around the iraq and afghanistan wars endangered lives. wikileaks, founded in 2006, claims to have published more than 10 million documents in what the us government described as one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the united states. assange and his lawyers have long claimed that the case was politically motivated. i spoke to nomia iqbal. nomia, you have been following this. tell us about the agreement. it is interesting. although he has been injail in the uk since 2019, the actual story ofjulian assange has been running for more than a decade, hasn't it? so his wikileaks website rose to prominence in 2010. you mentioned there this breach that the americans said was the largest of its kind in us military history. wikileaks released more than 90,000 classified military documents on the afghanistan war and also released more than 400,000 secret documents on the iraq war and he's long been accused of putting american operatives�* lives at risk. as you mentioned,a almost all the charges that he faced were under this espionage act, and he won't spend any time in the us, once again, as the plea, expected to be finalised later this week, because it is roughly equivalent to the amount of time that he has spent in the uk fighting extradition to the us. as you said, this has been running for such a long time. we're notjust talking specifically about the court case. how significant is this agreement? i think it's a big, big moment. especially forjulian assange�*s advocates. he has a lot of, you know, allies who believe that he was just doing the job of a journalist by releasing all these documents. they believe he is a figurehead for free speech. i think that was slightly complicated back in 2016, if you remember, when wikileaks released large volumes of e—mails from the democratic national committee, and the personal account ofjohn podesta, who was then presidential campaign leader for hillary clinton. and many democrats accused him of collaborating with russians — which he denied. but it is a big moment. and it does put, i think, this saga to an end. the biden administration has been under pressure by the australians, which is — they're a key ally for the united states, a key security ally, to end this legal limbo. it looks like that will happen this week. take us through what happens next. we understand there will be a hearing in the mariana islands. why, and what's going to happen? it is a twist, isn't it? it is an exotic venue. it is expected to be finalised on wednesday in the us district court in the mariana islands, a us territory in the pacific, around 2000 miles from australia. and i think — first of all, that's convenient, because the department ofjustice has said they expect him to return to his home in australia. but also, looking at the do] letter, they've also pretty much implied that is what he wants to do, that he doesn't want to voluntarily return to the continental us, and i think that is because, you know, he harbours this deep mistrust of the us government, and he has spoken about that at length. at one point he accused the us and allies of allegedly trying to kill him with a drone, which the us denied. so that's why that particular venue has been chosen and the department ofjustice has said that they anticipate that he will appear in — in the court there on wednesday. let's go to katy watson who was standing by in sydney. tell us more about what the australian government is saying about all of this. ~ ~ , ., ., of this. well, the australian government _ of this. well, the australian government is _ of this. well, the australian government is being - of this. well, the australian government is being pretty| government is being pretty tightlipped on this, actually. the prime minister anthony albanese, there was a statement from a spokesman that said it would be inappropriate to be commenting on ongoing proceedings. but reiterated what anthony albanese has been saying for a long time, that it wouldn't be, you know, that keeping him incarcerated as in the right thing, and there has been a long campaign here in australia to bring julian as i back here home to australia. and we understand that members of his family have been speaking, katy. what more can you tell us about that?- you tell us about that? that's ri . ht, you tell us about that? that's right. his _ you tell us about that? that's right, his father _ you tell us about that? that's right, his father has - you tell us about that? that's right, his father has said - you tell us about that? that's right, his father has said that| right, his father has said that the news was energising, thinking supporters and the prime minister. his mother has said that she is grateful for the ordeal coming to an end, and that the 1a years have taken a toll on her as a mother. she has asked people to respect their privacy. the music australia has been greeted with cautious optimism. it hasn't been a campaign by the prime minister albanese, it has seen support across the political spectrum. there was a vote earlier this year, a motion calling for him to return to australia, and an overwhelming vote from politicians across parties. they have been delegations going to washington. julian dominic mr albanese boarded up at the white house last year. this has been a long campaign by politicians. —— mr albanese brought it up. this has been a long campaign to see him probate to australian soil. we soke to probate to australian soil. we spoke to monique ryan, who was in one of those delegations. why do you think this has been such an important case for australia? i such an important case for australia?— australia? i think it is an important _ australia? i think it is an important case, - australia? i think it is an | important case, globally, australia? i think it is an i important case, globally, in the fact that his supporters say he was doing the job of a journalist, that this is about freedom of expression and the opposite concern of incarcerating someone for so long when he himself said he was doing thejob long when he himself said he was doing the job of a journalist. the us has said this could have endangered lives, this is what dominic was a huge risk, but the campaign has gone on for so long. —— this was a huge risk. his remaining in prison has gone on for a long time and as mr albanese said, he felt it was, you know, enough was enough, he needed to return home to australia, and that has seen the support of australians right across the country. just one more — right across the country. just one more question, - right across the country. just one more question, we spoke about this, but can you give us an idea of how the next steps will go? we understand there is a hearing on wednesday. what more do we know about what will happen now?— happen now? very little. as nomia iqbal— happen now? very little. as nomia iqbal and, _ happen now? very little. as nomia iqbal and, this - happen now? very little. as nomia iqbal and, this is - happen now? very little. as i nomia iqbal and, this is where he is appearing in court in the pacific, it is properly quite strategic, not becausejulian assange doesn't want to step foot on us soil, but because this is closer to australia. the expectation is after the hearing he will be able to return here to australia, he has family in melbourne. the expectation as he would come here to sydney first. but i understand all those next steps, debit is really talking about, because theyjust want to be able to see what happens in court on wednesday morning. it is 9am that he will appear in court. that is 9am local time, but also 9am here in australia. from then we will have a bit more clarity on the next steps. have a bit more clarity on the next steps-— have a bit more clarity on the next steps. we will watch very closel . next steps. we will watch very closely- katy _ next steps. we will watch very closely. katy watson - next steps. we will watch very closely. katy watson in - next steps. we will watch very l closely. katy watson in sydney, thank you so much. the israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, was here in washington on monday for talks on the war in gaza and the escalating tensions with the lebanese armed group hezbollah. mr gallant vowed to bring back the remaining hostages from gaza, urging a continued close cooperation with the us despite recent public disagreements. the defense minister first met with cia chief bill burns, who has been a key voice in ceasefire negotations between israel and hamas. mr gallant then met with us secretary of state antony blinken. speaking on that meeting, state department spokesperson matthew miller said that mr blinken emphasized the need for israel to avoid further escalation in gaza and to develop �*robust�* and �*realistic plans' for the next phase of the war. number one, our ongoing commitment to israel's security. number two, the importance of israel developing robust, realistic plans for the day after the conflict, plans that include path towards governance, towards security, towards reconstruction. we've obviously been working on these same ideas with partners in the region and engaging in conversations with israel, but we think it's important israel put forward its own ideas. he will emphasise the need to avoid further escalation of the conflict and, as always, emphasise the need to the increase of humanitarian access. we have seen a slowdown of access on the secretary will emphasise to the minister we want to see that situation reversed and he will hope to hear concrete commitments from him to work on that problem. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. now to some other headlines. lucy letby has told a jury she has never intended, or tried to, harm any baby in her care. the former neonatal nurse is being re—tried over the alleged attempted murder of a baby girl, known as child k, at a hospital in chester in 2016. a verdict could not be reached in the case last year, when letby was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others. leading economists have accused labour and the conservatives of not being transparent about the need to either raise taxes, cut spending, or increase debt in the next five years. the institute for fiscal studies said both parties had ignored the challenges to public finances in their election manifestos. labour and the conservatives both insisted their spending proposals were fully funded. the prime minister says he is "not aware of any other candidate" being investigated over alleged bets placed on the timing of a general election. four conservatives are being looked into by the gambling commission, including two standing in the general election. the former minister tobias ellwood has told the bbc rishi sunak should suspend the candidates involved. the death of 1300 pilgrims in one of the worst disasters in the pilgrimage's history. a spokesman offered condolences to the victims�* families business responsibility lies with unscrupulous travel agencies in other countries for deceiving people into making the pilgrimage without the paperwork. these saudi health ministries is more than 80% of those who died were unauthorised pilgrims. the travellers were stranded without air—conditioning, far from pilgrimage sites, forced to walk for hours about access to walk for hours about access to air—conditioning, shade or water with temperatures as high as 52 celsius, 122 fahrenheit. among hundreds of people who died on the hajj were two americans. the family realise the company with whom they were rachel slade —— registered didn�*t have transport, leading them to walk for hours towards mount arafat, the peak of the pilgrimage. after learning of the dust, the family said they asked the saudi to hold their bodies for a proper burial, but were told soon after that they were told soon after that they were already buried. the family plans to travel to saudi arabia to visit the site. caitriona perry spoke to the couple�*s daughter. thank you for speaking to us on bbc news, saida. we extend our condolences to you on the loss of your parents. could you tell us how important it was for them to make this pilgrimage to mecca to perform the hajj? it was very important to them. this is something they wanted to do their entire lives. the fact that they finally got the opportunity to completed, they were just beyond excited. opportunity to completed, they werejust beyond excited. it is were just beyond excited. it is cuite an were just beyond excited. it is quite an undertaking, isn't it? quite an undertaking, isn�*t it? is quite expensive as well. it is very expensive. they have saved awhile in order to be able to make the journey. they paid $11,500 per person. this what sort of conditions did your parents face when they arrived in saudi arabia? a lot of the things that were promised to them one provided. a lot of the transportation wasn�*t provided. they went a few days having to find food for themselves, even though the package was supposed to come with all—inclusive everything, so food, meals, everyday, but it got to a point where they had to buy a rice cooker and some of the people in the group just came together to make food for themselves. find just came together to make food for themselves.— for themselves. and obviously we have heard _ for themselves. and obviously we have heard of _ for themselves. and obviously we have heard of extremely i for themselves. and obviously i we have heard of extremely high temperatures throughout these few days. when you are speaking to your parents, did they tell you about how they were coping with that? , , with that? they did. they said they were _ with that? they did. they said they were taking _ with that? they did. they said they were taking it _ with that? they did. they said they were taking it a - with that? they did. they said they were taking it a day - with that? they did. they said they were taking it a day at i they were taking it a day at they were taking it a day at the time, making sure they were hydrated. 120 plus degrees weather is something that would be unbearable for, you know, a lot of us. and there were 65, my mum was 65 and my dad was 71. so i can imagine that with the millions of people that were them and the walking, it was probably a lot for them. the saudi authorities have said that about 80% of those who have died, more than 1300 people, have lost their lives at this point. they said 80% of them were not travelling with two groups they didn�*t have the correct registration of visas. do you know about your parents�* situation, what their method was? , ., ., , , was? yes, unfortunately my arents was? yes, unfortunately my parents were _ was? yes, unfortunately my parents were in _ was? yes, unfortunately my parents were in the - was? yes, unfortunately my parents were in the 80% - was? yes, unfortunately my| parents were in the 80% full. and what was the last conversation that you had with your parents? it conversation that you had with your parents?— your parents? it was via text messages- _ your parents? it was via text messages- my— your parents? it was via text messages. my mum, - your parents? it was via text messages. my mum, the i your parents? it was via text | messages. my mum, the last messages. my mum, the last message she told me, she actually missed my call, that i missed her call, and she texted me and said "i�*m so sorry, my love, we�*ve been walking for over two hours since you texted us, shaking my head" and that was the last message my mother ever sent me. was the last message my mother ever sent me— ever sent me. and how did you come to hear— ever sent me. and how did you come to hear the _ ever sent me. and how did you come to hear the news - ever sent me. and how did you come to hear the news that - ever sent me. and how did you | come to hear the news that both of your parents advised away? someone from the group was also on the pilgrimage notify my grandmother and i was able to confirm it with the council general�*s office in saudi arabia. general's office in saudi arabia. . , general's office in saudi arabia. ., , ., , general's office in saudi arabia. ., , ., arabia. so many families are auoin arabia. so many families are going through _ arabia. so many families are going through the _ arabia. so many families are going through the same - going through the same heartbreak that you are, far away from their loved ones, and in line with islam, of course, there was a quick burial. what do you know about your own parents�* burial? do you know about your own parents' burial? unfortunately there is a _ parents' burial? unfortunately there is a lot _ parents' burial? unfortunately there is a lot i _ parents' burial? unfortunately there is a lot i don't _ parents' burial? unfortunately there is a lot i don't know. - there is a lot i don�*t know. the counsellor general�*s of his advisers today that they were able to locate the name of the cemetery, but they can�*t tell us exactly where they were buried, the plot numbers of the day they were buried. that is the unknown. they don�*t have that passport, cellphones, and personal effects that were on them at the time. we�*re looking to find some answers. it them at the time. we're looking to find some answers.— to find some answers. it must be very distressing _ to find some answers. it must be very distressing for - to find some answers. it must be very distressing for you. i be very distressing for you. are you going to be able to find those answers that you are looking for?— looking for? the consular general's _ looking for? the consular general's office _ looking for? the consular general's office has - looking for? the consular. general's office has advised general�*s office has advised they are working on it. they were closed for the holiday while this was occurring. we are trying to be patient but we just hope that those answers, that we get the answers. [30 just hope that those answers, that we get the answers. do you have any particular _ that we get the answers. do you have any particular message - that we get the answers. do you have any particular message for| have any particular message for the saudi authorities at this time? ., , ., , the saudi authorities at this time? ., , ., , time? no, i 'ust hope that they su ort time? no, i 'ust hope that they support us — time? no, ijust hope that they support us because _ time? no, ijust hope that they support us because we - time? no, ijust hope that they support us because we do - time? no, ijust hope that they support us because we do plan | support us because we do plan on travelling to saudi to locate where my parents are buried and offer our own prayers and respects, even though we aren�*t able to physically bury them ourselves. ijust physically bury them ourselves. i just hope that physically bury them ourselves. ijust hope that in the future they crackdown on travel agencies who are, you know, taking money from people wanting to complete the hajj pilgrimage, and they are fraudulent and stealing their money. fraudulent and stealing their mone . . ~' fraudulent and stealing their mone . ., ~ . ., money. 0k, thank you. we leave it there for _ money. 0k, thank you. we leave it there for the _ money. 0k, thank you. we leave it there for the moment, - money. 0k, thank you. we leave it there for the moment, saida . it there for the moment, saida wurie. thank you for speaking to us on bbc news. our condolences to you on the loss of parents. thank for talking to us. . ~ of parents. thank for talking to us. . ,, ,., of parents. thank for talking to us. . ~' ,. , of parents. thank for talking tous. . , . to us. thank you very much. notice how— to us. thank you very much. notice how they _ to us. thank you very much. notice how they had - to us. thank you very much. notice how they had lines i notice how they had lines around the world. a lithium battery factory in south korea was set on fire on monday after a series of battery cells exploded inside a warehouse, killing at least 22 people. 100 people were working inside the fire broke out. eight were injured, two seriously. a fire official says it is unclear what triggered the initial explosion. the first set of kenyan police officers are heading to haiti to tackle gang violence in the country. kenya bolted last year to lead an international force to help tackle violence in the nation. it was delayed by court challenges. 400 officers are going now, 600 willjoin later. jamaica, chad, bangladesh and the bahamas have also post offices. lawyers for hunter biden are requesting a new trial. they became the first child of a sitting president to be convicted of a felony earlier this month on charges of lying about illegal drug use when purchasing a gun in 2018. his lawyers argue his trial started before another court formally denied his appeal. princess anne, king charles�* sister, sustained a minor injury and concussion on sunday. because of the injury is unconfirmed but sources suggest it may have been caused by a horse accident. according to buckingham palace, she is expected to stay in hospital for observation, but is anticipated to make a full and swift recovery. now do some encouraging news on the global fight against hiv. a new study published this week shows an injection given twice per year could protect against hiv infection. trials conducted in uganda and south africa showed zero cases of hiv infection among the more than 2000 women who receive the drug. the drug called treatment is been developed by gilead. —— called lenacapavir. the findings have not been subject to peer review but it is pretty promising. could this drug be a game changer? the new findings of the clinical trials just released by gilead on the outstanding performance of lenacapavir could truly be a game changer in our ability to enable us to increase the tools we have on our menu to fight hiv/aids, especially for prevention, prevention in areas we are struggling with like the rates of new infections amongst adolescent girls and young women, amongst key populations, among men becoming difficult to reach, and amongst mobile populations. there is a vast spectrum of what we can do with this new medicine. interesting. we will come back to some of those points. but practically how ill this change how women currently get treatment? there are two things, two main things in the fight against hiv. the first is prevention of infection, so they remain hiv negative. but once people are infected, we try to test them and provide treatment. so lenacapavir provides that opportunity to enhance prevention where you can inject somebody for about six months, and you repeat that. so two injections for one year really provides an opportunity to scale up prevention, which we�*ve all struggled with. could this treatment be effective for men, as well? it could be effective for men, but again, we�*re still waiting for additional data to be published. but there�*s nothing i have seen in these early results that doesn�*t suggest that it could be effective for men as well. the additional findings point to a broad application. it will transformational in the way we approach hiv prevention. you know better than anyone when it comes to global health, access is always going to be a big question. the drug company says a will cost $42,000 per patient. how do you get around those barriers to access ? the issue of access to hiv drugs is not new. we�*ve come a long way, if you remember, where we were in 2000, where it used to cost $10,000 per patient per year to treat an individual. but today, see where we are. the first thing i want to celebrate is this powerful new tool that we have, which is lenacapavir, is the ability to deploy. then we should build the right partnerships, mobilise all stakeholders — including the company that has produced this drug — to come together, sit around the table with communities, and designed ways that we could bring down the price in such a way that we can scale it and reach the end goal, which is to bring hiv/aids to an end, by the year 2030. let�*s talk about that, because we have seen dramatic developments in moving towards eradicating aids -- aids and un aids report that they think that could happen 2030. what stands in the way? what stands in the way is a couple of things. firstly, we need to get people to know their status. if you don�*t know whether you are hiv infected or not, it becomes difficult to provide treatment. so i think as we have — we have worked very hard to bring many people to treatment, but we still have a large number of people, 9 million people out there, that we still — that still need to know the status we can bring them to treatment. once we know people have treatment, we need them to stay on treatment. we need sustained response. we need to make sure that they stay on treatment. and those who are on treatment, we will need to ensure that they stay on it. those of the three things we can do simultaneously to get to 2030, which is to bring to the rate of new infections, to below the levels that we saw in 2010, then at least we can consider that we have controlled hiv. we will never be able to eradicate or eliminate hiv, but at least we can control it. and stop it from being a public health threat.— piece of news for you. the cargo ship that caused the collapse of the baltimore bridge earlier this year is leaving the city. it crashed into the bridge in the early hours of my 26, and six construction workers died. investigations are still under way as to why the ship lost power and veered off course. the 980 foot vessel is heading to virginia to remove the remaining containers on board and undergo further repairs. more than 1000 foreign sailors remained on board after the accident for more than three months. bishop�*s management says most have now returned home but for will stay on board for now, helping with the ship�*s movement to norfolk. —— the ship�*s management. thank you for being with us on bbc news. stay with us. hello there. we saw the heat really building to start the new week in the sunshine. let me show you the picture from earlier on on monday in aberdeenshire. aboyne saw temperatures of 27 degrees on monday, making it the hottest day of the year so far in scotland. we also had our hottest day in northern ireland and in england — it was only wales that was missing out. temperatures reached 28 celsius in london — could get even hotter in the next few days. not so for scotland, northern ireland. tuesday will be cooler, and in the next few days, cooler, fresher air will push in from the northwest with a few showers. but the heat and humidity will linger for longer in england and wales. and into tuesday, we�*ve got more sunshine for england and wales. this cloud in the west tending to break up, but the cloud in northern england could trigger one or two showers over the pennines. looking mostly dry but cloudier in northern ireland. some rain or showers in scotland, some heavy showers in the afternoon in the east in particular. temperatures will be lower in scotland, but still could reach 22 in the central belt and the southeast. it�*s nearing 19 in northern ireland. hotter for england and wales, especially the midlands — towards the south east, potentially 30 degrees around london. more sunshine for england and wales on wednesday, this time a bit more cloud towards the east coast and some cloud in scotland but fewer showers here. should see a bit more sunshine in northern ireland, picking the temperatures up just a little. but again, the higher temperatures, the heat is going to be across england and wales. and again, london and the southeast could hit 30 degrees. but we�*re all going to be changing by the end of the week. this low pressure is going to drive this weather front eastwards. there�*s not much rain on that at all, but it�*s all about the timing because following that weather front, we�*ve got cooler, fresher air coming in from the atlantic, pushing the heat and humidity into continental europe. so this is the picture for thursday. you can see our weather front here, is just a narrow band of cloud, little or no rain on it. sunshine follows, blustery showers coming into scotland and northern ireland, and making it feel cooler here. even with some sunshine for england and wales, temperatures will be lower, but there�*s still some heat across east anglia and the southeast — temperatures could be higher than 26 degrees here. but even here, things will change by the end of the week. cooler, fresher weather for all of us, i think, for friday and into the weekend, but mostly dry with some sunshine. 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. welcome to hardtalk from paris, i�*m stephen sackur. to outsiders, this city conjures up images of style, elegance and romance. but, of course, the reality is much messier and more complex than that. there is poverty here, racial tension and, among some, a deep distrust of the police. my guest today, the internationally acclaimed director and actor mathieu kassovitz, addressed all of those issues in his ground—breaking film la haine — hate — some three decades ago. he is still an influential figure inside french culture. so is his country still disfigured by hate? mathieu kassovitz, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is three decades since you made la haine — hate. i�*m sure you would love to believe that that film