of the con . o. , , the democratic republic of the conuo. , , ~ .. the democratic republic of the conuo. , , ~ ., congo. our deputy africa let editor, thank ou congo. our deputy africa let editor, thank you so _ congo. our deputy africa let editor, thank you so much _ congo. our deputy africa let editor, thank you so much for— congo. our deputy africa let editor, thank you so much for the - congo. our deputy africa let editor, thank you so much for the latest. i to brazil now. at least 150 people are now known to have been killed in flooding there, where unprecedented rainfall has left huge areas under water. more than 600,000 people have been displaced. the continuing bad weather is hampering rescue efforts in the city of porto alegre, from where our south america correspondent ione wells sent this report. the roads that connect these cities, these cities that hold people's homes, some now entirely under water. helicopters are the only way to reach some people who need help.

this woman had a stroke, but ambulances would not be able to get her to hospital in time. she lives near a lake that has flooded 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 will be able to return home, if they will have a home to go back to, and some are fearful about going back to a place they worry could flood again. albertina is here with her husband, sons and grandchildren, after being rescued from theirflooded 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'm not worrying 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 in porto alegre, brazil. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you a line of breaking news for getting out of iran. state media that seems to in

the convoy of the president has been involved in an accident. it doesn't say at the moment whether president vasey was on board that helicopter but some unconfirmed reports say the helicopter did contain president raisi and that rescue efforts are under way but at the moment state television are saying that the helicopter of the convoy at the reigning president has been involved in an accident will have more on that and a moment of bbc news. to slovakia, where prime minister robert fico's life is no longer in danger, following an assassination attempt. that's according to the deputy prime minister. 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. 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. our correspondent kasia madera who has been following the memorial events. commemorations have been taking place in cassino in central italy, like this one. we're at the commonwealth war cemetery where those who fell defending and fighting for monte cassino are buried. around 4,000 graves, including the grave of the unknown soldier. and these ceremonies, these moments are really poignant because just have a look at this. this is veteranjothack hearn — and the amount of interest in him — he's 100 years old and he's an absolute superstar. this is incredible, isn't it? i know. you're the next generation. that's right. the next generation.

i hope they enjoy life as i've enjoyed life. being with the fusiliers, we used to say once a geordie always a geordie, once a fusilier, always a fusilier. and jothack hearn, royal northumberland fusiliers, you were here. yes. you were here 80 years ago. and i enjoyed it. it was a great picnic here. i think you're pulling my leg. i am. yes, of course. you know, wejust did thejob that we were told to do. we didn't do the job that you wanted to do. if the sergeant said jump, you said how high? and that's how it's always been, hasn't it? you know, if the lance corporal

says, "eat that grass," you ate that grass. and your colleagues who didn't make it back? they're all behind me. there they are. all those people, there were the ones that were behind me. without them, i wouldn't be here. you know, it's it's wonderful to think you can come back to a place like this and pay homage to all those guys. each and every one of them. they want a pat on the back — not me. i was one of millions of other people. that little thing up there — we fought it with catapults and they had modern machine guns. that's the way it was. it was such a brutal battle. yeah, but we beat them. we beat them. i think we've got a very proud army today. and the best regiment of all.

what exactly do you say to these guys, the future of the army? well, listen, thank you so much for speaking to us. and this is just an extraordinary story of a veteran. now, how many years young? i'm100 years and eight months. the eight months becomes very important. eight months, as well. i was going to say. i was born on the 14th of september, 1923. good afternoon. an afternoon of contrasts, quite chilly with the fog, warm and land, 211—23 c. 0ver fog, warm and land, 211—23 c. over the coming week we in for some changes, cool after that dry, warm start because the wet and windy weather is moving on, quite

widespread rain at this stage. we have the sea. see fog of an irish sea coast as well. in landless cloud was england of wales but there are still some storms around and very isolated and comparison that slow moving and giving lots of rain. 0ne moving and giving lots of rain. one or two further north across northern england and know to be efficiently across northern ireland, southern scotland, but more cloud generally it was north and central scotland today but it is thick enough to produce the odd spot of rain and drizzle and actually as they show is fake this evening the mist in low cloud generally it was north and central scotland today but it is thick enough to produce the odd spot of rain and drizzle and actually as they show is fake this evening the mist and local idle for sleeping compared with last night and the coolest out there on monday morning but a murky grey one once again and a few hours before the strong may sunshine gets to work in bed that way and, in fact, it should retreat from most of the east coast as subtle change in wind direction and

warm in the sunshine again, possibly northern ireland sing the highest of bridges, 22—23, but that could trigger the odd slow—moving thunderstorm with light winds that milked me run very quickly. 0vernight monday to tuesday mist and fog returns but also a few more showers approach from the east and actually one or two on the weather from behind me set to tuesday mist and fog returns but also a few more showers approach from the east and actually one or two on the weather from behind me such a break—out for the west. so still chilly, north and this is a fund will move showery in front of the rain to the west as well. so much in between still some warmth and warmth and sunshine and temperatures a little above the average. then they start to drop away and by the time we get to tuesday night on wednesday we pull in the area of low pressure and the devil is going to be in the details to look exactly where the low—pressure land but it does look as if it will give many parts of the case in wet and windy weather as well and much as far away. it will stay showery pictured was the weekend as well.

this is bbc news, the headlines. president biden's national security adviser is 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 stage in the us initiative to try and halt the fighting in gaza. police say a 14—year—old boy has died and a 13—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 cabinet minister — grant shapps — has said families affected by the infected blood scandal were let down for decades. he said the response by both the conservatives and previous governments had been too slow. the final report of a public inquiry into the scandal will be published tomorrow. you can get more on all of those stories on the bbc news website and app. i will have a full bulletin of news for you at 3pm. now on bbc news, click.