Have not gone inter alia, i am not supplying equipment to go into there. We need to make sure israel is secure in terms of iron dome and responding to acts like those that came out of recent times. Lets cross to washington and speak to our correspondent, will vernon. This is the clearest signal that the us is unhappy with how israel is conducting the offensive in gaza. What else did biden say . Offensive in gaza. What else did biden say . You heard mr barton say did biden say . You heard mr barton say america did biden say . You heard mr barton say america would i barton say america would continue giving israel weapons that needs to defend itself but he said the us would not supply heavy weapons, bombs, Artillery Shells that could be used in a major offensive in the city of rafah. Weapons he said they could be used in major Population Centres and mr barton added us but weapons have already killed civilians in gaza. Human Rights Groups say it is exactly these kind of munitions that have been responsible for the total devastation in gaza and little earlier us officials confirmed that one shipment of these heavy bombs was delayed last week and other shipments are under review. That was an incredibly significant development, an historic development, an historic development, not for a0 years has america held up any kind of Farm Supplies to israel for this reason. Of course america is israels bigger supply of military equipment, its most important ally and i think mr barton will come under a lot of criticism for this especially from republicans in congress who accuse him of abandoning a key us ally. I think mr barton is hoping this will fire a warning shot across the bowels of the israelis, that this wasnt a clear to them that after months of criticism by biden and other officials of the conduct of the war, of the plans to invade rafah, warnings that have been more or less ignored by the israelis, he hopes this will send a sufficiently clear message that the israelis should change course. And i think he is hoping that the announcement that some shipments are being delayed will also appease many people here at home as well because there are a lot of Traditional Democratic voters who are extremely unhappy with the Biden Administration of� s support for the Israeli Military offensive, many of them are young people, minority groups, key groups of voters in an election year. The other thing we should mention that mr biden talked about an interview as he said it is important to think about what comes next in gaza, after the war and what will happen then . Mr 0beid said he has an agreement from five arab leaders who said that they will rebuild gaza after the war is over, guarantee security perhaps help to put in place am sort of Palestinian Administration and transition to a two State Solution biden. But that depends on the israelis. It biden. But that depends on the israelis. ,. ,. , israelis. It does. Thanks for caettin israelis. It does. Thanks for getting us israelis. It does. Thanks for getting us up israelis. It does. Thanks for getting us up to israelis. It does. Thanks for getting us up to speed israelis. It does. Thanks for getting us up to speed with j israelis. It does. Thanks for getting us up to speed with the remarks from president joe biden. Israel says it has reopened one of the main aid crossings into the territory but a Un Relief Agency says no supplies have passed through. There has been heavy fighting and bombardment near the city of rafah, where the Israeli Military says it began a limited operation on monday. With almosti million displaced people taking refuge there, aid agencies have warned the consequences could be devastating. The un says around 600,000 palestinian children are among those currently sheltering in rafah. Lets hear from some of them. Translation we are afraid of war and terrified of the storming of rafah. We are terrified of the israelis who have been bombing rafah. Indie israelis who have been bombing rafah. ~ ,. ,. , israelis who have been bombing rafah. ~ ,. ,. , rafah. We feel very afraid and uncomfortable rafah. We feel very afraid and uncomfortable and rafah. We feel very afraid and uncomfortable and cant rafah. We feel very afraid and uncomfortable and cant bear| rafah. We feel very afraid and l uncomfortable and cant bear it any longer. Its distressing for all any longer. Its distressing for all of any longer. Its distressing for all of us and we hope the will and for all of us and we hope the will and we can go home. People have will and we can go home. 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Weve been experiencing seven months weve been experiencing seven months of weve been experiencing seven months of suffering weve been experiencing seven months of suffering and weve been experiencing sevenl months of suffering and no one considers months of suffering and no one considers us months of suffering and no one considers us or months of suffering and no one considers us or cares months of suffering and no one considers us or cares about months of suffering and no one considers us or cares about us. I the humanitarian situation on the ground is already dire and getting worse. An investigation by bbc verify has found over half of gazas water and sanitation facilities have been damaged or destroyed since the start of the war. Heres caroline hawley. Water in gaza is an dangerously short supply, posing Serious Health risks to the population. Bbc verify has analysed more than 600 water annotation facilities. Here the dots represent a mixture of water wells, tanks, desalination and Sewage Treatment plants. The red dots are all those that have been destroyed or damaged. Thats more than 300 facilities across the gaza strip. Gaza used to have sex a functioning Wastewater Treatment plants which are crucial to preventing the buildup of sewage and the spread of disease. This was one of them. Here it was before 7 october. And now after. Three 0ctober. And now after. Three others are also damaged or destroyed and weve been told the remaining two are out of action largely because of a lack of fuel. To compound the problem, officials and gaza say they are struggling to repair damaged infrastructure after an attack on a key warehouse where fuel and spare parts were stored. This shows the warehouse before. And after it was struck at the end of january. The idf is that it was targeting hamas fighters nearby. It accused a group restoring weapons and ammunition inside civilian structures including in any water facilities. Structures including in any waterfacilities. All of structures including in any water facilities. All of us structures including in any waterfacilities. All of us has had a very direct human consequence. The World Health Organization says the average 0rganization says the average person needs 15 litres of water each day for drinking washing or cooking but most people in gaza are getting just a fraction of that. And that scarcity of water and untreated sewage are causing dehydration and disease. We sewage are causing dehydration and disease. And disease. We are seeing cominu and disease. We are seeing coming from and disease. We are seeing coming from the and disease. We are seeing coming from the outbreaks and disease. We are seeing coming from the outbreaks of| coming from the outbreaks of disease in the highly vulnerable and small children, in the elderly and pretty women. Hepatitis and print women. Hepatitis and print women is very dangerous. This is killing people. Is killing people. People in gaza have is killing people. People in gaza have told is killing people. People in gaza have told that is killing people. People in gaza have told that thankl is killing people. People in i gaza have told that thank you for hours to access drinking water. 0thers for hours to access drinking water. Others are drinking dirty water. Aid agencies wanted trucking and what about say they cant because limited access to fuel and this isnt just an acute problem now, interbedded by the current israeli operation in rafah, gazas infrastructure will take years and decades to rebuild. You can see our full analysis on the bbc news website. Iurge i urge you to check out the content we have on gaza. We will move away from the middle east for now. Chinese president xijinping is in hungary on the final leg of his european tour. He arrived in budapest just in time for a gala dinner with Hungarian Prime Minister viktor 0rban. President xi is due to hold talks with hungarian president tamas sulyok, before visiting chinese investments in hungary. Earlier on wednesday, xi was in belgrade. His serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic told thousands of supporters many waving chinese flags that the government in beijing was a sincere friend. I analysed xis visit to europe with Elaine Dezenski a Senior Director at the foundation for defence of democracies. I think it is pretty clear that xijinping doesnt have a lot of friends in europe and going to serbia and hungary pretty much guarantees that hed get a friendly reception as these are two countries that are actively pursuing greater investment from china and theyve been recipients of significant Infrastructure Investments and signed Cooperation Agreements that are moving from the economic sphere to the security sphere. There is a very strategic intent behind those two countries. President xi is in hungary which was the first european to sign to the chinese road and bell initiative. What more should we know about the relationship . It is an interesting case because of the chinese perspective, they see it as an opening to the broader european economy and the market and to political engagement. 0rban has been very supportive of this relationship for many years and as reaped benefits from this growing investment and it certainly caused some disturbance within the European Union and certainly in brussels where there is a growing concern about the nature of this relationship but the implications are more broadly for the eu. It is setting up a bit of attention that i think is an interesting and potentially challenging Narrative Facing Xi Jinping of the future. Hes taking a bit a gamble by taking this Divide And Conquer kind of approach by going to hungary and going to serbia and pushing back against some of the concerns that the eu has raised around the relationship with china. So, it is creating a bit of a divisive environment and at the same time, i think what the europeans really looking for is a bit more assurance about access to the Chinese Market and about the quality of the Trade Relationships so you have these dynamics that are working perhaps against each other and it is a difficult narrative to balance, particularly for xi jinping. Lets take a look at some other stories in the headlines. Hong kongs appeal court has approved the formal banning of a protest song previously used as a Rallying Call by pro democracy campaigners. A lower court last year rejected the governments application to outlaw the song glory to hong kong. But officials have now successfully appealed against that decision. Amnesty international described the ruling as a worrying sign of the authorities growing unwillingness to respect human rights and uphold their obligations. Thailand is to relist cannabis as a narcotic, two years after becoming the first country in asia to decriminalise its recreational use. The prime minister, srettha thavisin, said he wants usage restricted to medical and Health Purposes only. He said drugs were destroying thailands future with too many young people addicted. The domestic Retail Market for marijuana has flourished in thailand since legalisation. Australia is to raise the amount of Savings International students will need to get a visa in order to study in the country. It has also warned several colleges of fraudulent Student Recruitment practices as part of efforts to rein in record migration. From friday, International Students must show proof of savings of at least 20,000 us dollars in order to get their visa. In the us, a republican congresswomans effort to re m Ove Mikejohnson as speaker of the house of representatives has failed. Marjorie Taylor Greene had demanded johnson be kicked out due to his support for a 61 billion aid package for ukraine. However, Democratsjoined Republicans in a 359 a3 vote to kill her motion. Now to the devastating floods in brazil. Police have been deployed in southeastern brazil to prevent attacks on rescue workers, following widespread looting and attacks from criminal gangs. 100 people are now known to have died in the state of rio grande do sul. Dozens of people are missing and more than 200,000 have been forced to leave their homes. The state governor has warned that more heavy rains are expected. Meghan 0wen has more on the damage caused. This is a calm agricultural region but it has been pretty hit by some extreme weather over the last few years and this is no exception. I want to take you through some of the striking Satellite Images of the fighting. Before, this was the fighting. Before, this was the Football Stadium in the capital porto alegre and we can see that the floods completely swamped that football ground. Next, we have a river that has completely burst its banks. We see on the Satellite Image just how much that water has overflowed there. Next is the local airport. Since the flooding, the runway and the roads have been again completely submerged by that water, except for the buildings. Finally, we have more of a residential area. Here is a river which since the flooding, it has burst its banks into all of those residential areas. This isjust a small part of the flooding and we know that many people have been affected. In terms of people being displaced, over 200,000 people have been made homeless and la Million People have been affected. It has led them to try dramatic attempts to escape their homes. This is a footbridge in the region people have been camping out on. There has also been a number of Rescue Efforts and we know that military and police and volunteers have been trying desperately to evacuate people who are stuck in these areas. Many of them are unable to access clean drinking water. The governor of the region has also said that there is more rainfall expected over the next week. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Youre live with bbc news. New Analysis Shows that the worlds oceans have broken temperature records every single day over the past year caused mainly by Climate Change. The news comes as figures from the eu climate service, copernicus, also show that last month was the warmest april on record for our oceans. They absorb around a quarter of the Carbon Dioxide that humans produce and soak up excess heat, so evidence that theyre heating up at Record Levels raises concerns they wont be able to do this as effectively as before. The menai bridge between north wales and the island of anglesey. A team of scientists have been monitoring the plants and animals on the sea shore here and at other spots around the uk for almost 70 years. Its invaluable and it tells us so much about where species were, how quickly theyve moved. In that time, average uk Sea Temperatures have warmed by about one degree celsius. The big thing that ive seen is species arent all moving at the same rate so things are moving further north, but not at the same speed. So, all the Community Compositions are changing everywhere. Some creatures cant move at all like barnacles. So, nova, this is a really disruptive process for ecosystems . I think if i was a barnacle, id be quite worried, yes if one species vanishes, or a new one comes in, it can affect all the other plants and animals in the system. At aberystwyth university, scientists track the changes with the same technology the police use at crime scenes. I think were going to put this down about five metres. They collect the traces of dna animals leave in the water. It is known as edna environmental dna. Its possible to use edna to track the movement of invasive species. There is a japanese species of sea squirt. Its called a carpet sea squirt. They form a blanket, a carpet, if you like, over the sea bed. They prevent the growth of native or