sites" in the area. meanwhile, the european union's foreign affairs chief, josep borrell, called for an "independent investigation" into israeli shelling that damaged the gaza office of the international committee of the red cross on friday. jordan condemned what it calls israel's �*systematic targeting' of civilians and aid agencies. in tel aviv, tens of thousands of people attended what organisers said was the biggest anti—government protest since the war began. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is under continued public pressure as the families of 116 hostages held by hamas in gaza plead for a ceasefire. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has more on saturday's strikes. there have been more deadly israeli strikes on different neighbourhoods of gaza city. in beach camp, or 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. and there has been speculation in isreali media that a senior hamas commander was being targeted, but the official israeli military statement only talks about hamas structures 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 rafah, a day ago. that is where at least 23 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. as the war in gaza continues, many palestinians are trying their utmost to leave. the only way out is via neighbouring egypt. but for the vast majority of palestinians, exiting gaza via that avenue is an arduous and costly endevaour. earlier, i spoke to new york times reporter adam rasgon — he's been covering the challenges people face when trying to flee the enclave. adam, thank you for being with us on bbc news. you are reporting details, the lengths that some people are going to to get out of gaza. talk to us more about what you have found out. thank you for having me. so i started reporting this story several months ago, and basically i spoke to several palestinians, both inside gaza and outside, who were either trying to help themselves find a way out or help family members or friends live gaza. it's an incredibly arduous path. some people, since the start of the conflict, have been able to leave because they are sick or injured, because of connections to foreign government organisations, or through other pathways, but for the vast majority of the population in gaza, the only way out, at least for the past many months, has been through this one company which is an egyptian company, named hella. we were told by several people that we spoke to who went through this process of trying to leave through the egyptian company, that most individuals who were above the age of 16, they would pay $5,000 in order to get out. and for most individuals below the age of 16, they would pay $2500. an individual who is tied to the company, that is facilitating this process, disputed that, saying that everyone who is an adult would pay $2500 and everyone who is a child wouldn't pay at all. but all the people we spoke to for this story, and it was at least a dozen individuals, said they, indeed, paid $5,000 and $2500, depending on their ages. well, whichever way you look at it, these are large sums of money. i would imagine that is unaffordable for many people there in gaza, so how are people going about getting that money together? so some people have saved up money, you know, before the war, and are able — you know, well—connected individuals, who can bring forward the money that they have. but for much of gaza, which is impoverished, and people will have no money to even buy food or other basic goods, they go to gofundme, which is a crowdfunding platform. many of these people have reached out to networks and contacts abroad in order to get their pages built, to — to market them, and to promote them, and try to raise as much money as they can. but it is an extremely expensive endeavour in order to leave, and families that are often, you know, 20 and 30 individuals, extended families trying to leave altogether, having to raise tens of thousands of dollars in order to leave. just on the point of the crossing, it is near to rafah where we know there have been ground operations ongoing. has that impacted it? yes, on may 6, israel invaded rafah and took over the rafah crossing, overnight, between may 6 and 7. since that happened, the crossing has been shut down. nobody has been able to travel through the crossing from gaza into egypt. and we recently saw footage from the crossing that showed that many of the primary facilities, including its main terminal, had been severely damaged. and it appears that they'll sort of need to establish some of the facility or bring in some makeshift, you know, facilities, or — or — or — or undertake a serious renovation before they will be able to reopen it. just for clarity, are there other routes for people to get out? israel has allowed an extremely small number of palestinians to either travel through its territory or to — to go to its territory, so virtually for the overwhelming majority, if not always every person in gaza, the only route out is through egypt. so as long as that crossing is shut, most people, u nfortu nately, are trapped in gaza — at least individuals who are desiring to leave the wall. israel's army carried out a drone attack on a moving vehicle in lebanon's bekaa valley, aokm north of the israel—lebanon border. israel's military said it targeted ayman al ghatma, who is accused of supplying weapons to hamas. lebanese media carried video footage showing a fire engine trying to douse the flames that engulfed the car. the raid comes as israel and lebanese armed group hezbollah exchange fire across the frontier. the bbc�*s lucy williamson has more on concerns about war spreading to lebanon. 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. you see the wall? it's made him even more determined to stay. every day, every night, bomb — problem. and i born here. what i say? look, hezbollah. kill hezbollah. if you live you one night, you go crazy. if you live you one night, you go crazy-— go crazy. very strong, very problem- _ go crazy. very strong, very problem. bombs, - go crazy. very strong, very problem. bombs, rockets. | go crazy. very strong, very - problem. bombs, rockets. why? 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 01’ war later. i don't think there is any country in the world that would accept daily fire against its citizens. 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 c r azy , n 07 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 seventh 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, the longer it goes on, is playing with fire. lucy williamson, bbc news, the israel—lebanon border. to the war in ukraine now, where local officials says a russian attack on ukraine's second—largest city of kharkiv has killed at least three people and injured nearly a0 others. meanwhile, ukraine's energy facilities endured a massive overnight attack. it's the eighth time russia has targeted the country's energy infrastructure in the past three months, ukraine's energy minister said. the attacks come as a new report by the advocacy group human rights watch says russian authorities are violating the laws of armed conflict by imposing a russian curriculum and propaganda in ukrainian schools in occupied areas. the report alleges that russian officials have retaliated against school workers who refuse to make changes to curriculum — with threats, detention, and even torture. to speak more about the report, i spoke to rachel denber. she's the deputy director of the europe and central asian division at human rights watch. i , but also specific history textbooks. tell us more about that, what ukrainian schoolchildren are being taught in that regard. the russian authorities are imposing the russian state curriculum in schools and areas that russia is occupying, and that includes the use of textbooks and other materials that include just blatant falsification of history, distortions of history, about ukraine's history, that deny the existence of ukraine as a state, that deny, basically, the existence of ukraine as a culture, the ukrainian language. it was all kinds of distortions about the currently ongoing war. it denies that russia has invaded ukraine. it includes maps and other representations that show occupied areas — areas that russia is occupying of ukraine — as parts of russia, and other distortions. so, rachel, among all of those different areas, if staff say they don't want to comply, i understand that in your report you have been speaking to them, and they face retaliation. what have they been telling you about what they have had to face? well, staff who refuse to co—operate in any way with russian authorities in — in occupied areas face detention, harassment, beatings, torture, and expulsion. we spoke to a number of teachers — a number of education workers who were just outright expelled from these occupied areas after they were detained and — and severely threatened. we talked to one school principal who tried to prevent the occupation authorities from getting the school data, he was trying to protect the students and teachers, and they tortured him for days, with beatings and electric shocks and the like. and it's important to point out with regards to education, there are also international laws on this when it comes to conflict, isn't it? tell us more about that. that's right. first, by imposing the russian state curriculum, russia is actually violating laws of armed conflict, which says when one state occupies another warring party, they are not allowed to change the laws, and that is what russian has done here. they changed the laws. and they are denying ukrainian children their rights under several international conventions, the right to language, their national language and culture, and national values. the russian occupation authorities are also banning, you know, ukrainian parents from having their children studying ukrainian state curriculum online, banning them and threatening them that if their children studying the ukrainian curriculum online, that they will take the children away from them, they will take them to an orphanage, and other threats like that. now, what i found interesting in your report was that it also details children undergoing military training, as part of the curriculum. tell us more about that. is that with a view to them being drafted into the russian military? well, it is with a view — they're trying to indoctrinate these children into having certain feelings about duty to — to russia, which is, of course, completely in violation of international law. not to mention just vile. and they — in some classes they are — they offer training, particularly in the upper classes, for boys. especially training in the use of weapons. and whether it — whether it's — whether they plan to conscript these children or not, eventually, russia has been constricting ukrainian people who are ukrainian citizens into the russian military in areas that they are occupying. they have been occupying crimea since 2014 and they have been conscripting people, many people in crimea, to serve in the russian military, and other areas where russia is occupying their play all other kinds of pressure to get people who are ukrainian citizens to serve in the russian military. egyptian prime minister mostafa madbouly has ordered 16 tourism companies to be stripped of their licences over illegal pilgrimages to mecca. more than 600 egyptians died on such tours this year, amid extreme heat. bbc news correspondent caroline hawley reports on the difficultjourney. 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 elderly who were affected. i saw perfectly fit individuals, who were struggling just to make 50 yards. as—salamu alaykum. in a village in northern egypt, a family mourns. this 70—year—old woman 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 was leaving her body. i wish i was with her. the casualties come from many countries, and there are fears that climate change will, in 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. gang violence in haiti has now displaced more than half a million people. that's according to a un report released this week, highlighting what it calls "spiralling violence" in the caribbean nation. armed gangs control large parts of the capital port—au—prince — but clashes are also on the rise in the country's north. the un says many of the displaced are living in areas with limited access to basic services like clean water. the un's migration agency says nearly 580,000 people are now internally displaced across haiti — that represents a 60% increase since march of this year. and finding safety outside haiti's borders is a challenge. the neighboring dominican republic has built a 250—mile border wall, while its government deported at least 175,000 haitians last year alone. for more, i've been speaking with philippe branchat with the un's international organization for migration in haiti. philippe branchat, welcome to the programme. describe firstly, if you will, the impact that you are seeing of the violence right now. well, the violence has been quite traumatic since end of february, march, beginning of march, with an increase of synchronised attacks from the gangs, which generated massive displacement. already, the situation was already bad. we have 360,000 displaced. and what has been significantly different is the widespread idps, the displacement throughout the country, putting a lot of pressure on public services, on education, schools. so the people in the south are now supporting half of the idp population, and they do not have the capacity to support for longer. so our concern is to see the capacity to absorb such populations being severely eroded in the coming weeks, coming months, and the situation not improving. philippe, if i could just ask you, what kind of conditions are people living in, those who are internally displaced, when they go to other provinces? over 90% of the idps are living with families, or with communities, so the — the level of exposure is much less then the idps that are now in sight of the biggest majority in port—au—prince, where they are being exposed to all the violence you can imagine. violence from the gangs, violence from — any kind of violence. sanitation, hygiene, also, and food, and we are entering the hurricane season. so and the south — haiti, in general, but the south particularly — has often been hit by weather disasters. and this year will be a tough one, because all the forecasts are announcing quite more significant events for this coming season. the situation is dramatic. the situation of the idps can be even worse in the coming weeks, months, if we do not all together — development and humanitarian activists — work to increase the capacity of the state services. i do want to ask you, there is a change in police leadership, a transitional government which has been installed. do you think that will change the situation at all? what are the prospects of bringing the situation under control? it's a complex situation. we are talking about decades of crisis, development crisis. and governance crisis, also. so the situation will notjust improve with the arrival of the multinational support to security. it will take time, and we — we are concerned that there will be more displacement generated by the increase capacity of the hnp to be able to engage the gangs. there are positive signs like the establishment of the new government leadership that could give some kind of big enthusiasm within the ranks of the hnp, and this is very much needed. let's turn to some other important news around the world. in france, a rehearsal for the paris olympics opening ceremony planned for monday has been postponed due to heavy rain. authorities say the river seine is currently flowing at a level five times stronger than its normal summer reading. the rehearsals have been highly anticipated as paris 2024 will be the first olympics in history to take the opening ceremony out of its traditional setting of a stadium. the reform uk leader, nigel farage, has defended his claim that the west provoked russia into invading ukraine. he said he was not an "apologist or supporter" of president putin. mr farage has been facing cross—party condemnation for comments he made during a bbc interview on friday. the prime minister said he was "completely wrong" and was only playing "into putin's hands". to the uk election campaign, now, and a fourth conservative is reportedly being looked into by the gambling commission over bets allegedly placed on the date of the uk general election. the sunday times is reporting that a senior conservative party official allegedly placed dozens of bets, which the paper says, could have generated winnings worth thousands of pounds. here's our political correspondent helen catt. paper is saying is potent for the official is denying this. two party candidates and an election official also be looked at. previously a spokesperson for the party has told the bbc it had been contacted by the gambling commission about a small number of individuals and as the gambling commission is an independent body, it wouldn't be properfor the independent body, it wouldn't be proper for the conservative party to comment further until any process is concluded. you are watching bbc news. stay with us, if you can. goodbye for now. hello. the next few days look set to bring the warmest weather of the summer so far. 2a degrees was our top temperature on saturday, but over the next few days, as this warm and rather humid air surges northwards, we can expect higher temperatures than that, perhaps into the high 20s celsius. some good spells of sunshine, but not necessarily clear blue skies all the time. there will be some areas of cloud. indeed, on sunday mornings, some areas of cloud, mist and murk for parts of western england and wales, particularly over some of the hills and around some of the coasts. we'll keep some patches of cloud through the day on sunday. sea breezes developing around some of the coasts. northern ireland having a nice—looking day, spells of sunshine. similar story for scotland, although a little bit breezy in the western isles — 16 celsius for stornoway, but more generally 19 to 25 celsius, a very warm—feeling day. and quite a warm night, actually, sunday night into monday. still some areas of cloud, a bit of mist and murk here and there, but those temperatures in the centre of london, no lower than 15 degrees, maybe getting down to ten in aberdeen and glasgow and in newcastle. but with this area of high pressure in charge for monday, it's going to be mainly dry and actually even warmer. this frontal system out to the west — we'll have to keep an eye on that — will start to bring a little bit more cloud, i think, into parts of northern ireland and western scotland with just a small chance for a shower. but elsewhere, some spells of sunshine, a bit of patchy cloud at times. but look at the temperatures — 2a for parts of northern ireland, 26 in northern scotland, across england and wales, widely into the mid—20s, 27 or 28 across the southeast corner. now through monday night into tuesday, that weather front in the west will start to make inroads — more cloud, perhaps some outbreaks of rain across northern ireland, parts of scotland, maybe into the north of england as well. so here a little bit cooler for tuesday, but further south and east, if anything, those temperatures climbing further, 28, perhaps 29 celsius. now, the big uncertainty in our weather story is about how quickly things will change, because it looks like our area of high pressure will loosen its grip, fronts pushing in from the west, low pressure drifting up from the south. one or both of those features will bring something more unsettled and a little bit cooler by the end of the week, but there is huge uncertainty about how quickly that change will take place and before it does some very warm weather on the way. voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. hello and welcome to unspun world from the bbc�*s headquarters here in a sunny london. in our programme today... ..is russia's summer offensive turning out to be as successful as ukraine feared ? this summer, notably, for the first time they are saying things like, "we don't really know "what our goal is, other than to stay alive." the idea of pushing the russians to the border, certainly in the east, feels far—fetched to them. who owns the moon, and what are different countries planning to do there? you look at pictures of the moon and it looks as bare as anything. but people have valued what's up there as being 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