Respond to attacks like came out of The Middle East recently. Our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem. She told me more about the reaction, starting with that of israels foreign minister, israel katz. He has written on x that there is no more war just he has written on x that there is no more warjust than this and israel will continue to fight until hamas� s destruction. We have also had in a characteristically quite shocking comment from the National Security minister, he has put on his x account. A mass heart biden. So there is a lot of upset here about these comments. From the us president , the us, of course, israels closest ally, and that will put pressure on this Israeli Coalition government as to what it does next, particularly with regard to rafah. And we know that there are also reports that from within the Israeli Defence establishment, a lot of concern there about what this means for such a critical relationship. And all of this as were Hearing Reports of heavy shelling in rafah this morning. Thats correct. I mean, weve been hearing from a colleague whos working with us there, from doctors and other residents that there has been very heavy shelling. One man was saying as he was involved in bringing wounded people, including children, including a baby, and footage that we could see into the hospital in rafah, they said that this would be a limited incursion, but theyre hitting very close to these two main hospitals. We know that already the use of another hospital has been put out of use effectively and that the kuwaiti hospital, some people have been leaving from there, too. And then on top of that, you know, you have the humanitarian situation made so much more difficult by the closure of these two important crossings, the rafah crossing, which israel took control of back on tuesday, the kerem shalom crossing. Although israel says that is now reopened, no supplies are able to get in to the gaza side. Palestinian workers are not able to access there, were told. And weve got the different un agencies saying really theyre running out of fuel, hospitals are running out of fuel and very soon there will be no food either because Food Supplies are getting rapidly used up with so many people crammed into rafah. And a lot of people are really starting to flee to other locations, places like khan younis, also in the south of the gaza strip. But knowing that theres really very little suitable accommodation for people there and that again, it will be difficult for them to find supplies. There has been more reaction here in the uk by the decision by the Opposition Leader keir starmer to allow Natalie Elphicke to cut defect to the government side to labour. She says rishi sunak has failed in his pledge to stop the boats but she previously accused the Labour Leader of not having a plan when it comes to immigration. Labour mp by� were baffled by her peculiar decision to switch sides. Our chief Political Correspondent henry seth men told us there to keir starmer and his labour as our allies arejubilant. Well, sir keir starmer and his allies are jubilant at the fact that theyve attracted Natalie Elphicke to the labour side. And thats for the simple reason that they can now say to rishi sunak and to the voters that rishi sunak has promised to, in his words, stop the boats, stop the small boats crossing the channel. And the mp for dover, which is where so many of those boats arrive, has now publicly declared that she backs keir starmer to achieve that goal over rishi sunak. Make no mistake, that is a proper blow in Public Relations terms for the conservative party, for rishi sunak. However, as you say, there is significant unease, mostly private, but a little bit in public from labour mps about this basically because Natalie Elphicke is quite right wing as they would see it as conservative mp saying she was probably on the right of the conservative party, although theres some nuances around that. And so there are labour mps who are saying, well, 0k, the party should be a broad church, but how broad is too broad . And there were also specific questions about the circumstances in which she became the mp for dover in 2019. All a bit messy, but she succeeded her then husband, charlie elphicke, who had been the conservative mp for that seat for the best part of a decade after he was charged with sexual assault. He was actually later convicted and jailed and theyre no longer married. But nevertheless, some labour mps are a little bit uneasy about some elements of that. Russia is celebrating victory day held each year to mark the defeat of nazi germany during the second world war. The centrepiece is a huge Military Parade in red square, beside the kremlin, in moscow. President Vladimir Putin used the occasion to warn that his forces were always ready for combat, and that he would not allow anyone to threaten his country. He also took the opportunity to praise the russian soldiers fighting in ukraine. Translation we are commemorating this victory day in the difficult circumstances of the military operation. All of the participants, those who are fighting on the front line of those on the contact line, these are our heroes. We bow to their steadfastness and their self sacrifice. The whole of russia is with you. Russia believes in you. And is concerned by you and your veterans and feel spiritual compassion for you and your exploits. For more i spoke to Katarzyna Zysk who is a professor of International Relations and contemporary history at the Norwegian Institute for defence studies. The circumstances surrounding the Victory Parade is better than last year for putin, he appears to have an upper hand on the battlefield. This is partly because of the weakness the west has shown by delaying, the United States in particular, by delaying the air package for ukraine which also allowed putin to make limited advances. So, there is also large scale military Modernisation Programme going on in russia. Russia, after the initial shock in the first month of the war, they have managed to resume and significantly increase the Industrial Production and renovation of weapons. As i mentioned, there is the ambition with Military Reform that aims basically into building a soviet style mass army. There are many potential problems along the way that russia is facing, but we see a different russia that is fighting the war today. One thing we did also hear from President Putin was some sort of acknowledgement that his country is living through a difficult time. What did you read into that . I think for one, i believe that it is very hard for the russian propaganda to hide that russia is experiencing economic problems, that this war is carrying an enormous economic, financial and human price. I think this is one potential reference to it, but i think putin is preparing the russian public that this may take much, much longer. One date for the victory in ukraine which has been discussed is 2026, so i think this is something the propaganda tries to prepare the russian public, this is also related to the fact there is a Victory Parade and the war against nazi germany is basically translated into the war in ukraine. This is a way of mobilising the public to prepare it for sacrifices, economic, again, financial and human. Also, russia has increased repressions, so this is something, this existential war that russia is fighting, that is how putin tries to present the war in ukraine. Prime minister rishi sunak has met with a group of British University leaders to discuss ways to tackle antisemitism. In 2023, antisemitic incidents rose by 200 according to the Community Security trust. Some incidents have been linked to protests against the war in gaza. Lets speak to Edward Isaacs who is the president for the union forjewish students. Welcome to bbc news. First of all, just tell us what happen in that meeting. We just tell us what happen in that meetinu. ~ ,. ,. , meeting. We were very grateful today to government meeting. We were very grateful today to government and meeting. We were very grateful today to government and the meeting. We were very grateful today to government and the prime meeting. 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Thank you very much. Around the world places for them. Thank you very much. Around the world and places for them. Thank you very i much. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Now, to the chinese president xi jinpings European Tour after visiting france and serbia, hes beginning two days of meetings in hungary. President xi was welcomed with a Military Parade in budapest later hell meet the hungarian Prime Minister viktor orban. Beijing sees hungary as one of its closest allies in the eu and there have been high levels of Chinese Investment there. Our correspondent nick thorpe is in budapest for us. There was a long essay by xi jinping in the Hungarian Media and pro government Hungarian Media. Hes been warmly welcomed. The Prime Minister and his wife were out at the airport to meet him there. So very much a popular visit from the governments point of view. And the Prime Minister here talking about hungary wanting to serve as a bridge between china and the european union, whereas of course, some european leaders and of United States are warning yesterday, are suggesting that there is a that europe should be wary of a chinese agenda, that china is actually trying to drive a wedge between different eu members and between the eu and the United States. One thing that i think is quite significant is were hearing that they could be an Infrastructure Project on the belt and Road Initiative announced after this trip. And of course, as weve seen in places like south asia, china, investing in countries like sri lanka, nepal, countries that surround some of its biggest rivals in that case, india, in this case, of course, trying to make inroads around europe. Thats right. Hungary has already attracted 16 billion worth of Chinese Investment, has talked that by the end of this year, that could increase to as much as 30 billion. And as you say, infrastructure is very important as well as electric vehicles. Theres a hungary, a budapest to belgrade high speed railway, which is full of Chinese Investment. That railway should eventually go all the way to the port cities of greece, To Thessaloniki and piraeus. So a lot of Chinese Investment here into electric vehicles, green technology, into transport infrastructure. And again, one of the stories, were not getting a lot of concrete details yet, but possibly investment into hungarian energy, including nuclear energy. And just before we let you go, just tell us more of wh