Behind ransomware. We start in the Middle East where it seems that the conflict between israel and the palestinians may have entered a new stage. In the last half hour, the israeli Defence Forces have tweeted an update on their operations. They say that Idf Air and ground troops are currently attacking in the Gaza Strip. An Army Spokesman has told the Afp News Agency that some of the israeli forces have entered into the territory. It comes at The End of another day of multiple missiles launches by palestinian forces inside gaza, towards israel, and israeli Air Strikes on gaza. Now 103 have been reported killed there since monday. Seven people have died in israel. And sectarian Clashes Betweenjewish and arab citizens who live Side By side,on the streets of tel aviv, Lod And Beyond have intensified amid warnings of civil war. From jerusalem heres our Middle East editor, jeremy bowen. Palestinian families are fleeing their homes in Northern Gaza this evening. They told the bbc they were escaping heavy israeli shellfire. Dozens of civilians were killed in their area in the 2014 war, so they left in a hurry, with their children still in their new clothes they were given for The End of ramadan. One man said the criminal occupation shows them no mercy. A renewal of the war between hamas and israel was always likely. The unexpected frontline on the streets of israel was not. Sectarian violence between israeli citizens brings a new and vicious dimension. Not all israelis arejews. Around 20 are palestinian arabs. Young men have been on the prowl for people to attack. Jews versus arabs, arabs versusjews, all israeli citizens. President won the country should not abandon itself to civil war. As for the other war, it was a day for decisions. Among the hamas leaders assassinated by israel this week were top commanders. Will that deter another escalation . Probably not. Israel has to decide whether it wants to follow Artillery And Air attacks with a Ground Assault against hamas inside gaza. That has been part of the pattern during 15 years of intermittent warfare between them. Israel has called up 7,000 reservists. In jerusalem, Tens Of Thousands of palestinians came to pray at islams holiest place after mecca and medina. In this city, religion is intertwined with politics, nationalism and power. The banners that celebrate hamas and its leaders, who wanted the people there to see them as the only true guardians of palestinian rights injerusalem. It was eid al fitr, the holiday that marks The End of ramadan. It is meant to be a party. Parents tried to make it fun. There is nothing right now to celebrate for the palestinian President Mahmoud abbas, upstaged by his hamas rivals. No peace, Security Or Stability as possible, he said, Well Jerusalem is occupied by israel. This War Mightjust save benjamin netanyahus career. He was about to lose his job last weekend. He is still in political trouble but now he has soldiers to congratulate and his rivals are quiet. The Prime Minister said the fight against hamas would take time, but israel would decisively restore acquired. It is a modest war aim, he will need more to tell israelis before this can end. Especially in sderot, the town closest to gaza. A five Year Boy was killed after a Rocket Hit is building. His neighbours have had enough. It is very, very difficult to live under these circumstances and the government should wipe out gaza, should wipe out gaza, once and for all. Right across israel and the occupied territories this week, there is serious violence. This was the town of Hebron Last Night on the occupied west bank. Young palestinians and israelis, confronting each other, another generation cursed by the failures of its leaders. Reflecting on the history of this conflict. Let me bring you the latest on as it is now. This is the scene in gaza in the early hours of a friday morning. This is a live picture. We have only this comment from the Afp News Agency, thats the french News Agency. This is quoting initially a tweet. It is really planes and troops in the ground carrying out an attack in the Gaza Strip, The Army says. Just to clarify that, the afp has spoken to a Lieutenant Colonel who is the international spokesperson for the idf, the israel defence force. We have had on our output here in the last 2a hours. He has confirmed that the israeli soldiers have entered a palestinian enclave of the gaza territory. So according to him and confirmed by the other source at the moment is really forces are engaged in an incursion into gaza. We will bring you more on that as soon as we get here. Every day, india is recording nearly as many Covid I9 cases as every other country in the world put together. In the past 24 hours, more than 4,000 people have died from the virus. Hospitals in many parts of the country are being overrun. One of the states seeing the most dramatic surges is west bengal, governed by a regional political party. From the state s capital kolkata, Yogita Limaye reports. 1,000 miles from delhi kolkata. Look at this. A frighteningly busy market in a region where covid has surged nearly 80 times in the past two months. People here are scared but they have to work, to eat. And this is the cost. In the entrance of a public hospital nearby, people are already struggling to get basic care. All the beds here, hundreds, are already full. And the sick keep coming. I dont know how long we can continue like this, says this doctor. Even a war comes to an end, but here it is wave after wave. One in six people in the world live in india. And kolkata is among its most densely populated cities. Covid has reached places where families live together in one room homes. Distancing is impossible. Amit and aartis 63 year old father died of covid. They spent the only money they had on trying to save him. As it spreads unchecked, the virus is taking on new, more worrying forms. The highly infectious variant that is spreading through india has now reached more than 40 countries Around The World including the uk. This is not an indian problem. What is happening here could affect the Worlds Ability to recoverfrom the pandemic. I spoke to dr soumya swaminathan, the World Health organizations chief scientist. Why should the World Care about what is happening in india right now . This virus does not respect borders. It doesnt respect nationalities. It spreads before you know that it is spreading. If the virus keeps on replicating and multiplying, the number of variants is going to keep increasing and these variants will ultimately spread across the world. We will not be able to stop that from happening. The only way out is to immunise this vast population, but Vaccine Supply is critically low. This country will need billions of doses. Its hard to see how it can do it alone. Yogita limaye, Bbc News, kolkata. Repatriation flights for some australian citizens stranded in india are due to begin shortly. It comes after a controversial ban on arrivals from india was put in place at The End of april due to spiralling Covid Infection rates in the country. The rules meant that for the first time australians were effectively banned from returning Home And Face criminal charges if they attempted to do so. Lets speak to sarahjosephs, a professor of human Rights Law at Griffith University in queensland, australia. Thank you so much for being with us. Lets start with the kind of legal side of this, what is the legal status of somebody if they are a citizen . Do they have an automatic right to enter their country of which they are a citizen, or is it always something that is subject to the policy of the existing government in that particular state . Well, the ban on an australian citizens returning from india it was actually challenged in a court this week. The argument was that to the Minister For Health had acted beyond power in actually prohibiting citizens from coming home. But that challenge failed. As far as australian law is concerned there is no automatic right to come home. I should add that there is a chance of a constitutional challenge on the basis of perhaps some sort of implied right, its not explicit in our constitution but some sort of implied right for citizens to return home. That would be a novel argument and quite a speculative argument. Its not one that, i dont know if its going to run because as you mentioned it is actually lifted tomorrow. Mentioned it is actually lifted tomorrow mentioned it is actually lifted tomorrow. � , ,. ,. , tomorrow. Theres this question of ublic tomorrow. Theres this question of Public Health. Tomorrow. Theres this question of Public Health, and tomorrow. 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We will have to leave it there. Thank Around The World. We will have to leave it there. Thank you Around The World. We will have to leave it there. Thank you so Around The World. We will have to j leave it there. Thank you so much for being with us on Bbc News. Good to speak to you. In the us the centres for Disease Control and prevention have announced that they are dropping Mask Guidelines for those whove been fully vaccinated. That means people can gather indoors or outdoors, in all but the most crowded of places without a mask. But that is only for people who have had both jabs. President biden has hailed the step as a mark of the success of the vaccination programme. Stay with us on Bbc News, still to come. How one american city is tackling Police Reform and why they think the federal government could be the solution. The pope was shot, the pope will live. Thats the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon that, as an italian Television Commentator put it, terrorism had come to the vatican. The man they call the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on Trial Today in the french town where he was the Gestapo Chief in the second world war. Winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentenced to six years injail. The judge told Mrs Mandela there was no indication she felt even the slightest remorse. The chinese government has called for an all out effort to help the victimsl of a powerful earthquake. The worst to hit the I Country for 30 years. The computer Deep Blue has tonight triumphed over the World Chess Champion garry kasparov. Its the first time A Machine has defeated a reigning World Champion in a classical chess match. Americas first legal same sex marriages have been taking place in massachusetts. God bless america cheering. This is Bbc News, the latest headlines. The israeli Defence Forces say they are currently attacking in the Gaza Strip, using both Air And Ground troops. It comes after another day of Air Raids on gaza, and multiple Missile Launches into israel by palestinian groups. Official figures show more than 4,000 died in india from covid, for the second day in a row. Indias highly infectious new variant has now been found in 40 other countries. In the us there is a national conversation about the role of policing. This month will mark the one Year Anniversary of the death of george floyd. President Joe Biden has called on congress to pass major Police Reform in his memory. The Police Officer has been convicted of his murder. President Joe Biden has called on congress to pass major Police Reform in his memory. 0ne Police Department that has benefitted from federal oversight in newark, newjersey. But will the changes last . Larry madowo has the story. Stop Police Brutality in the black community stop Police Brutality this is no temporary protest against Police Brutality in newark. They call itjustice monday, and it has been here every week for five yea rs. Black people are being killed like animals in the street here in the united states of america. Newark� s in conflict with its police dates back to the riots of 1967, and even before that. By 2010, policing in the predominantly black city was so broken that an investigation revealed many problematic patterns and practices. I feel like theyve got a personal vendetta against black people. The Department Ofjustice entered into what is known as a Consent Decree with newark. That is, federal oversight of the police with an independent monitor to track progress. In 2020, newark police did not fire a single shot. People here seem to trust the police a little more now. Everybody knows each other. Like come up police live in newark, so you knowj what the police live at, so obviously they are not going to treat you bad. Mayor Ras Baraka was elected on the Police Reform platform, and has supported the implementation of the Consent Decree over the last five years. 0ur Crime is like the lowest it has been in 50 yea rs. And the interesting thing about it is while crime is decreasing, so are arrests. Which proves to me there is no causal relationship between arresting people and reduction of crime. How expensive is implementing this Consent Decree and can newark afford it . Oh, its too expensive. Its incredibly expensive. I mean, we pay a little, maybe over 2 Million a year. Its about cost, but its also about culture. Part of the reason why its so hard to reform policing in america is because of the so called blue wall of silence. An unofficial code where Law Enforcement officers protect each other. It was no different here in newark. Its like anything else. No one likes to be looked at or watched or investigated. Anthony ambrose worked with Mayor Baraka in overhauling policing in newark as his public safety director. He has just retired after 35 years as a policeman. I think the training, or de escalation, and our use of force, our scrutiny that officers know that we look at body worn cameras every day, our Consent Decree unit, i think it all helped, it all came together and it helped us. Police departments across america are watching federal investigations in minneapolis and louisville to see if they lead to Consent Decrees like newark� s that might require them to learn a new way to protect and serve. Larry madowo, Bbc News, newark. President biden has called on russia to take more action against Ransomware Hackers of the sort who forced the closure of a vital american Fuel Pipeline for much of the last week. He told reporters that the colonial pipeline was now operational again although it would take several days before everything was back to normal. He called on people not to panic buy fuel and warned Filling Stations against profiteering, or Price Gouging as it is also known. But he made it clear that while america did not hold the russian government directly responsible for the Ransomware It was obliged to take action against any hackers based on its territory. We do not believe, i emphasise we do not believe the russian government was involved in this attack. But we do have strong reason to believe that the criminals who did the attack are living in russia. Thats where it came from, from russia. We have been in direct communication with moscow about the imperative for responsible countries to take decisive action against these Ra Nsomwa re networks. Lets get more on the scale of this Cyber Attack with alex stamos. Hes the director of the Stanford Internet 0bservatory. Thank you so much for being with us on Bbc News. The president issued an Executive Order, one of those areas of political power where he can do stuff on his own authority. What will this achieve . Its stuff on his own authority. What will this achieve . Stuff on his own authority. What will this achieve . Its been in the works for months. Will this achieve . Its been in the works for months. They will this achieve . Its been in the works for months. They finally i will this achieve . Its been in the l works for months. They finally had to get it out because we have actually had a number of really high profile acts of american infrastructure of the last six months and every time one of these happen it made the Executive Order seem a little bit out of place. So this does not directly respond to this does not directly respond to this colonial pipeline attack, its mostly about the last two major hacks we have seen which of the russian attack against the company called solar winds, and subsequent acts against 120 organisations in both the us government and private industry as well as a Massive Attack by the chinese government against something like 80,000 organisations. A lot of the focus on the Executive Order commit to something a president does, he does not need congressional approval but that limits his power and what he can do via an order like this. A lot of its focused on how the federal government secures the own networks, as new standards for federal government agencies commit and consolidate the responsibility for her response to attacks against federal government systems and also set new standards for companies that sell products into the federal government. That specifically is to prevent the possibility of Back Doors being inserted in the software thats then sold to the us government which obviously will then affect and secure the software that is sold all Around The World since the us government is a major customer of many Enterprise Software companies. Customer of many Enterprise Software com anies. ,. ,. , customer of many Enterprise Software comanies. ,. ,. , companies. How worried are people in the states by companies. How worried are people in the states by the companies. How worried are people in the states by the hack . Companies. How worried are people in the states by the hack . Is companies. How worried are people in the states by the hack . Is it the states by the hack . Is it something that you regard as very particular to that industry and the supply of energy, or is that now looked at as something that really has the potential to take out large parts of the kind of Internet Infrastructure . To parts of the kind of Internet Infrastructure . Infrastructure . To me its a Demonstration Infrastructure . To me its a demonstration of infrastructure . To me its a demonstration of the infrastructure . To me its a demonstration of the weakness that many companies have. Colonial is particularly important here. And a lot of people are overreacting, we have had Gas Lines throughout the southeast, Panic Buying of gasoline. That was not necessary and mostly pushed by rumours and some folks on tv pushing the idea that you have to buy gas before it ran out. But for more rational people its a worrying trend, because the kind of attack that happened to colonial happened dozens of times per week, these attacks which are really high end and sophisticated attacks by professional groups that for the most part operate out of russia and that are effectively small businesses that operate somewhat openly and attack companies and ask for millions of dollars in ransom to have their systems unlocked so that their data does not get dumped out on the internet. Their data does not get dumped out on the internet. Thank you very much for that. Fascinating on the internet. Thank you very much for that. Fascinating stuff on the internet. Thank you very much for that. Fascinating stuff and on the internet. Thank you very much for that. Fascinating stuff and we for that. Fascinating stuff and we will talk you again. I suspect, sadly, for the wrong reasons we will end up talking to you again. For now, thank you very much. Director of the Stanford Internet observatory. Now how about this for an offer get yourself vaccinated against Covid 19 and be given the chance to win 1 Million thats whats on offer for people in the Us State Of Ohio which is making a total of five, 1 Million prizes available to adults whove had the jab. Its hoped it will encourage anyone whos not yet come forward to do just that. Heres the ohio governor, mike dewine. Two weeks from tonight, On May 26, we will announce a winner of a separate drawing for adults. Adults that have received at least their first dose of the vaccine. This announcement will occur each wednesday for five weeks, and the winner each wednesday will receive 1 Million. Vaccinations are of course, also available to Under 18s who cant take part in this draw. But if they get the jab, theyll be offered the chance to win four years of College Tuition fees, with Board And Lodging and books thrown in. The first draw takes place on the 26th of may. Now that remind you of our top story this hour. This is the scene in the Gaza Strip tonight. This is following the suggestion from the Afp Agency that a Ground Offensive had begun involving troops from the israeli Defence Forces, however the reuters News Agency has said that residents of Northern Gaza said they had seen no sign of ground troops inside the enclave, however they have reported heavy Artillery Fire and dozens of Air Strikes. We will bring you more on this as soon as we get it. Always available, the latest on Bbc News dot com. This is World News from the bbc. Hello there. Theres been no shortage of wet weather this week. And there is plenty more where that came from as we head into the weekend. Thursday was a particularly soggy affair across some southern areas. You can see this curl of cloud on the satellite picture, a slow moving Weather System that brought heavy and persistent rain. There is more cloud behind in the atlantic. Another area of low pressure heading away for the weekend. In between well, arguably a slice of slightly drier weather. There will still be some showers as we go through the day the showers will tend to pop up in the areas where we develop some sunshine. Across Northern Ireland, eventually western parts of scotland, northwest england, wales, the southwest, it will turn into a sunshine and Showers Day after a dull start for some. But for Eastern England and certainly the northeast of scotland we hold onto more cloud. Where we have more of the cloud there wont be so many showers but it will be chilly, 11 or 12 degrees. Could be the Odd Spot of drizzle around at times. As we head through Friday Night into saturday, some bits and pieces of Showery Rain will be replaced with more persistent rain pushing up from the southwest across england and wales into Northern Ireland by The End of the night. Quite a mild start to the weekend but it is going to be quite a turbulent weekend of weather actually with some very, very heavy downpours and thunderstorms. Always with some sunny spells in between. 0ur Band of rain will continue to push its way slowly northwards during saturday. Perhaps getting into the South Of Scotland at The End of the day. Behind It Sunshine and showers but those showers really will start to turn very, very heavy for wales and the southwest. Hail and thunder later on. The top temperature is between 11 and 15 degrees. And then we head on into sunday in this area of low pressure is going to move right across the uk. As the sits on top of us during sunday it will allow for some very unstable conditions in the atmosphere. That means big Shower Clouds are going to develop with some hail and some thunder, frequent lightning potentially in the showers. Torrential downpours of rain and some pretty squalid, gusty winds. Particularly windy for coastal Southern England and the channel islands. Gusts here in excess of 40 mph. But sunshine between the showers not feeling too bad. Highs of 16 degrees. This is Bbc News, the headlines. The israeli Defence Forces say they are currently attacking in the Gaza Strip, using both Air And Ground troops. It comes after another day of Air Raids on gaza, and multiple Missile Launches into israel by palestinian groups. There are conflicting reports of whether there is any Ground Invaction underway. Earlier World Leaders appealed for calm, following a wave of Street Violence between arab and jewish communities. Israels president has described the clashes as senseless civil war. Indias surge in coronavirus cases continues blamed partially on a new variant of the virus. The variant has now been seen in 40 other countries. The very latest. The us is dropping Mask Guidelines for those whove been fully vaccinated against covid