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correspondent, yolande knell. there have been more deadly israeli strikes on different neighbourhoods of gaza city. in beach camp, or al—shati camp, large strikes there. you can see these dark plumes of smoke in social media videos. several homes flattened, shocked people rushing to help the casualties who are at the scene. there has been speculation in israeli media that a senior hamas commander was being targeted, but the official israeli military statement talks only about hamas infrastructure being targeted. the israeli military has also put out a statement saying that there was not a direct attack on an international committee of the red cross facility, in al—mawasi, in rafah a day ago. that was where at least 22 people were killed, according to the red cross, when there was shelling on a tent camp for displaced people, and the red cross office nearby was also damaged. to the north of here, on the israel—lebanon border, tensions remain extremely high. there's been an intensification in cross—border violence with israeli forces and the lebanese armed group hezbollah. but the israeli military says today it killed a man there who was an operative of hamas and another allied group, saying that he was supplying these groups with weapons, and they have put out a video of the deadly drone strike they say was on his car. as we heard, there's growing unrest on israel's northern border with lebanon. the two sides have exchanged fire across the lebanon—israel borderfor months. our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, has been to the israeli side of the border this week, and sent this report. war empties neighbourhoods. here on israel's northern border, many say war is also the way to get residents back. were you hurt, did it hit you? yes, i was here, i stood here. david has refused to leave, even when rockets landed right in front of his house a few weeks ago. shrapnel slicing through the walls, missing him by inches. it's made him even more determined to stay. every day, every night, bomb — problem. and i born here. what do i say? look, hezbollah. kill hezbollah. rockets hit kiryat shmona every week. this slipped past israel's defences last friday, hitting a street outside the mayor's office. the us is pushing hard for a diplomatic solution here, but the mayor says full—scale war is the only way out. translation: sitting - here like lambs to slaughter, just waiting for the day they attack us, like we saw in the south, it's unacceptable, and everyone understands the choice is between war now or war later. israel has been striking back across the border and talking up preparations for a full—scale offensive against hezbollah. hezbollah has vowed that nowhere in israel would be spared. tough talk is part of both sides�* strategy of deterrence, but it can also spotlight the path to war. looked like a missile. i don't know. it looks like they shot it to the middle... tom was out when a hezbollah rocket hit his house in kibbutz malkia, right on the border. look what one rocket can do to a house. it just. .. everything ruined. it's crazy, no? he says israel's leadership has failed. they lost it. they need to quit. all of them. yeah. the biggest failure of our army and our country was on the 7th of october, and they were the leaders. protests for a ceasefire in gaza that would also calm tensions in the north aren't working on israel's prime minister. mortgaged by his promise to far right government allies to destroy hamas before ending the gaza war. playing for time is his speciality, but this, many say, is playing with fire. lucy williamson, bbc news, the israel—lebanon border. the israeli army has confirmed its forces strapped a palestinian wounded man on the hood of a militaryjeep during an arrest raid in west bank'sjenin on saturday. viewers may find the video we're about to show distressing. the wounded man, mujahed azmi, can be seen lying on the hood on a jeep as it drives past two ambulances injenin. we've decided to blur the image. the israeli army confirmed the incident, after this video started circulating on social media. the military said... of the israeli military and that the incident would be investigated and dealt with. the military said the injured man was transferred to medics for treatment. russia has hit a residential area of kharkiv city in northeastern ukraine with what local officials say were four glide bombs. the authorities say three people have been killed and nearly a0 others have been injured in the attack, some of them critically. rescuers are searching the debris for survivors. earlier, the governor of the neighbouring russian region of belgorod reported the death of a civilian in ukrainian shelling. on the uk election trail, rishi sunak hasjoined other politicians in criticising nigel farage for making remarks excusing president putin's invasion of ukraine. the leader of reform uk — who'll be familiar around the world for formerly leading the pro—brexit uk independence party — claimed that russia's invasion of ukraine was provoked by europe and nato. with more, here's our political correspondent harry farley. vladimir putin this morning at a ceremony to mark the nazi invasion of russia in world war ii. his invasion of ukraine has largely united british politics. this is more like a police interview! but last night, the man who says he wants to be leader of the opposition, said it was a consequence of eu and nato expansion. we've provoked this war. you know, of course it's his fault. he's used... but we provoked the invasion of ukraine? yes, and very interestingly, once again, ten years ago when i predicted it... by the way, i'm the only person in british politics that predicted what would happen. predicted what would happen, and of course, everyone said i was a pariah for daring to suggest it. rishi sunak has so far been reluctant to criticise mr farage, perhaps hoping to persuade those who tempted by reform to back the conservatives. no such hesitation this morning. what he said was completely wrong and only plays into putin's hands. this is a man who deployed nerve agents on the streets of britain, who's doing deals with countries like north korea, and this kind of appeasement is dangerous for britain's security, the security of our allies that rely on us, and only enboldens putin further. there has been wide—spread condemnation. farage's comments about russia and ukraine are disgraceful. i've always been clear that putin bears responsibility, sole responsibility, for the russian aggression in ukraine. i think anybody who wants to stand to be a representative in our parliament should be really clear that whether it's russian aggression on the battlefield or online, we stand against that aggression. the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, campaigning on a chicken farm this morning, said only president putin was responsible for the deaths of civilians in ukraine. mr farage's political opponents are hoping his chances of winning here in clacton are dented by his views on the kremlin. harry farley, bbc news. our correspondent gary o'donoghue says this is a rare occasion of a direct criticism of the reform uk leader by the prime minister in this election campaign. it's true, he's been reluctant, i think, to go after nigel farage for fairly obvious electoral reasons. but on this kind of territory, if you like, on the ukraine war, he feels much more confident. and that's, i think, because there is large—scale unity, if you like, across the parties on what should be done about ukraine, about backing the ukraine war efforts, about, if you like, putting vladimir putin firmly in the kind of guilty camp on this one. and that's also, i think, why he went as far as to use the "appeasement" word, which of course in britain has huge resonance back to the 1930s and european fascism and the rise of hitler. so i think this is an interesting moment. but, you know, one of the things and one of the consequences i think the parties will be thinking about after the election is, you know, if reform does win seats and if nigel farage himself were to end up in parliament in some kind of role, in some kind of opposition role, would that change the approach of the british government to ukraine? what we don't really know is what his attitude would be, given his views on ukraine, about continuing the war funding. yeah, gary, meanwhile, the labour party leader has come under criticism on his stance on gender recognition, hasn't he? he has, from the authorjk rowling — of course, the author of the harry potter books, an enormously successful and well—known figure and someone who has been critical, if you like, of some of the issues around trans and gender identification. she used to be a labour party member. a labour party donor and she has said that she thinks that labour has abandoned women and she said that she would struggle to support the party this time around. now, labour has moved, or labour in london at least has moved on this, and sir keir starmer said the question time special earlier this week that, you know, he supported tony blair's view that, you know, biological women had vaginas and that men had penises. and that is seen as a bit of a move from his previous stance on that several years ago. but it doesn't seem to be enough to get the backing of this sort of well—known figure who has in the past been a staunch supporter of labour. now it's time for a look at today's sport with ollie. hello from the bbc sport centre. belgium are looking to get their euro 2024 campaign back on track. they lost their opening match to slovakia so have to take something from the game against romania in cologne. they made a brilliant start, yuri tielemanns. one of the four changes to the belgium side, scoring after 75 seconds. but it remains i—o. kevin de bruyne has just had but it remains i—o. kevin de bruyne hasjust had a but it remains i—o. kevin de bruyne has just had a couple of chances, big chances for belgium, but romania are still in the game. a nervy final half an hour or so for belgium. portugal are through to the last 16 with a game to spare. they beat turkey 3—0 in dortmund. elsewhere in group f, georgia and czech republic kept their hopes alive with a 1—1 draw in hamburg. patrick gearey reports. turkey have never hosted a major tournament, but they have made this one their own. a red river wound through dortmund, noisy and expectant. but they found that the current coming on the other direction. portugal, one of the favourites, awash with talent. bernardo silva! ..of manchester city. 21 minutes in. such is their depth, portugal can score from anywhere, even when they're apparently nowhere near the ball. this mistake was beyond rescue. 2-0 2—0 portugal. and turkish hospitality did not end there. somehow they allowed cristiano ronaldo in, who might have scored at his sixth straight euros, but instead gave it to bruno fernandes. particularly generous, but he knows there will be other chances — portugal are into the last 16. earlier in the group, the freewheeling georgia, who took the mid—day train to the stadium in hamburg. needing at least a point against the czech republic, who gave them a hand in the first half, oran arm, to be specific — penalty. a huge moment for them. dispatches it beautifully! utterjoy for georgia! the wild excitement couldn't last. the second half was all czech. off the back stick to patrick schick. a tap in for a lift off. his nation had found a repeatable formula. minutes later, they should have had the lead. georgia were barely able to get up the pitch until the final moments of stoppage time. the czechs unbalanced. a sickening frustration and yet still a glimmer of hope, that is all georgia need. india are closing in on a place in the semifinals at the t20 world cup. they beat bangladesh by 50 runs in antigua. india were put into bat first and made a rapid start and though they lost a few wickets including both kohli and yadav in the same over, hardik pandya was unbeaten on 50 as india posted 196—5. bangladesh never got close in their chase as they reached 146 for 8. india top their super 8s group and face australia next on monday lando norris is on pole for sunday's spanish grand prix at the circuit de catalunya. the mclaren driver pipped max verstappen by two hundredths of a second with a blistering lap towards the end of qualifying. it was a great result after what had been a difficult day for mclaren, they had a fire in their hospitality suite earlier, that saw one of their staff taken to hospital. everybody was ok, though. the merecedes of lewis hamilton and george russell will start on the second row. italy's lorenzo musetti is through to the queen's club championships final. the world number 30 beat australia's jordan thompson in three sets to reach his third atp final — where he will face american tommy paul. the belgian still labouring against romania, but they lead i—o, the belgian still labouring against romania, but they lead 1—0, that would be good enough to keep the tournament, with one match left to play in the group stages. you can keep across it all on the sport website. thank you very much. egypt has stripped 16 travel agencies of their licences for organising illegal hajj pilgrimages. more than a million muslims make the journey to mecca annually, but this year more than a thousand people have so far reportedly died — many because of searing temperatures of over 50 celsius. it's feared the death toll could be much higher. unregistered pilgrims do not have access to proper facilities such as air conditioned tents and official transport. caroline hawley reports. it's a sacred duty for muslims to perform the pilgrimage once in their lifetime — if physically and financially able. and it's a colossal logistics operation for the saudi authorities. they've been criticised in the past for the way they've handled the hajj, for deadly stampedes. but this year, the danger came from blistering heat. there was water on hand, large sprinklers and some air—conditioned areas for the more than 1.8 million pilgrims. but it was more than 50 degrees in the shade and the scorching temperature took a terrible toll. ather hussain is imam of leicester's central mosque. he'sjust returned home from saudi arabia, scarred by what he saw. it was undoubtedly a traumatic experience. you would walk and you simply wouldn't know where to look because everywhere you turned, you would see someone struggling in some way or the other, people completely drowned in sweat. it's not just the frail and the elderly who were affected. i saw perfectly fit individuals who were struggling just to make 50 yards. in the village of menoufiya, in northern egypt, a family mourns. 70—year—old effendiya sold jewellery to pay for the pilgrimage. she had a tourist visa and, like many others, wasn't officially registered for the hajj. her children say she was left to walk for miles, taken advantage of by an unscrupulous tour operator. she called home as she was dying. translation: i screamed and couldn't believe it. - she phoned my brother and told him she felt her soul is leaving her body. i wish i was with her. the casualties come from many countries and there are fears that climate change will, in the future, make the hajj even more dangerous. the charity islamic relief has called for urgent steps to inform pilgrims of the risks, and to ensure that their safety is paramount. caroline hawley, bbc news. spanish police say they do have the resources to continue the search for 19—year—old jay slater who's now been missing in tenerife for six days. they've declined an offer of help from police in lancashire. mr slater hasn't been seen since last sunday when he went to a music festival in the south of the island. he left by car with two men in the early hours of the next morning, telling friends he was staying at their apartment. the teenager was last heard from on monday morning when he rang a friend, saying he had missed a bus travelling south and was attempting to walk the ten—hourjourney back. the call then cut out. his last known location was at the rural teno national park. fiona trott is in playa de las americas where jay was visiting last weekend. it's hard to imagine that he was here one week ago enjoying a three—day music festival. i've spoken to a bar owner who says he met him that night — he was relaxed, happy, having a good time with his friends, like thousands of other teenagers here. now, one week on, he has missing posters of jay on his walls. he says it's hard to understand how he disappeared. what we understand, like you say, is that he left a bar here in the early hours of monday morning. he left with two men. they took a ao—minute car journey to the remote village of maaska to a holiday home there. it's understood that was the last place where he was seen. we've spoken to a neighbour who says that he asked her about bus times. when she said that he was going to have to wait two hours, he headed off in the opposite direction further into the mountains. his friend lucy has told us that he then called her and said he was about to start a ten—hour walk back to his accommodation instead, and that's when the phone went dead. now, the police haven't told us what they think happened that night. they say they don't comment on current investigations, but have confirmed that nobody has been arrested. instead, their searches have continued in that national park there today. they say that they're using sniffer dogs and drones. and, of course, this is a day when he's supposed to be back home in lancashire with his family, telling them about the holiday that he had. instead, they are here anxiously waiting for news, hoping that tomorrow somebody, something will turn up and give the police more information to help them find their son. firefighters on the greek island of hydra have blamed a group from a private yacht for causing a fire by setting off fireworks. the flames were seen late on friday near a beach on the island, south of athens. local firefighters shared this photo on their facebook page, but it is unclear if this yacht was the one that launched the fireworks. the mayor of the island posted this second picture. let's speak to moira lavelle, who is an independent journalist in athens. good to have yummy programme. what do we know that the arrests? we do not know much. _ do we know that the arrests? we do not know much, we _ do we know that the arrests? we do not know much, we know _ do we know that the arrests? we do not know much, we know they - do we know that the arrests? we do not know much, we know they are l do we know that the arrests? we do| not know much, we know they are all greek citizens and these will appear before the prosecutor on sunday. find before the prosecutor on sunday. and what we know but the fireworks and where they were possibly set off from? 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