live from london. this is bbc news. in the next 60 minutes all the main uk stories together with the latest breaking developments internationally. journalists are taxed as thousands of israeli nationalists march through palestinian neighbourhoods in occupied eastjerusalem sparking fresh tensions. world leaders meet injapan ahead of the g7 summit. with global trade, support for ukraine and sanctions against russia high on the agenda. anglin�*s water companies make an unprecedented apology for the amount of sewage spilt into rivers and seas —— england's. and rival accounts emerged about a reported court case involving prince harry, meghan and the paparazzi in new york.

hello and thank you forjoining us. we start in israel, where nationalists attack journalists covering a march through palestinian neighbourhoods in an occupied eastjerusalem. stones, sticks and bottles were thrown at palestinian and international reporters. some palestinians were also seen being attacked along the route and marches chanted, recent slogans to people have said to been injured. the controversial far right national security minister joined the controversial far right national security ministerjoined the parade claiming jerusalem is ours forever. let's show you life it pictures of the flag parade which is part of jerusalem day marking the capture of eastjerusalem in the 1957 war. these are some pictures that we have been following and looking at. thousands of nationalists gathering

there. forthat thousands of nationalists gathering there. for that parade we have also been reporting, over 2000 police were deployed for this with those rising tensions. this parade has been marred by violence and racist anti—air of chances well. we continue to bring you more on that. a correspondent is there. let's give you a sense of where we are, this is damascus gate here. it is one of the main entrances to the old city and three there is the muslim quarter, so it is full of palestinian shops and homes and businesses. the israeli flag march has been heading down the hill here and there are now thousands of marchers congregating here and what we have seen in the last ten minutes is an area just here where the press are palestinian and international press suddenly came under attack by matches having sticks and stones and plastic

bottles lobbed towards us here. two people have suffered head injuries and been treated by paramedics and israeli police are moving in pretty slow to try and get the crowd back. some of them were pushed back here but it was a sudden ignition of violence at this event and we then heard cheers projectiles were being thrown, racist chants as well. things seem to have calmed down a bit in the last ten minutes but this led very, very large crowd there and the atmosphere is still extremely volatile. you said the violence exploding quite suddenly but this event in itself is a usual occurrence? it often is, yes. this event for israelis, jerusalem day marks the capture of eastjerusalem in the war of 1967. the are lots of events happen around the city. some of them happened completely peacefully heading to the western wall which is a holy site

and people can that the flag dance there but this is the really controversial element that heads into occupied eastjerusalem, tends to be men and teenage boys... ..extremely provocative. largely because of the fact it moves its way through that palestinian area and palestinians just have to shut their businesses. i was talking to one man he was saying we have no choice and we are under occupation and have to put up with this and the only way we can stay safe is to stay indoors in the area is then effectively cleared and we have the march coming through and it is common for it to descended into violence to descended into violence as we have seen just here against the press. we have seen them over

2000 police deployed. just tell us about the efforts to keep situation contained. what the police try to do is effectively ring fenced this march. there are barriers all around this area where palestinians effectively can't access during the march. they do that about separation. into the crowded alleyway separating people and what we were saying earlier on when we saw palestinians breaking into chance of death to arabs and other racist slogans are not of course was igniting a lot of tension, anger and frustrations —— palestinian say they saw people breaking into those chants. police say they won't accept any lawbreaking but what we have seen repeatedly over the years is palestinians certainly feel not enough is being done to stop what goes on. he continues to keep an eye on that for us. some breaking news now from here in the uk. teachers will hold fresh

strikes injuly if their long—running dispute over pay has not been resolved by mid june. that is according to the national education unionjust announcing education union just announcing this. education unionjust announcing this. that teachers will hold fresh strikes injuly if this long—running dispute is not resolved. they have related decision on further strike dates this summer term in order to allow the education secretary to consider the report from the pay review body. that is breaking news having said that they will hold fresh strikes if there is no resolution before then. we have more striking is as well because just in the past few minutes the rmt union has announced that its members working for 1h tree operators will strike onjune the 2nd. this walk—out is part of a long—running dispute on pay and conditions and is onjune the 2nd which means just a day before a similar stoppage by train drivers who are members of the guys left the union. so that there

is some of the breaking news coming into us. both teachers and rail workers announcing further strike. —— aslef union. leaders of the g7 group of advanced economies are gathering in the japanese city hiroshima, with concerns about global security high on the agenda. japan's prime minister, fumio kishida, has warned that the world is at a crossroads because of russia's attack on ukraine. the leaders will also have to tackle increasing instability across the indo—pacific region. there are rising fears over north korea's growing nuclear capabilities and the threat of military action by china against taiwan. 0ur tokyo correspondent shaimaa khalil 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil is in hiroshima with this update. 0ne one of the first things g7 leaders will do is be invited by fumio kishida and his wife to the memorial, the peace memorial park where the atomic bomb dome stance. it is a reminder of the devastation

that nuclear weapons are capable of doing. this is a city that has lived through that devastation and i think the message is no one wants to see this happen again. earlier this week, the prime minister fumio kishida gave an interview saying that today's ukraine could be tomorrow's east asia. the war in ukraine is having thousands of miles away from here but there echoes are making everyone here and easy. and it is something no one here wants to see happen. we have been watching leaders arrive in japan. among the leaders there is rishi sunak who's signed the a new defence deal between the uk andjapan. mrsunak has mr sunak has been under pressure that reports in immigration in the uk could pass 700,000 in a year. he said he is committed to reducing that migration. that's because we are announcing a

new defence partnership with japan today and closer cooperation between our armed forces, our cyber agencies andindeed our armed forces, our cyber agencies and indeed our semiconductor company researchers will strengthen our security at home. after this i am heading to meet japanese businesses leaders who are announcing £18 billion worth of new investment into the uk. that will support and create jobs and i'm looking forward to having dinner with prime minister fumio kishida tonight reflecting on the minor partnership between our two countries that are helping people at home. it two countries that are helping people at home.— two countries that are helping --eole at home. ., , , people at home. it would be helpful if china could _ people at home. it would be helpful if china could start _ people at home. it would be helpful if china could start to _ people at home. it would be helpful if china could start to put _ people at home. it would be helpful if china could start to put pressure i if china could start to put pressure on putin. does this trip to taiwan, kate that? ~ . ., , on putin. does this trip to taiwan, kate that?— kate that? when it comes to taiwan our position — kate that? when it comes to taiwan our position is _ kate that? when it comes to taiwan our position is long-standing - kate that? when it comes to taiwan our position is long-standing and i our position is long—standing and remains unchanged and we share with japan and in a belief in a free and open into pacific region. that's very important — and we're increasing our engagement in the region to work with allies like australia, like japan, to ensure that the pacific region does remain free and open. we don't want to see any change

to the status quo by force or coercion, and i'm sure at the g7 summit that i'm about to attend, that will be one of the conversations that we're discussing. rishi sunak speaking earlier. that threat posed by china is at the top of the g7�*s agenda. last month the british foreign secretary, james cleverly calls for the uk to have a more constructive but robust relationship with china. let's speak now to the conservative mp sir iain duncan smith. thank you for making time to talk to us. economic security and national security, when it comes to achieving those goals and how to engage with china in order to do that. those two things are often at odds. theo;i china in order to do that. those two things are often at odds.— things are often at odds. they are at odds if you _ things are often at odds. they are at odds if you as _ things are often at odds. they are at odds if you as a _ things are often at odds. they are at odds if you as a prime - at odds if you as a prime minister or a foreign minister want to make them like that. the truth is, china is exactly the same on both counts. if you look at the economic threat, we have faced from china, it is the

constant and repetitious abuse of the wto rules, the massive destabilising subsidies that they have been giving to their businesses and industries to undercut businesses in the free world. a good example of that is the 5g and the companies like the cell company that are sub sites and nearly destroyed once was a competitive market. this goes on all of the time, stealing of pipe use, copying of technology. all of this is happening all of the time. so that is a real threat to the stability of the global markets. in terms of the physical threat, thatis in terms of the physical threat, that is the threat of china militarily. that is growing all of the time. it is obvious. president xijinping himself has the time. it is obvious. president xi jinping himself has already said that he intends to have the largest military and the largest economy and he intends to take back taiwan by force if necessary. having already, by the way, occupy the south china seas. in that you know they are a

threat to our values. human rights because they are carrying out a genocide against the uyghur muslims. and have been doing organ harvesting and have trashed the british signed in hong kong and arrested democracy so in every way you look, and including covid which originated in china which said nothing about to the who until too late and millions died. so this is what happens when you have a country is dictatorial run by an organisation or the communist party the and does not pay any heed to anything said to it. what do you make of rishi sunak�*s stance when it comes to china? some countries are definitely looking at the fact that there are interdependencies there that need to be considered. presidentjoe biden�*s administered and has emphasised that the china policy is focused on

de—risking and not decoupling. is it not right for rishi sunak to think along those lines as well? you can think what you _ along those lines as well? you can think what you like, _ along those lines as well? you can think what you like, it _ along those lines as well? you can think what you like, it is _ along those lines as well? you can think what you like, it is what - think what you like, it is what you do to show where you are that matters. rishi sunak said last summer, that he had no doubt at all that china posed a systemic threat to the united kingdom and to the free world. i agreed with him then. having said that, since they got into government because they have come up with a kind of a guest ministerform of work come up with a kind of a guest minister form of work which means nothing. —— yes minister. first they are not a threat, apparently we are not allowed to use that word but they are a systemic, rather in fact a epoque defining challenge. and we will meet that, you said earlier on robustly, that's not what they said, they said with robust pragmatism. and that is a non sequitur. the idea of the robustly pragmatic is an absurdity and it is all to avoid the fact that they are a threat. the pose a threat. the government knows that. but they're trying to do is to get away without upsetting the chinese government because they want

business ties but a lot of businesses are beginning to move away from china already because of the threat that they pose which as i said earlier, in terms of trade and economics, because china itself cannot be relied upon as a partner in many of these industries. and so all of that is running into the simple fact which is that the british governors have got to now say that in their review, china poses a systemic threat. and that is then percolated through all the other departments. by the way, they are out of step with the japanese in this. they are very clear about the threat that is posed by china. as are many countries around southeast asia. so i am in favour of this going in there to be part of the pan pacific partnership. but i want us to be clear that we do have deep concerns about china and are prepared to act accordingly to stop once we see that, china is where we stand. untilthen, once we see that, china is where we stand. until then, they will treat us like weak people. hour stand. until then, they will treat us like weak people. how helpful were liz truss's _

us like weak people. how helpful were liz truss's comments - us like weak people. how helpful were liz truss's comments in - us like weak people. how helpful- were liz truss's comments in taiwan about the government needing to take about the government needing to take a stronger stance on china? first about the government needing to take a stronger stance on china?— a stronger stance on china? first of all --eole a stronger stance on china? first of all people say _ a stronger stance on china? first of all people say she _ a stronger stance on china? first of all people say she should _ a stronger stance on china? first of all people say she should have - a stronger stance on china? first of. all people say she should have gone, she was invited as i understand by the taiwanese government. and that government asked her to talk about the problems in regards to china which she did so, she is made, i happen to believe that what she's saying is not originated with her, it is what we've been saying. i formed an organisation called the injured parliamentary counsel on china, and... surely this disunity. this is quite important the panel that i formed has countries right the way parliamentary is left and right all agree the same think that china poses that systemic threat. so what she is saying, is essential being repeated and already being set ljy being repeated and already being set by countries all around the world by parliamentarians. it is only certain governments that are too scared to say this and end up worrying about

upsetting the chinese. the chinese treat you as they wish. they will trample on you when necessary, but what they want to know is what are you going to do about it? and so far we appear not to be sent, well, nothing really.— we appear not to be sent, well, nothing really. you speak about agreement _ nothing really. you speak about agreement but _ nothing really. you speak about agreement but there _ nothing really. you speak about agreement but there may - nothing really. you speak about agreement but there may be i nothing really. you speak about - agreement but there may be agreement on what threats are but there is not necessarily agreement on how to deal with them, is there france takes a different line even within the uk government people have different opinions. is that not a problem when it comes to presenting a unified response to the threat that you identify? it response to the threat that you identi ? , ., , ., identify? it starts with the china as a threat- _ identify? it starts with the china as a threat. you _ identify? it starts with the china as a threat. you cannot - identify? it starts with the china as a threat. you cannot reach i identify? it starts with the china | as a threat. you cannot reach any kind of agreement if you don't agree that china is a threat. we set that it was last summer. i don't see what china has done to reduce that to the idea that there is some kind of nation similar to others. they are not. this is a dictatorial, brutal regime. let's be clear on that. because it it's murdered millions of its own citizens, it is doing it right now, it is persecuting

christians, persecuting democracy campaigners, invaded already be soft china seas illegally and setting up military stations there. how much more evidence do we need about what they want, when president xi jinping himself has been clear, he intends to make a greater train at that is his purpose in life. and that is a threat to his many smaller countries around the region. —— greater china. thank you for your time and thoughts on this and we will wait to see with the thoughts from the leaders at g7 will yield. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. my my dog went to the sea and my dad

went in after her and they both never came out. they both drowned. you've seen us on cctv because some people got a bit. i you've seen us on cctv because some people got a bit-— people got a bit. i decided to watch it because it _ people got a bit. i decided to watch it because it was _ people got a bit. i decided to watch it because it was dealing _ people got a bit. i decided to watch it because it was dealing with - people got a bit. i decided to watch it because it was dealing with facts| it because it was dealing with facts and has a lot of meagre talk at the time. and knowing that he tried his very best to get out of the water, for me that was a small comfort and also to note that it was so quick. we see people swimming what is your advice? ma; we see people swimming what is your advice? y ., . we see people swimming what is your advice? g . . ., , ., advice? my advice would be to resect advice? my advice would be to respect the — advice? my advice would be to respect the water. _ advice? my advice would be to respect the water. if _ advice? my advice would be to respect the water. if you - advice? my advice would be to respect the water. if you thinkj advice? my advice would be to - respect the water. if you think you are really good swimmer, just to roll back a little because my dad obviously thought he was a more competent swimmer than he was. some of the dangers are hidden can to always see them, not obvious. and if you are unsure, don't go in. you're live with bbc news. what are companies in england apologise for not doing enough to stop sewage from flowing into rivers and seas. —— water companies after they were 800 untreated discharges

on average causing mounting public angen on average causing mounting public anger. water companies have promised to spend £10 billion, that is 12 and a half billion dollars to put it right by modernising sewers, though this will mean higher bills for customers. our environment correspondent reports. for years, campaigners have complained about the amount of sewage that flows into our waterways and that profit has been put before the health of our rivers and beaches. england's water companies have always denied that. but today they came together to make an unprecedented apology. i am here on behalf of the water industry today to say sorry. we are sorry about the upset and the anger from the fact that there have been overspills of untreated sewage onto beaches and into rivers over the past few years. we are sorry that we did not act sooner. but we get it. they get it and propose spending £10 billion by 2030 — that's three times more than had

been previously planned. if approved by the regulator, the money will go towards bigger pipes, upgraded sewage works, and huge tanks to stop sewage overflowing when it rains. the money to fund these improvements, for places like this sewage treatment plant behind me, won't come out of the water companies' back pockets or the dividends they've paid out to their shareholders. ultimately, it will be paid for by you and i in the form of higher bills. welcome back to the today programme. who exactly is sorry? for campaigners in 0xfordshire listening to the apology, it was a sign they were at last making some progress. we will give ourselves a pat - on the back when the sewage stops wrecking our rivers and we start to see clean rivers again. - in the meantime, we are not being. part of the green washing campaign, thank you very much. we want action. you are somewhat sceptical of this apology then?

sceptical, but enthused l by the fact this is starting to rattle government, - it's rattling the water industry and it's rattling the regulators. the water companies will hope this draws a line under their past failings and enables them to begin rebuilding, both the sewage network and the public�*s trust. to the us now and the claim by the duke and duchess of sussex that they were pursued by paparazzi photographers as they tried to leave an event in new york earlier this week. here they are, accompanied by meghan's mother arriving at the ms foundation for women awards ceremony. the trouble for them started when they left. as they put it in a statement... "they were involved in a near catastrophic car chase at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi". and they add "this relentless pursuit lasted over two hours, resulted in multiple near collisions", involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians,

and two nypd officers. the new york police department has said that while numerous photographers made the transport of the duke and duchess challenging, there were no reported collisions, injuries, orarrests. live now to washington and our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. how much more detail is coming out about what actually happened? this has turned about what actually happened? ti 3 has turned into very much a he said, she said, they said, he and she being the duke and duchess of sus —— sussex and other people and being involved are witnesses. to recap, the nypd did confirm that this incident happened but they said that there were no collisions, arrests or injuries. yet the taxi driver saying he drove the suffixes and the mother

for part of the journey and he downplayed their claims as well and for people who are wondering, how come they dumped into a taxi. we understand that after they left the offence, they have been circling the venue for about an hour to evade paparazzi but then jumped venue for about an hour to evade paparazzi but thenjumped into paparazzi but then jumped into a yellow taxi cap in order to get away from the paparazzi but were followed by them. they had the security detail with them but they got out of the taxi and got back into their security vehicle. and mr singh told the bbc that they weren't not nervous —— were nervous but he said that the journey was not dangerous. and you had photographers who were challenging the narrative. and a picture agency saying they are investigating the conduct of four of their photographers but they are also disputing the version of events put out by the duke and duchess. like i said it is one of the situations where it is a he said, she said situation and york city as

you know, one of the busy cities in the world and this all happened in downtown manhattan. so far we have not seen any official footage emerged to try to put things together. there are bits and pieces on social media and the bbc is still working to independently verify that. ., , ~ working to independently verify that. ., ,. ,, that. have the duke duchess said an hinu that. have the duke duchess said anything else. — that. have the duke duchess said anything else. we _ that. have the duke duchess said anything else, we are _ that. have the duke duchess said anything else, we are hearing - that. have the duke duchess said l anything else, we are hearing from the nypd, from photographers, have they added any detail? we the nypd, from photographers, have they added any detail?— they added any detail? we have not heard from them _ they added any detail? we have not heard from them since _ they added any detail? we have not heard from them since that - heard from them since that statement. we don't even know if they are still in the city either. we know that they were staying with a friend and part of the reason why they took the journey they did is because they did not want to go to their friends location is of course they did not want to compromise their privacy but we have not heard from them at all. there's been no updated statement, we don't know if they have gone back on to california. it is worth remembering that when they stepped out in 2020 from there will duties, part of that was of course they wanted to escape what they described as press

harassment, paparazzi intrusion. but also to reclaim their narrative to do their own pr. and there are so many headlines are emerging in the us, challenging their version of events, disputing their narrative. so it might be. might be that they feel compelled to respond to those who were challenging their version of events of exactly what happened here in new york on tuesday night. it's an interesting one. as you say it is turning into a they say, we say sort of thing. but in the midst of this house was being reported in the us? it of this house was being reported in the us? , , ., ., . ., the us? it depends on what channel ou the us? it depends on what channel you chewed — the us? it depends on what channel you chewed into. _ the us? it depends on what channel you chewed into. the _ the us? it depends on what channel you chewed into. the american - the us? it depends on what channel i you chewed into. the american media is politically divisive. —— tune into. you have liberal channels, conservative channels and megan and harry are pretty divisive figures in that sense. i could tell you a lot of new yorkers here are divided about it. some do not care some have

about it. some do not care some have a great deal of empathy towards prince harry given his history and another people do dispute their version of events but yes, it is a very much he said, she said, they said situation.— very much he said, she said, they said situation. thank you very much. sta with said situation. thank you very much. stay with us — said situation. thank you very much. stay with us here _ said situation. thank you very much. stay with us here on _ said situation. thank you very much. stay with us here on bbc _ said situation. thank you very much. stay with us here on bbc news. - hello. full uk forecast in just a moment. but, we're going to start off with what's going on in italy where we've seen some extreme rain over recent days thanks to storm minerva. this is one of the major roads heading into bologna, the capital of emilia romano region, which has been really badly hit. but i fear there's further extreme rainfall on the way this time affecting the north—west of italy, where over the next few days we could see around 200 or 300 millimetres of rain, particularly centred around the piedmont region, is likely to lead to further severe flooding and further landslides as well. now, italy seen more than its fair share of extreme rainfall. this next one will be the third lot

of extreme rain in the space of three weeks. and it follows an extreme drought that we had last year when a state of emergency was declared. now, as our planet warms up, we expect to see extreme weather events become more frequent. and this lot for italy, certainly fits that bill. meanwhile, here in the uk, well, we've got a weather front slowly pushing into an area of high pressure. as it does so, the front�*s very weak, but bringing a little bit of rain across scotland and northern ireland as it has been through the day on thursday. and eventually we'll start to see better damp weather getting into northern england, north wales as well. temperatures overnight about 8 to 10 degrees. now tomorrow, brighterskies for scotland and northern ireland. given more sunshine here, it should feel even a bit warmer temperatures, high teens. but across england and wales, that weak weather front still capable of bringing a few areas of mostly light rain, temperatures reaching the high teens. so for most of us, it's going to feel quite pleasant if you're outside. what about the weekend? well, that nasty storm system,

storm nino i was talking about here it is on the pressure chart that's actually going to start to affect our parts of the world as we develop these easterly winds. and that will actually bring some slightly milder air in across england and wales. so it will boost our temperatures for scotland. and northern ireland, though, got another weak weather front edging in. and although the skies will be bright, often there'll be a bit of patchy rain around. so some damp weather at times. i think best sums the weather picture up on in sunday. again, it's north western areas that will have the thickest cloud, but still some hazy spells of sunshine quite likely to get through that. england and wales fine with some sunshine. and like saturday, temperatures reaching the high teens to low 20s, feeling pleasant in those sunnier moments.

this is bbc news. the headlines. thousands of ultranationalist thousands of ultra nationalist israelis thousands of ultranationalist israelis are marching to palestinian neighbourhoods to celebrate the capture of eastjerusalem. italy remains on red alert after six months rainfall fell in a day and a half. world leaders meeting injapan ahead of the g7 summit with the global trade support for ukraine and sanctions against russia high on the agenda. up up to upto1 up to 1 million up to1 million people up to 1 million people cancelled their broadband due to high cost of

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