israel says dozens of trucks loaded with flour have been able to reach northern gaza via a new humanitarian crossing. russia's defence minister, sergei shoigu, is out as vladimir putin replaces him in a rare cabinet shake—up. and at one with nature: a record number of wild swimming spots are designated as bathing sites here in england. hello. i'm sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. israel says dozens of trucks loaded with flour have been able to cross into northern gaza. these are pictures from israel's military. they say it shows trucks passing through the newly opened western erez crossing. there'd been warnings that

barely any aid had been reaching the region after other crossings were closed. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. good morning to you. so, let's talk about rafah to start with before we move onto humanitarian aid. what is happening in rafah? the humanitarian aid. what is happening in rafah? the idf are askin: happening in rafah? the idf are asking more _ happening in rafah? the idf are asking more people _ happening in rafah? the idf are asking more people to _ happening in rafah? the idf are asking more people to leave - asking more people to leave rafah, they asked last week that people in the eastern part of rafah to leave near khan younis. now they are expanding this area to a larger area to ask people to leave rafah, the ground of enzyme rafah, there are many warnings from the united states, from the uk, from the national agency that this widening area of fighting in rafah lots of humanitarian crisis, would cause lots of human casualties between

civilians and the situation in rafah is getting really dangerous.— rafah is getting really dancerous. ., ., ., dangerous. for those who are movin: dangerous. for those who are moving again. _ dangerous. for those who are moving again, these - dangerous. for those who are moving again, these are - dangerous. for those who are l moving again, these are people and families who have been to many times now they are tired and weary, but if they go to other parts of gaza, what will they find there?— they find there? this is a big question. — they find there? this is a big question, because _ they find there? this is a big question, because many - they find there? this is a big i question, because many people are saying if we leave rafah, the situation, the road is not safe between rafah and khan younis, and when they were displaced before, there are many people dead in shelling on the road, they cannot find many aid there or facilities to help them there. already, the hospital in eastern khan younis, it is out of service. these other places are not safe, there is not enough facilities in this area. and as you mentioned earlier, there are trucks coming from the erez

crossing, the border. this erez crossing border is in the north of gaza, so for these trucks to travel from the north of gaza to reach rafah at the end part of gaza, it is really difficult.— of gaza, it is really difficult. �* ., ., difficult. at the un and other organisations _ difficult. at the un and other organisations were _ difficult. at the un and other organisations were saying - difficult. at the un and other| organisations were saying the threat of starvation was very intense in the north, and that is a point that israel is making, that they are providing, enabling more humanitarian aid to get to the north where there is real issues with hunger. indeed, but there are two _ issues with hunger. indeed, but there are two points _ issues with hunger. indeed, but there are two points i _ issues with hunger. indeed, but there are two points i need - issues with hunger. indeed, but there are two points i need to i there are two points i need to mention. in the north we saw overnight that the fighting in the north, which is really astonishing to see fighters regrouping and attacking the israeli forces in the north after many months that israel said, and the problem is in the south, there are many people in the south, more than a million in rafah, and already the israeli forces already, the

closing which is dividing the humanitarian aid.— closing which is dividing the humanitarian aid. thank you aaain humanitarian aid. thank you again for— humanitarian aid. thank you again for providing - humanitarian aid. thank you again for providing the - humanitarian aid. thank you | again for providing the latest in what is happening there. and of course we will be keeping you up—to—date throughout this week. now let's move on. babies and children have been the greatest victims of the famine in gaza. our reporter, ru abbass, has been looking at two patients undergoing treatment at a partially functioning hospital, which is on the brink of shutting down due to a lack of fuel. this mother has arrived with a heavy heart in the outpatient ward with her baby. his name is yaman and he is two months old. with each passing moment, witnessing her son for the fragile body with her, she knows he stand little chance of survival. in his short life,

yaman's small body has been struggling with a nutrition, anaemia and hypoglycaemia. the condition of his body bears the struggle for survival. a heavy price to pay for being born in the heart of the battleground. but yaman is not alone. oprah may end is in short supply for patients like fahad. he is a diabetic and malnutrition is ravaging his lethargic body. numbness bears down heavily on his eight—year—old frame, burdened with the weight of illness beyond his years. each laboured breath a testament to the upheld battle for survival. till last year, he was a mischievous boy with a vibrant spirit. but now, he musters his flagging energy afterjust spirit. but now, he musters his flagging energy after just a few words.

his mother is desperate for him to receive urgent medical treatment. with each passing moment, she witnesses her son's delicate body fade, she must reside to the painful reality that she won't be able to keep him here much longer. many are asked to leave before completing their treatment to make way for incoming patients. translation: we currently have a shortage of food in this region. a shortage of food in this reuion. , . , a shortage of food in this reuion. ,. , ., , region. this child needs daily insulin shots, _ region. this child needs daily insulin shots, but _ region. this child needs daily insulin shots, but we - region. this child needs daily insulin shots, but we have i region. this child needs daily insulin shots, but we have a| insulin shots, but we have a severe shortage. there is also an overall shortage of medical supplies in northern gaza. running atjust 30% of its usual capacity, this hospital stands as the most operational facility in the area. but that

brings little comfort to the children struggling to cling onto life. ru abbass, bbc news. russia's defence minister, sergei shoigu, is being removed from his post and will become the new secretary of russia's security council. he's a long—standing ally of vladimir putin and has served as defence minister since 2012, playing a key role in russia's invasion of ukraine. his replacement will be andrei belousov, an economist and the deputy prime minister. russia editor steve rosenberg explained that at the kremlin, reshuffles are unusual. whoever the russian government ministers are, whoever�*s sitting around that cabinet table, there is one man and one man alone in russia who calls the shots, and that is vladimir putin. he's the man with all the power. having said that, a government reshuffle in russia is interesting, particularly when key ministers like

the defence minister is being changed. they don't happen too often. the foreign minister, he's been in his post for 20 years. mr shoigu, he has been defence minister for 12 years. he was appointed by vladimir putin in 2012, i think. the two men were said to be pretty close for a long time. they even went on holiday a few times to siberia together. last week, we were on red square watching the victory day parade and defence minister shoigu was there inspecting the russian troops. but there had been rumours for some time that he could be moved, he could lose hisjob, and it seems that's what's happening. he still has a job to go to. he's being moved to the russian security council as the head of the security council. but i think that's a demotion compared to being defence minister. who's coming in, who's replacing him? someone called andrey belousov, who's an economist, and i think that reflects the fact that

over the last couple of years, president putin has put the russian economy on a war footing and wants an economist to run things because it's vital, as far as he's concerned, that the defence industry has enough money to fund this war. our russian editor there. for more on this, let's speak to sergey radchenko, a professor atjohns hopkins school of advanced international studies. welcome to bbc news. what do you make of this change? it is not particularly significant. putin is running the war, sergei shoigu, the former defence minister now, he was not highly regarded, he was seen as very incompetent. there were rumours as steve rosenberg just said, about his removal partly because his deputy was arrested recently for corruption and is currently under arrest. so given that

putin is just moving under arrest. so given that putin isjust moving into power, another term as president, a government reshuffle was in order. the government reshuffle was fairly conservative. the prime minister ardern main however there were some people who will be moved and sergei shoigu is one of them. is it about timing, this is something that would happen eventually? of course it was quite controversial when yevgeny prigozhin, the mercenary chase, he very publicly criticised sergei shoigu and his operations in ukraine, his comments when viral, but of course president putin wouldn't want to be seen to be doing promotion's bidding as it were. well, that's right. it is ironic that about a year after the mutiny that prigozhin launched, the defence minister sergei shoigu, has now been moved. the question is what

happened to the staff, the chief general, he is also widely seen as incompetent. the general pattern for russia is to, when the minister of defence is removed, to change the general staff, is very important in wartime because he is the guy running the war, but for now at least, he seems to be staying and sergei shoigu himself, other than being committee discarded is now the secretary of the security council, a position for me occupied by putin's close ally. when it comes to the war in ukraine, does this change anything? it ukraine, does this change anything?— ukraine, does this change an hina? ., , ., , �* anything? it really doesn't. putin's aim _ anything? it really doesn't. putin's aim remains - anything? it really doesn't. putin's aim remains the - anything? it really doesn't. . putin's aim remains the same. rosenberg, steve rosenberg was right to say that the economist will be very important for basically putting the country on the war, basically on the

warfooting, and this has already been done, and if he delivers in this particular position of his, the military will embrace him, otherwise he will embrace him, otherwise he will not take much part or much of a role in the war itself, who has no connection to the military. who has no connection to the milita . ., ~ , ., who has no connection to the milita . ., ~ i. ., who has no connection to the milita . ., ~ ., military. thank you for your time. good _ military. thank you for your time. good to _ military. thank you for your time. good to get - military. thank you for your time. good to get your- military. thank you for your j time. good to get your take military. thank you for your i time. good to get your take on things. president zelensky says there's fierce fighting along a large part of the kharkiv border in eastern ukraine as russia attempts to regain territory it lost nearly two years ago. thousands of civilians have been evacuated from the area where russia claims to have captured nine villages since they launched their surprise offensive on the region three days ago. strikes were also seen on the russian side of the border in belgorod yesterday, with russian military saying a ukrainian air strike destroyed a section of a ten—storey apartment block. with the latest on the conflict, our defence correspondentjonathan beale

reports from vovchansk. the road to russia, just a few miles from the border. and proof that the russians are back in the kharkiv region again. the town of vovchansk was liberated in a surprise ukrainian offensive less than two years ago. now, it's at risk of falling back into russian hands. alexi, a local policeman, is once again telling the population to leave. he says it's better than dying. the shelling is constant and chaotic. and it's all over the town. we quickly move on at the sound of a russian drone. this is all that's left of sergei's home. the familiar russian tactic of reducing towns to rubble. but sergei says he can't leave.

he needs to look after his goats — now his only worldly possessions. you can still hear the artillery battle going on. it was more intense yesterday. this devastation — one man's house — was created by a russian glide bomb. jet roars nearby and that's the sound of a jet somewhere. explosions ukraine's outgunned and outnumbered, and russia's using aerial glide bombs to devastating effect. alexi simply says, "look at what's happening."

for some, it's made the decision to flee unavoidable, though it's still heartbreaking for olexander. this was the home he grew up in. he doesn't know if he'll ever return. ukrainian officials insist they were ready. not everyone agrees. this drone footage appears to show russian troops crossing the border unopposed. i've been in front line. for something you've already fought for before in 2022. same again? same again. you're angry? very angry. denys, a ukrainian reconnaissance commander, helped push back the russians in 2022. now, he's having to fight for the same territory again. translation: there was no first line of defence. .

we saw it. the russiansjust walked in. where were the minefields? theyjust walked in. ukraine says it's repelling this attack with reinforcements, but russia's been probing the entire 800—mile front, and in kharkiv, it's exposed the weakness. jonathan beale, bbc news, vovchansk. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

here in the uk, an inquiry set up to discover why some women have traumatic experiences in childbirth has called for a huge overhaul of maternity and post—natal care. the report, led by a group of cross—party mps, refers to "harrowing evidence" from more than a thousand women. the findings of the birth trauma inquiry will be presented

to the government today. our correspondent louisa pilbeam reports. the birth of gill castle's baby boy was traumatic. she was left needing stoma bag after mistakes in her maternity care. she spoke to bbc breakfast earlier this year. i she spoke to bbc breakfast earlier this year.— she spoke to bbc breakfast earlier this year. i ended up with a fourth _ earlier this year. i ended up with a fourth degree - earlier this year. i ended up with a fourth degree tear. earlier this year. i ended up | with a fourth degree tear and earlier this year. i ended up i with a fourth degree tear and a wreck vaginally fistula stop i had a missed abscess as well, which both. none of this was diagnosed until five days after the baby was born. jiiiil diagnosed until five days after the baby was born.— the baby was born. jill is not alone. the baby was born. jill is not alone- the _ the baby was born. jill is not alone. the first _ the baby was born. jill is not alone. the first uk - the baby was born. jill is not alone. the first uk enquiry l alone. the first uk enquiry into birth trauma has heard what it calls harrowing evidence from more than 1000 women. some women said they were left in bloodsoaked sheets on maternity wards without help. evidence was given about babies who were injured during birth, and many women said they weren't listened to. birth trauma is thought to affect 30,000 women a year in the uk, a term which refers to negative birth experiences such as

serious blood loss and emergency cesarean �*s. one in 20 women develop post—traumatic stress disorder. 20 women develop post-traumatic stress disorder.— stress disorder. really patronising _ stress disorder. really patronising in - stress disorder. really patronising in my i stress disorder. really i patronising in my opinion not to give women information about what it is like to have a baby because we are able to cope with this kind of information. the report from an all—party parliamentary group calls for urgent change, including ending the postcode lottery on perinatal care, a call for a new maternity commissioner to be appointed, and the government to publish a new national maternity strategy. the report also calls for more support for partners of those having a baby and for ethnic minorities. the findings of the enquiry will be officially presented today and the health minister will set out the government's response. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. to the caucasus now, and these are the live pictures coming out of the georgian capital, tbilisi — thousands of people have demonstrated through the night

at the parliament building. this is live this morning. many of them have literally been there through the night. they are protesting about a new laws proposed in georgia. they want to block politicians from entering the facility today to pass a bill on foreign funded civil society groups. —— foreign funded. we can see a big police presence. we'll be keeping an eye on any developments. the protesters a re the protesters are concerned that if this new bill does become law, it will hinder george are's ambitions to become a part of the european union it has been dubbed as the russia law. that is something to keep an eye on today as a day develops. the duke and duchess of sussex visited a school in lagos on the final day of their three—day tour of nigeria. the trip marks 10 years of prince harry's invictus games for injured military personnel, which nigeria joined for the first time last year.

our africa correspondent simijolaoso has been following their visit to lagos. another day, another celebration, this time in lagos. and with young budding basketball stars who share a love for the game like the duke. it brings people together in this community and there are no barriers. the prince joined the children in the drills much to their delight. like, i feel so happy. and you were playing on court when prince harry was also on court. what was that like? it was, like, we were working togather— and collaborating to make a team. every time you do something like this, youth are inspired. | and when you have an incredible leader like prince harry-

and meghan, i think we are blessed for a day like this. i their partnership will mean children in the nation's capital, abuja, will soon enjoy a fancy new court they are funding. from basketball to polo, sport has been a constant theme during this trip and the couple have been driving home the message about how it has the power to change lives. arriving at the polo club, that's what they hoped the money raised at this charity game will do. time to say goodbye to nigeria. he told the crowd they've had a wonderful time, calling lagos a beautiful place. simijolaoso, lagos. a record number of wild swimming spots in enland have been designated as bathing sites by the government. the 27 locations include 16 on rivers, but it doesn't mean they are clean. our environment correspondent has the details. it is the start of the bathing

water seen that season and i am here to take a sample. the environment agency is responsible for testing the bathing water.— responsible for testing the bathing water. the bottles are identified. — bathing water. the bottles are identified. from _ bathing water. the bottles are identified. from may - bathing water. the bottles are identified. from may to i identified. from may to september _ identified. from may to september it _ identified. from may to september it takes i identified. from may to i september it takes samples identified. from may to - september it takes samples of more than 400 locations. they are all sent to a laboratory in exeter and we were invited to take a closer look. the samples had to be tested within 24 hours of being taken in order for it to work properly, so all through the night, couriers have been delivering these bottles of water here so they can be analysed first thing in the morning. we can be analysed first thing in the morning.— can be analysed first thing in the mornini. ~ , ,, the morning. we will be passing a low volume — the morning. we will be passing a low volume of _ the morning. we will be passing a low volume of water _ the morning. we will be passing a low volume of water from i the morning. we will be passing a low volume of water from the | a low volume of water from the sabbath or a filter. the outcome _ sabbath or a filter. the outcome of _ sabbath or a filter. the outcome of the - sabbath or a filter. the outcome of the test i sabbath or a filter. the | outcome of the test the determines whether the bathing site is rated excellent, good, sufficient or poor. we site is rated excellent, good, sufficient or poor.— sufficient or poor. we are lookin: sufficient or poor. we are looking for _ sufficient or poor. we are looking for two _ sufficient or poor. we are looking for two different l sufficient or poor. we are i looking for two different types of bacteria, each highlight and another group called the

interest final intricate pipe, and they are used to identify the levels of faecal pollution in the water. that pollution could have come from different sources, humans, farm animals, birds, dogs, and the higher levels of that pollution, the more likely it is somebody could get ill through using the water. . . could get ill through using the water. , ., ' ~ ., water. last year 9696 of the sites that — water. last year 9696 of the sites that the _ water. last year 9696 of the sites that the minimum i sites that the minimum standards. but there was an increase in the number rated for and a fall in those rated excellent. 27 new bathing sites have been announced today, and most of them are along rivers. but before you reach for your swimming costume, bear this in mind. designation is based on whether a site is popular with swimmers and whether it has facilities like toilets nearby. it does not mean that the water is clean. . . it does not mean that the water is clean. , , ., is clean. this is the north end of port meadow _ is clean. this is the north end of port meadow in _ is clean. this is the north end of port meadow in oxford. i is clean. this is the north end | of port meadow in oxford. this bathini of port meadow in oxford. this bathing site — of port meadow in oxford. this bathing site was _ of port meadow in oxford. this bathing site was designated two years ago, and ever since, has

been rated for. campaigners like claire, the environment agency test are vital. focusing minds on how to clean pollution. iiii minds on how to clean pollution.— minds on how to clean ollution. . . . pollution. if a designated brady water _ pollution. if a designated brady water site - pollution. if a designated brady water site fails, i pollution. if a designated l brady water site fails, then the water company and the local authority and environment agency have to together to improve that water quality, and we wouldn't have the investigation, we wouldn't have the promises of upgrades we have had if we didn't have this designation. we have had if we didn't have this designation.— designation. we didn't bring our budgie _ designation. we didn't bring our budgie smugglers i designation. we didn't bring i our budgie smugglers without today — our budgie smugglers without toda . . . , our budgie smugglers without toda . , ., , ., ., today. this family drove from london for — today. this family drove from london for a _ today. this family drove from london for a picnic. _ today. this family drove from london for a picnic. but i today. this family drove from london for a picnic. but with | london for a picnic. but with the water rated four, opted to stay on dry land. we the water rated four, opted to stay on dry land.— stay on dry land. we have a three-year-old. _ stay on dry land. we have a three-year-old. again, i stay on dry land. we have a three-year-old. again, it. stay on dry land. we have a i three-year-old. again, it would three—year—old. again, it would be three—year—old. again, it would he the — three—year—old. again, it would be the perfect place for him to have _ be the perfect place for him to have a — be the perfect place for him to have a little swim, probably not — have a little swim, probably not it— have a little swim, probably not. . . have a little swim, probably not. , ., ., ., have a little swim, probably not. ., ., ., , not. it is a dilemma for many families may _ not. it is a dilemma for many families may face _ not. it is a dilemma for many families may face if - not. it is a dilemma for many families may face if this i not. it is a dilemma for many| families may face if this turns out to be a hot summer. jonah fisher, bbc news. business day is next.

hello. there were definitely two sides to sunday's weather story. on the one hand, it was very warm. in fact, it looks like it was the warmest day of the year so far, temperatures touching 27 celsius to the west of london, but we saw some really intense downpours and thunderstorms breaking up, especially across western and northern parts of the uk, ushering in a change. low pressure taking charge of our weather through this week, which will bring rain at times, not least across the southwest of england, wales and northern ireland through monday. that rain arriving through the morning and then sticking in place right through into the afternoon. could be enough rain to give some localised flooding and travel disruption, and under the cloud and rain not feeling particularly impressive — 15 or 16 degrees, but for a good part of scotland, central and eastern parts of england, we will hold on to some sunshine and some warmth — maybe 23 or 24 degrees. in fact, for some north sea coasts, it is likely to be warmer on monday afternoon than it was over the weekend.

now, through monday night, this band of rain will be moving slowly, northwards and eastwards on what will be a very mild, even warm night, with temperatures holding up at between 9 to 14 degrees. so, we start tuesday with our area of low pressure still in place. this frontal system wraps around the low, continuing to drive some outbreaks of rain. this time, the rain bands sitting across the southeast of england, east anglia, parts of the midlands, northern england, still some further rain to come across northern ireland, and then that rain pulling northwards across scotland, sunny spells and showers following on behind. temperatures, broadly, 17, 18 degrees, but still up to 20 in the north of scotland. those temperatures still a touch above the average for the time of year, just not as warm as it has been over the last few days. now, this is wednesday's forecast. still a weakening weather front likely to bring rain for a time in northern england. then it's a sunshine and showers day, and temperatures 17 to 20, maybe 21 degrees.

now, our area of low pressure will still be with us through the second half of the week, but it will tend to loosen its grip — the centre of the low pulling away southward. so, while there will still be some showers, especially in southern parts, more in the way of dry weather, some spells of sunshine, actually will dry up for some of us, as we head into the weekend, and those temperatures still a touch above normal for the time of year.

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