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Of aljazeera today, seizing its broadcast equipment. If you are watching this pre recorded report, then aljazeera has been banned in the territory of israel. This was one of its final broadcasts from jerusalem before the police arrived. The government accused the qatar based tv channel of incitement to terrorism, calling It A Mouthpiece for hamas. Its bureau chief called it a dangerous move. Israel cannot claim all the time that it is a democracy, and at the same time they are cutting, and preventing the journalists to do theirjob. Meanwhile, down on the gaza border, close to rafah, a deadly rocket attack by hamas, on the very crossing point through which it was hoped more aid could flow into the territory. It has since been shut. At least three Israeli Soldiers were killed. Today, israels embattled Prime Minister reacted to the demands for a permanent ceasefire and an israel withdrawal from gaza. The state of israel is not willing to accept this, he said, capitulating to the demands of hamas would be a terrible defeat for israel. But the government here is under pressure from parts of its own population. Last night, Tens Of Thousands of israelis rallied in protest at delays in getting the hostages out of gaza. They dont believe the government is making it a priority. The Israeli Government wants its hostages out but at the same time it has vowed to destroy hamas, which is why it will not agree to a permanent ceasefire. But hamas, which holds the hostages, says it wont sign a deal unless the ceasefire is permanent, which is why the peace talks have stalled. A delegation from Hamas Hasjust been in cairo talking to mediators. They have now left to consult with their leadership. In gaza, the war continues, with airstrikes and deprivation. Gazans are desperate for this war to end. So, too, are many israelis. But others in israel see this as unfinished business. They want this war pursued until hamas is utterly destroyed. Frank gardner, bbc news, jerusalem. Israel says that it will only agree to a temporary ceasefire and that it will go ahead with a Military Assault on rafah to destroy hamas. The United Nations has repeatedly warned that a planned israeli invasion of rafah risks causing many more civilian deaths. Around 1. 4 million palestinians are sheltering there many of them have been evacuated from other parts of gaza. Special correspondent fergal keane has more on the crisis people in rafah are facing. A warning that his report contains scenes you may find distressing. The story of desperate need, told in a single line. Stretching on the road to rafah. This is the queue on the egyptian side of the border. Rafah is both the hub through which most of gazas aid passes. And now home to nearly 1. 5 Million People five times its original population. A place where hospitals have become refugee camps. Where no living space is wasted. The wards where families cook. Where their children roam the corridors of a place that is for now safe. 11 year old yasin al galban is, according to his mother, surviving on painkillers. Here, the brutal truth of the war is etched on the faces of its young victims. The fear is that this is what awaits rafah if an invasion is ordered. In the coalition government, the far right Finance Minister opposes any deal that would spare rafah in return for israeli hostages. Theres no half work. Rafah, nuseirat, deiral balah. Absolute destruction, says bezalel smotrich. The israelis say there are four hamas battalions in rafah to be destroyed, with or without a ceasefire. The un is making plans for more field hospitals, but warns it wont stop a disaster. It will not avoid what we expect will be substantial additional mortality and morbidity. A lot more people dying . A lot more people dying, a lot more death and a lot more diseases. This is where utter destruction leads. People whove lost their homes, forced to camp next to graves. Rahab abudacah is the mother of seven children. She described some of the horrors she and her children have witnessed. She points to a grave covered in bricks and explains the grim reason for this. Translation yesterday, | there was a grave, and there were no rocks above it. And the family came and they found that the dogs ate part of the body. They were forced to put bricks on his grave to protect him from the dogs. From ten at night to dawn, we cannot sleep because of the sound of the dogs. At night, our children keep holding on to me because of how scared they are. There is intense pressure for a Ceasefire Deal now. Without it, theres only foreboding. The dread of what comes next. Fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. While Orthodox Christians in russia and ukraine celebrated Easter On Sunday a russian assault killed two people in ukraines Eastern Donetsk region. Moscow also says its forces seized a village in the region the latest in a string of small territorial gains. Separately, drone and bomb attacks on the northeastern city of kharkiv injured 1a people. In his easter address, ukraines president Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged ukrainians to be united and called god an ally in the war. At least 75 people are dead and Tens Of Thousands have been forced to leave their homes in brazil after devastating floods tore through the southern state, of rio grande do sul. People are being rescued by helicopter and the states governor says the devastation is unprecedented. The bbc� Sjon Donnison has the story. Much of brazils most Southerly State is under water. Roads turned into rivers and Tens Of Thousands of people forced to flee their homes. Translation now, when im being rescued, i feel relieved, | but its terrifying because we saw the water rise in an absurd way. It rose at a very high speed. After a week of storms and heavy rain at least half a Million People are without power and clean water. Translation i need a lot of help a lot. We have nowhere to sleep and nothing to eat. We have nothing. And the very young are being impacted, too. This tiny baby had to be winched to safety by helicopter. Many of those who died were killed by landslides. And at least two people lost their lives when the floods caused an explosion at a Petrol Station in port alegre. President Lula Da Silva visited the region for the second time this week to see the damage for himself. Brazils military has been brought in to help with the rescue effort and to distribute aid. The extreme weather has been caused by a rare combination of hotter than average temperatures, high humidity and strong winds. And forecasters say its not over yet. Jon donnison, bbc news. Lets turn now to the fall out from the local elections in england. The former Home Secretary Suella Braverman says the Conservative Party could be wiped out in a general election and has urged the Prime Minister to change course and swing to the right after its poor showing in this weeks votes for local councils and mayors. The tories lost more than a70 Council Seats and all but one Mayoral Election in england. But defending the government, mark harper, the transport secretary, said its still all to play for in the run up to the general election. Heres our deputy Political Editor vicky young. Across england and wales, labour won in style. Mayors. Councils. And labour won in style. Mayors. Councils. And Police Labour won in style. Mayors. Councils. And police and crime commissioners. It was a terrible set of results for the conservatives one of the few bright spots, a victory for their mayor in the tees valley. The former Home Secretary, no fan of the Prime Ministers, warned today that the party faced a wipe out at the general election, but there was no Point Ousting him now. Rishi sunak has Point Ousting him now. Rishi sunak has been Point Ousting him now. Rishi sunak has been Leading Point ousting him now. Rishi sunak has been leading us l Point Ousting him now. 1131 sunak has been leading us for about 18 months. Hes been making these decisions. These are the consequences of those decisions. He needs to own this. And therefore, he needs to fix it. � ,. , to fix it. And, these are her suggestions to fix it. And, these are her suggestions. He to fix it. And, these are her suggestions. He needs to fix it. And, these are her suggestions. He needs to l suggestions. He needs to actually lower suggestions. He needs to actually lower taxes suggestions. He needs to actually lower taxes in. Suggestions. He needs to actually lower taxes in a i suggestions. He needs to i actually lower taxes in a way that people will feel not tweaking around the edges. If hes serious about migration, hes serious about migration, he needs to put a cap on legal migration. He needs to take us out of the European Convention on human rights. Thats how you actually send the message that hes serious about stopping the boats. ,. ,. ,. , boats. Not all tories agree. After his boats. Not all tories agree. After his defeat, boats. Not all tories agree. After his defeat, the boats. Not all tories agree. After his defeat, the now. After his defeat, the now former mayor of the west midlands, andy street, urged the party to stick to the centre ground. Ministers insist theyre already acting decisively. Theyre already acting decisivel. ~. ,. , theyre already acting decisivel. ~. ,. , decisively. We have a plan and the lan decisively. We have a plan and the plan is decisively. We have a plan and the plan is working. Decisively. We have a plan and the plan is working. But decisively. We have a plan and j the plan is working. But voters are telling the plan is working. But voters are telling you the plan is working. But voters are telling you that the plan is working. But voters are telling you that they the plan is working. But voters are telling you that they dontl are telling you that they dont like it are telling you that they dont like it. � �. ,. , like it. But were not all the way through like it. But were not all the way through yet. Like it. But were not all the way through yet. Youve like it. But were not all the | way through yet. Youve got like it. But were not all the i way through yet. Youve got to see. I think that people want to see delivery, right. Then want to continue to see inflation coming down. Then want to see the boats stop. They want to see, for example, nhs Waiting Lists continue to fall. Weve made a lot of progress on that, but were not all of the way there yet. Labour did see a drop in support in some areas where theres anger about its stance on the war in gaza. I theres anger about its stance on the war in gaza. On the war in gaza. I do acknowledge on the war in gaza. I do acknowledge that on the war in gaza. I do acknowledge that in on the war in gaza. I do i acknowledge that in some on the war in gaza. I if acknowledge that in some parts of the country, that that was the case. And there will be some people who maybe voted labour in the past who havent in the local elections, because of this issue. And where thats the case, well work to get peoples support a back. But overall, i do have to stress these were tremendous local election results. These were tremendous local election results. Rishi sunaks fiercest critics election results. Rishi sunaks fiercest critics seem election results. Rishi sunaks fiercest critics seem to election results. Rishi sunaks fiercest critics seem to have i fiercest critics seem to have decided against an attempt to drive him out of here. But that doesnt mean the criticism will stop. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Lets look at some another story making the headlines. With only a few hours left until nominations to replace humza yousaf as leader for the Scottish National party there are suggestions of a late entry to the race. At the momentjohn swinney, the former Deputy First Minister and party leader, is the only person officially in the running, but veteran Party Activist Graeme Mccormack says he believes he can garner enough nominations by mondays deadline. Jenni davidson explains. Its unlikely that this is actually going to be a serious issue for him. But what it does mean for the party is that it would cause the Leadership Contest to go on for another few weeks. If there was only one nomination in tomorrow by 12 noon, the deadline, if it wasjohn swinney, then he would simply be declared party leader by tomorrow afternoon. But if theres more than one nomination, then it has to go to a vote of party members. Mr swinney has said he is physically and mentally ready for the role, after he decided not to stand in the 2023 Leadership Contest. Youre live with bbc news. Lets turn to some Important News around the world. Chinas president xi jinping has arrived in france on a state visit his first trip to an eu country in five years. Global conflicts are expected to feature highly when mr xi meets french president macron and the head of the eu commission, ursula von der leyen, later on monday. France is expected to urge china to pressure russia to end its war against ukraine. A 17 year old has handed himself into police in germany after an attack on a European Parliament member. The teenager said he knocked down matthias ecke, a member of germanys main governing social democratic party, as he hung posters. Police said mr ecke was seriously injured and required an operation. Rhe english actor bernard hill, best known for roles in titanic and lord of the rings, has died aged 79. He played captain edward smith in the 1997 oscar winning film, and king theoden in the famous peterjackson trilogy. Hill was due to return to tv screens in series two of the bbc drama � the responder. � its been a staple of Breakfast Tables and cafes across france for generations we are talking about the humble croissant. Now bakers in paris are challenging tradition and addressing Climate Change by making the pastry without using butter. Heres our paris correspondent andrew harding. The french, as we know, take their food and all its traditions seriously. Almost like a religion. So, what to make of this. . In a paris bakery, something close to sacrilege. Its a croissant made entirely without butter. Like Everything Else on sale here. The baker responsible says his vegan business is booming. Flakey . Says his vegan business is i booming. Flakey . One says his vegan business is booming. Flakey . Yes. One small ortion of booming. Flakey . Yes. One small portion of a booming. Flakey . Yes. One small portion of a much booming. Flakey . Yes one small portion of a much bigger struggle to shake up French Food Culture and to address Climate Change. Irate food culture and to address Climate Change. Food culture and to address Climate Change. We have to ada t a Climate Change. We have to adapt a little Climate Change. We have to adapt a little bit Climate Change. We have to adapt a little bit french Climate Change. We have to i adapt a little bit french food. But it must be a Steep Mountain to climb in a country like france. At to climb in a country like france to climb in a country like| france. Very france. A lot, a lot. Very difficult . France. A lot, a lot. Very difficult . Yes, france. A lot, a lot. Very difficult . Yes, very france. A lot, a lot. Very i difficult . Yes, very difficult. But it is changing. Difficult . Yes, very difficult. But it is changing. But i difficult . Yes, very difficult. But it is changing. But that. But it is changing. But that chance but it is changing. But that change is but it is changing. But that change is messy. But it is changing. But that change is messy. Dairy i but it is changing. But that i change is messy. Dairy farmer sophie spent much of the last few months on huge protest marches, leaving her pampered dairy herd to demonstrate against cheap foreign imports and against new eu rules to tackle Climate Change. As you can imagine. Shes a big fan of butter in her croissant. But she is worried about the future. Translation i have grandchildren. So, iwant whats best for the planet. But you cantjust blame everything on farmers. In you cantjust blame everything on farmers you cantjust blame everything on farmers. In her view, people need to eat on farmers. In her view, people need to eat local on farmers. In her view, people need to eat local produce i on farmers. In her view, people need to eat local produce to i need to eat local produce to cut out the big multinational firms taking all the profits. Transforming French Food Culture is going to take a long time. But there are plenty of people leading the way. In bakeries, on farms and in high end restaurants like this one. In her kitchen, this chef has already made waves for hiring almost only women challenging a still male dominated industry. But shes also trying to nudge her customers away from meat, tackling another culinary tradition head on. Tackling another culinary tradition headon. French tradition tradition headon. French tradition is tradition headon. French tradition is quite tradition headon. French tradition is quite heavy. L tradition headon. Frenchl tradition is quite heavy. So tradition headon. French i tradition is quite heavy. So we need to. Sometimes we need to have some radical ideas to change. At have some radical ideas to chance. �. ,. , change. A little revolution yes, kind change. A little revolution yes, kind of change. A little revolution yes, kind of but change. A little revolution yes, kind of but these i yes, kind of but these parisians yes, kind of but these parisians are yes, kind of but these parisians are not i yes, kind of but these parisians are not yet i yes, kind of but these i parisians are not yet ready for another revolution. Theyve come to judge the citys croissants. Every pastry rich with dairy butter. Shill croissants. Every pastry rich with dairy butter. With dairy butter. All of that Buttery Flavour with dairy butter. All of that Buttery Flavour going with dairy butter. All of that Buttery Flavour going into i with dairy butter. All of that| Buttery Flavour going into it. Thats what makes it wonderful and dreamy. Thats what makes it wonderful and dreamy thats what makes it wonderful and dreamy. Thats what makes it wonderful and dream. ,. , and dreamy. The vegan version not even under and dreamy. The vegan version not even under consideration. I now to the world of music as two of hip hops biggest names have been getting personal on simultaneously released � diss tracks. The feud between Kendrick Lamar and drake goes back years and it continued on friday with new songs that include allegations of Domestic Violence and secret children. In drakes track Family Matters he suggests that one of lamar� s children was fathered by another man. Lamar responded less than 30 minutes later with meet the grahams, a track referencing drakes last name. In that song, lamar alleges that drake has been hiding an unidentified 11 year old daughter. Take a listen. Yeah, baby girl yeah, baby girl im sorry that your father not active in the world he dont commit to anything but his music thats for sure thats for sure living inside the families living inside the families rather than taking care of the song. The feud between drake and kendrick is a long line of that. And while artists often trade blows on hip hop tracks, sometimes past rivalries have ended in tragedy. In the 1990s, rappers tupac shakur and the notorious b i g were each gunned down within six months of each other, after a rivalry escalated into an intense dispute between east and west coasts. Music critics believe the clash between drake and kendrick isnt over yet. On saturday, kendrick released yet another track in which he suggests he has more to say about his rival. For more on all this, i spoke to carl lamarre, the Deputy Director of r b and hip hop at billboard. Thank you so much forjoining us here on the bbc. First of all, can you just remind us how this beef between Kendrick Lamar and how this beef between Kendrick Lamarand drake how this beef between Kendrick Lamar and drake got started. Because these are two Hip Hop Artists who used to be if not friends, at least collaborators in the past . In the past . Definitely, they were collaborators. In the past . Definitely, they were collaborators. Drake i were collaborators. Drake brought kendrick on tour. He had kendrick featured on the album in 2011 for take care. Kendrick returned it and had drake feature on poetic justice. There was some sense of coolness there, until kendrick 2013 put out that atomic bomb with control. And thats when he said everybody� s name all of his contemporaries, drake, pusher. The, xtodd the creator. But that pushed drake the wrong way. And this has been a simmering beef for ten years where they were Throwing Sublimb Inials at each other and everything came to a head when kendrick teamed up with future Metro Booming which ended up at the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks. And kendrick had a searing verse targeting drake and j cole and re igniting the feud that everybody in hip hop has been waiting for. Everybody in hiphop has been waiting for waiting for. You said that this has been waiting for. You said that this has been simmering waiting for. You said that this has been simmering for i waiting for. You said that this has been simmering for a i waiting for. You said that this i has been simmering for a while, but this exploded over the last couple of weeks. What of the trigger for that . Couple of weeks. What of the trigger for that . Yeah, i think it was the trigger for that . Yeah, i think it was the like trigger for that . Yeah, i think it was the like that trigger for that . Yeah, i think it was the like that record i it was the like that record that kendrick was featured on with Metro Booming and future, when he took shots at drake, took shots atjcole. And, of course, Drake Being The Combat Warrior that he is, felt the need to respond. Jcole initially responded but then withdrew. And he said that this was disturbing his spirit and peace. He had a whole track that addressed lamar. But then he took out the battle and took out the track leaving the two heavyweights to combat with each other. Shortly after seven minute drill came out, drake went on a fiery run, dropped his first record which was push ups and then shortly after that, a freestyle, kind of Baiting Kendrick to come out of hiding since it was some time since the like that record and kendrick said anything. And low and behold, this week, we nottingham one, not two, not three but four diss tracks from Kendrick Lamar. Thats a lot in one sitting, in one week to take. You dont even see fourin to take. You dont even see four in a battle. To take. You dont even see four in a battle. And hiphop obviously four in a battle. And hiphop obviously has four in a battle. And hiphop obviously has a four in a battle. And hiphop obviously has a long four in a battle. And hiphop| obviously has a long tradition of the battles and beefs between different rappers. This really, though, goes beyond just whos the better lyricist, whos the better hip hop artist. Some of the diss tracks that you mentioned are cutting deep. This is getting very personal now, isnt it . No, it is. And personal now, isnt it . No, it is and i personal now, isnt it . No, it is. And i think personal now, isnt it . No, it is. And | thinkthat personal now, isnt it . No, it is. And i think that drake i personal now, isnt it . No, it| is. And i think that drake was really the one who ignited the whole fire. When on push ups, he named Kendrick Lamar� s wife, whitney. And, of course, when family, when friends, when deep associates with there, that anticipates when things get sticky and messy, which led to a lot of scathing claims and allegations. I know drake had made claims that Kendrick Lamar� s manager, dave free, or his business associate, had slept with kendrick� s wife. You know, these kind of allegations. And now the kids are getting involved, where names are being thrown out there. Where Kendrick Lamar addressed drakes son, adonis, on a recent diss track called meet the grahams. Thats my biggest concern in hip hop. Its all good when things are strictly kept on wax, when everything is lyrical. But when things start cutting deep and getting personal as weve seen in the past, thats when a lot of turmoil and violence ensues. So ijust hope that it is strictly staying on wax. Nothing more than two titans going at it on some lyrical tracks nothing more. Going at it on some lyrical tracks nothing more. How do ou tracks nothing more. How do you think tracks nothing more. How do you think that tracks nothing more. How do you think that this tracks nothing more. How do you think that this ends, i tracks nothing more. How do| you think that this ends, then . Weve seen many different battles. If you look back at the 1990s, some violence was associated with it. We saw tupac and biggie getting into it. Both of them ended up dying much younger than they should have. Im not trying to say that this is where this is going to go. But how do you think that this particular feud right end . I think that this particular feud right end . Think that this particular feud right end . I mean, if you talk to a lot of right end . I mean, if you talk to a lot of my right end . I mean, if you talk to a lot of my colleagues, i right end . I mean, if you talk to a lot of my colleagues, a l to a lot of my colleagues, a lot of fans, i had tweeted this earlier this morning. Made it like a sports metaphor. Right now, were in the fourth quarter. Kendrick is up 15 with six minutes left. Quarter. Kendrick is up 15 with six minutes left. fiiq and i six minutes left. Ok and i dont see six minutes left. Ok and i dont see this six minutes left. Ok and i dont see this at six minutes left. 0k and i dont see this at all getting violent. But, ithink dont see this at all getting violent. But, i think for violent. But, ithink for drake, his ego, his title violent. But, i think for drake, his ego, his title of being this hip hop danos, his reign, may potentially take a hit, where if he doesntjust come up with something just as scathing, something just as Atomic As Kendrick did, then you know, his standing in hip hop is going to take a decent amount of hits. Mainly because he lost to pusher. The just a couple of years ago and people were already debating drakes massy because of the ghost writing allegations. Now him taking another loss and him suffering with this will do some damage in the hip hop standings. But overall, i think in terms of his mainstream audience, people are still going to go to the show. I know i am people are still going to stream the albums. I know i am but i think that the debate of who is the leader of the big three if drake doesnt come with the necessary come back, then kendrick, the throne is his ii then kendrick, the throne is his . , � his if anything, it hasnt been bad his if anything, it hasnt been bad for his if anything, it hasnt been bad for business i his if anything, it hasnt| been bad for business for either one of them, has it thank you very much. Madonna had a huge concert in Rio Dejaneiro with one and a half Million People. A warning, there are some Flashing Images in the following pictures. It is a madonna concert. Nothing really matters. This was billed as a thank you to the fans for decades of support and it marks the end of her Celebration World tour, which began back in october last year. Thats the end of the programme, plenty more coming up at the top of the hour. Stay with us on bbc news. Hello. So far, this Bank Holiday Weekend has been a decidedly mixed affair. Some spells of warm sunshine, but also some really heavy downpours. We saw some Flash Flooding in parts of Eastern Scotland during sunday. You can see the showers and thunderstorms that erupted here through the day. Quite slow moving, actually, not much wind to push these showers and storms along. One or two locations had close to half a months worth of rain in the space ofjust a few hours. We are currently in the grip of this fairly weak and fairly flabby area of low pressure. So not much winds with that low to push the showers around where they do crop up again on bank holiday monday, they will be heavy, quite slow moving, but with some spells of sunshine in between. This is how we start the day. The southern half of the uk seeing some areas of mist and fog, some sunny spells developing, but some rain across the South East Of England and east anglia. Northern ireland and scotland keeping quite a lot of clouds still with some hefty showers across some central and eastern parts of scotland. By the middle of the afternoon, parts of east anglia and the southeast seeing outbreaks of rain, elsewhere through the South West Of England into wales, the midlands and northern england. That mix of sunny spells and heavy, possibly thundery showers. Those showers quite slow moving, but the sunniest spot seeing highs of 19 or 20 degrees. More cloud for northern ireland, but largely dry. Still some hefty showers across southern and Eastern Scotland. Further north and west, something drier and in places a little bit brighter. Now, as we head through monday night, the showers should slowly but surely fade away in most locations. Well keep some fairly large amounts of cloud, perhaps some mist patches here and there. Temperatures generally holding up between six and ten degrees. Now, more showers in the forecast for tuesday, but they shouldnt be as widespread and on the whole, they shouldnt be quite as heavy. So mainly fine to start off, some fairly large amounts of cloud, spells of sunshine, some of those showers getting going through the day, particularly across parts of england and wales. But in the sunny spots, those temperatures again up to around 20 degrees celsius. That is a sign of things to come because as we head deeper into the week, High Pressure builds a little more strongly. Well still see frontal systems to the north of the uk. So a bit of rain at times, particularly across parts of scotland. But further south it stays mostly dry. Some spells of sunshine, temperatures climbing, seeing highs of around 21 to 22, maybe 23 degrees. High stakes diplomacy chinas president has arrived in europe with trade on the top of his agenda. From london to paris and beyond, well look at the successes of a network connecting the uk to europe. Hello. Welcome to Asia Business report with me, steve lai. Now, chinas president , xijinping, has kicked off his first trip to europe in five years. Hes arrived in france and will make stops in serbia and hungary later this week. His visit comes as some countries in europe are taking action over what they perceive to be anticompetitive practises by china. Our Business Reporter david wadell has more. President xi arrived to the orly airport in paris with his wife, pen liyuan. France is the only major eu country on the tour which will also include serbia and hungary. Here at the airport, he was greeted by frances Prime Minister, gabriel attal. Hell also be meeting a man with whom he has very warm relations and that is the french president. President xi hosted president macron at the chinese City Of Guangzhou Last Year where president macron was rapturously received and president macron will be hosting his chinese counterpart in the pyrenees a place where he spent much time as a boy visiting his grandmother