of the palestinian side of the rafah crossing which borders egypt and southern gaza. these are the latest pictures that show the view at the crossing, from on board an israeli military vehicle. aid organisations operating there say the flow of aid into the territory through the crossing has stopped. israel continued to bombard rafah overnight, after rejecting a ceasefire proposal which was put forward by international mediators and agreed by hamas. israel says the plan doesn't meet its core demands. israel is, though, sending a delegation to indirect talks in cairo. we've had this update from our correspondent, fergal keane, in jerusalem. they haven't had reason to dance for a long time. but they haven't forgotten how. even amid uncertainty about israel's

position, hope springs. across gaza, bbcjournalists captured the reaction... ..of those convinced, perhaps prematurely, that a ceasefire will happen. translation: the feeling is indescribable. _ we're so happy we're going back to our home in gaza city. "we're refugees from the north and we fled here," this young man says. "we're so happy there's a ceasefire." israelis are still absorbing the news. it came late on one of this society's most important days, when — across the country — sirens bring the nation to a halt in memory of the dead of the holocaust... ..a day of reflection in a country traumatised by the hamas attack last october. chanting tonight, on the streets of tel aviv, those who believe healing that trauma can begin

with a ceasefire deal and the release of israel's hostages. we expect the israeli government to take this deal, to save all the remaining hostages who are still alive. but after seven months of a war in which israel's army pledged to destroy hamas, a ceasefire deal that fails to accomplish that risks breaking israel's wartime coalition government. israel will send negotiators to talks but won't stop fighting yet. translation: we examine every proposal very seriously _ and we review every possibility on the issue of negotiations and the return of the hostages to their homes as quickly as possible and as a central task. at the same time, we carry on with our operations in the gaza strip and will continue to do so. the people of eastern rafah awoke to leaflets telling them to evacuate.

many have been displaced before, but still they were told to leave — everyone, no matter how old, how young or how vulnerable. to al—mawasi, israel says, and other desolate places beyond rafah. the so—called humanitarian zones were to be expanded. but they've never been safe from sickness, hunger or war. this is the aftermath of raids on rafah last night. people hope these may have been some of the last air strikes if the ceasefire can be made to work. news of the hamas announcement

was still hours away. nisreen rajah, mother and refugee. for seven months, this has been the daily reality. this orphan, grieved by his relative. "his family was killed during the war," she says. "even he was killed." so many here are grieving and exhausted. late tonight, israel attacked eastern rafah, where they told people to leave. celebration had turned to fear... ..and the hope that tomorrow might bring peace. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. let's show you the sea and live in

rafah where we can see smoke rising into the air —— let's show you the scene. the israel defense forces said it has operational control of the gazan side of the rafah crossing following the announcement that the idf was having targeted strikes against hamas in eastern rafah, while in the past few hours the military has said their forces were scanning the area after launching this ground and air operation in parts of eastern rafah on monday. diplomatic efforts are continuing to try to achieve a new truce. let's speak to louise wateridge from unrwa, whojoins me now from rafah. welcome, tell us what the situation is right now where you are.- is right now where you are. things are very tense _ is right now where you are. things are very tense year _ is right now where you are. things are very tense year in _ is right now where you are. things are very tense year in rafah. - is right now where you are. things are very tense year in rafah. the | are very tense year in rafah. the last 2a hours have been a complete roller—coaster of emotion, even the last few days, there was so much hope for ceasefire. anybody you speak to hear, in the last week, the

last few months, every day all they want to know is when there was a ceasefire coming, and it is what everybody has been hoping for. to wake up yesterday morning to the devastating news that leaflets have been dropped and an evacuation order was in place, it spread a lot of fear across the community. i'm currently in western rafah bridge across eastern rafah people started to move, even outside my window i could see people starting to take down their makeshift shelters, starting to pack up and leave rafah. there is a lot of fear spreading, throughout the day you can see more and more people starting to move, starting to leave, and then last night, out of seemingly nowhere, for myself at first i heard of it was screaming and cheering out of the window, i was completely overcome with emotion, everyone around, you could see women and children hugging each other, crying, families coming together, just as outpouring of

relief that people have held for so long at the hope of a potential ceasefire and that this morning very subdued and quiet, as the day has gone on i had seen more and more vehicles move out of the rafah area as people are packing their things and leaving. there is a sense of fear and chaos, this is a minute by minute, hour by hour situation developing, but clearly people are hearing of the situation of the rafah border crossing at now deciding to leave once again. tell us what the _ deciding to leave once again. tell us what the aide situation is like. more aides had been getting in past few weeks, what is the—year—old situation? few weeks, what is the-year-old situation? , ., ., situation? there is no aid entering the gaza strip. — situation? there is no aid entering the gaza strip, the _ situation? there is no aid entering the gaza strip, the rafah - situation? there is no aid entering the gaza strip, the rafah crossing| the gaza strip, the rafah crossing is the only crossing but unrwa, the largest humanitarian agency here, has been using, so now no humanitarian aid is all fuel can get

in. thewlis what the agencies need to run this massive humanitarian operation across the gaza strip, it is needed to run the trucks to get the aide to the people who need it, it is needed and the generators to run the generators, hospitals, so with alan tate, the aid operation will grind to a halt. —— so without eight. in north gaza we had some very heroic colleagues who have maintained reading these health services throughout the war. we do our best to provide these services and provide what aid we have but it is very concerning to know the border crossing is closed and there is no foreseeable aid entering any time soon. ., ~ is no foreseeable aid entering any time soon-— is no foreseeable aid entering any time soon. ., ~ i. ., , time soon. thank you for telling us about the situation _ time soon. thank you for telling us about the situation where -

time soon. thank you for telling us about the situation where you - time soon. thank you for telling us about the situation where you are, | about the situation where you are, believes water edge from unrwa, in rafah. —— louise wateridge from unrwa. let's speak to our correspondent injerusalem yolande knell. what are the authorities saying about why they had taken control of this crossing between egypt and rafah? , ., ., , this crossing between egypt and rafah? , . ., , ., , this crossing between egypt and rafah? , . ., , , ., rafah? the israeli army has put out footaae rafah? the israeli army has put out footage showing — rafah? the israeli army has put out footage showing israeli _ rafah? the israeli army has put out footage showing israeli tanks - footage showing israeli tanks rolling into this key crossing, the rafah crossing, between gaza and egypt. it says it has taken operational control there and it is dealing with hamas terrorist infrastructure, to use its language, infrastructure, to use its language, in that area. it says it has built 20 hamas terrorists overnight and has found three channel shafts and it is linking operations between this part of rafah to the rocket fire it says came from this area, fired by hamas on sunday, which

killed four israeli soldiers close to another crossing, leading to the closure of that important crossing in the gaza strip too. at the moment when we are taking briefings from the israeli military they stress this is a very precise unlimited operation, they are not putting a timeframe on it. they are working to reopen the other crossing as security allows.— reopen the other crossing as security allows. reopen the other crossing as securi allows. , ., ., security allows. tell us more about this potential _ security allows. tell us more about this potential ceasefire _ security allows. tell us more about this potential ceasefire deal - security allows. tell us more about this potential ceasefire deal which | this potential ceasefire deal which hamas says it supports, israel says it goes a long way from meeting its demands. we understand that unofficial talks will still take place today in cairo, what more do we know about that? that place today in cairo, what more do we know about that?— place today in cairo, what more do we know about that? at the moment for ceasefire — we know about that? at the moment for ceasefire deal _ we know about that? at the moment for ceasefire deal is _ we know about that? at the moment for ceasefire deal is really _ we know about that? at the moment for ceasefire deal is really hanging i for ceasefire deal is really hanging in the balance because of the different positions we had, the declaration from hamas which was quite dramatic saying it agreed to what the mediators had proposed, israel coming out quickly and denying this was the proposal it had signed up to, saying there were

differences from its core demands, but we have also had, confusingly, some officials coming out and saying this is very similar to the proposal put forward by israel itself at the end of last month. it seems that the fundamental difficulty for israel is signing up to any kind of phased deal of a ceasefire and hostage release that would ultimately lead to an end to hostilities, an end to this war before, in the eyes of israeli government, it has achieved its aim of dismantling hamas in gaza, it says that is necessary to have a victory in this war. personal information about serving members of the uk armed forces has been accessed from a system used by the ministry of defence. the bbc understands that china is suspected to be behind the attack. let's speak to our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman.

tell us more about this. we still don't know _ tell us more about this. we still don't know an _ tell us more about this. we still don't know an awful— tell us more about this. we still don't know an awful lot - tell us more about this. we still don't know an awful lot about i tell us more about this. we still i don't know an awful lot about this case but what we know it is very serious indeed. what happened was that some third party actor got hold of the armed forces payroll system. that is information on the names of everyone serving in the armed forces and some veterans too, things like their bank details and in some limited cases their personal addresses too. grant shapps, the defence secretary, will be updating mps about this later today. he won't identify a culprit but i am told that at top of government faces back the chinese state of being behind this and that of course opens up all sorts of questions about the uk's relationship both diplomatic and economic with china. haifa relationship both diplomatic and economic with china.— relationship both diplomatic and economic with china. how are they auoin to economic with china. how are they going to potentially _ economic with china. how are they going to potentially deal _ economic with china. how are they going to potentially deal with - economic with china. how are they going to potentially deal with that, do you think? i going to potentially deal with that, do you think?— going to potentially deal with that, do you think? i think they will come under a lot — do you think? i think they will come under a lot of— do you think? i think they will come under a lot of pressure _

do you think? i think they will come under a lot of pressure from - do you think? i think they will come under a lot of pressure from some i under a lot of pressure from some conservative mps who have long been calling for a tougher approach to china. so iain duncan smith, a former conservative party leader and cabinet minister, has posted this on x, yet another example of why the uk government must admit that china poses a systemic threat to the uk. he identified china plus russia, iran and north korea as part of and access of totalitarianism which he says the uk government much st tackle. i think a lot of conservative mps will agree with that. —— which the uk government must tackle. under the prime ministership of david cameron, now the foreign secretary, the uk was talking of a golden age of relations with china. the uk is now much more sceptical about cooperation with china but nevertheless still important economic ties. this case could throw that into some jeopardy. thank you, henry.

let's speak to now to ciaran martin, the former head of the uk's national cyber security centre. thanks for being with us. what do you make of what we know so far about this hack?— you make of what we know so far about this hack? how serious is it? the details — about this hack? how serious is it? the details are _ about this hack? how serious is it? the details are yet _ about this hack? how serious is it? the details are yet to _ about this hack? how serious is it? the details are yet to be _ about this hack? how serious is it? | the details are yet to be concerned, and the details matter. from the information currently available it is a significant incident probably at the lower end of serious. in terms of losing the data of military and government personnel it is not on a par, for example, with the incident nine years ago where the chinese state is believed to have walked off with the security clearance details of 20 million us federal government employees, this seems to be a broad data breach but in terms of the actual information disclosed, relatively shallow. it is not good news, it is damaging for the uk, it is not a cause for panic but i think serious questions will need to be asked about the data security about government,

particularly defence personnel. what particularly defence personnel. what are those questions? _ particularly defence personnel. what are those questions? this is not just embarrassing, it is potentially very damaging? this just embarrassing, it is potentially very damaging?— very damaging? this is why the details matter, _ very damaging? this is why the details matter, if— very damaging? this is why the details matter, if it _ very damaging? this is why the details matter, if it is _ very damaging? this is why the details matter, if it is the - very damaging? this is why the l details matter, if it is the names and bank account details, names of military personnel be obtained by various means and you would expect hostile states to have tried that by other means, it is not great they managed to get lots of them in one place that we should not kid ourselves that that is the sort of thing that is not happening all the time. if accessed, bank details can identify people at risk who are vulnerable to blackmail because of financial circumstances and so forth. addresses, again, can be generally available in many cases but it is not the crown jewels dataset that, for example, the united states lost some years ago. the sort of questions i think need to be answered firstly are the really, really serious datasets are better protected? secondly, this is

a private company, one assumes, so the relief as it does not give a gateway had a whiter mod systems but what sort of controls are being exercised by the mod over people they are paying to handle sensitive data? that it's really important. then there is the question of who is responsible. this then there is the question of who is responsible-— responsible. as we heard from our corresponding. — responsible. as we heard from our corresponding, the _ responsible. as we heard from our corresponding, the government i corresponding, the government suspects china, we will hear more from the defence secretary later but as henry said, it is not expected he will directly point the finger. is it possible to know for certain? there is an issue of the timetable, under british data protection law you must tell people as soon as reasonably possible, but is meant to be very quick, but data has been compromised. it is understood this data breach only emerged last week but that is why it is being discussed right now. a government statement about who they think is responsible is not subject to those laws and it is right the government takes time until it is absolutely

certain. the government has been accusing china, russia and all the states so iain duncan smith mentions of all sorts of cyber operations, never alone, always with partners and always with a high degree of confidence. you do not cast these accusations around. i think some will be frustrated that the government does not say anything today, it is right government takes time to this right. china has form in this area but so do lots of countries. defence and foreign ministries are the two most targeted organisations on earth and digital espionage is rife throughout the world. i think we have to expect cyber operations against those types of institutions well into the future. ., ., of institutions well into the future. . . ., , future. ciaran martin, really interesting _ future. ciaran martin, really interesting to _ future. ciaran martin, really interesting to get _ future. ciaran martin, really interesting to get your - future. ciaran martin, really i interesting to get your analysis future. ciaran martin, really - interesting to get your analysis and insights, thank you. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

vladimir putin will be sworn in as the president of the russian federation once again

later today, after a landslide election victory in march. western governments condemned the vote as unfair and undemocratic, with many not sending a representative to today's, because of objections to the war in ukraine — but france and some other eu states are expected to send an envoy despite a plea by kyiv. let's speak to luke harding, foreign correspondent for the guardian. welcome to you, what can we expect from the inauguration today, the fifth time this will have happened in 2a years? fifth time this will have happened in 24 years?— in 24 years? yes, i think what we can exoect _ in 24 years? yes, i think what we can exoect is _ in 24 years? yes, i think what we can exoect is a — in 24 years? yes, i think what we can expect is a lot _ in 24 years? yes, i think what we can expect is a lot of— in 24 years? yes, i think what we can expect is a lot of spectacle. l can expect is a lot of spectacle. this is not really about politics. if you look at how we got here, vladimir putin has been in powerfor 24 years, this is his fifth term, the elections were not free and fair but the main opponent of vladimir putin, the main political opponent, alexei navalny, died in february in

a prison colony near the arctic. essentially this is kind of a coronation. i think if we look at what has happened to russia, since i was there about a decade ago it has gone from being authoritarian to a kind of totalitarian state where the is not much political pluralism and one man at the top you pretty much decides everything. his one man at the top you pretty much decides everything.— decides everything. his first two presidential _ decides everything. his first two presidential terms _ decides everything. his first two presidential terms were - decides everything. his first two presidential terms were very - presidential terms were very different and looked on quite favourably. different and looked on quite favourably-— different and looked on quite favourabl . ~ . . ., favourably. what has changed? i would say that _ favourably. what has changed? i would say that putin _ favourably. what has changed? i would say that putin is _ favourably. what has changed? i would say that putin is a - favourably. what has changed? i l would say that putin is a messianic mode. he is 71 years old, he has decided his great task as leader, president of russia, is to, i guess, make russia great again, to coin a phrase. he has launched essentially an imperial war to take over and subjugate ukraine, he has said ukraine is historical russia. i

think he is thinking about legacy and how history will look at him. he spent a lot of time in the covid pandemic reading books of history and has convinced himself that the war in ukraine is almost a sacred task. i think what the inauguration todayis task. i think what the inauguration today is about is consolidating support behind him, showing the russian people that the war is just unnecessary and also that russia is surrounded by nasty enemies including the eu, the us, the uk and so on. we including the eu, the us, the uk and so on. ~ ., including the eu, the us, the uk and so on. ~ . , including the eu, the us, the uk and so on, ~ ., , including the eu, the us, the uk and so on. ~ . , ., so on. we are 'ust looking at ictures so on. we are 'ust looking at pictures of— so on. we are just looking at pictures of people _ so on. we are just looking at pictures of people arriving i so on. we are just looking at pictures of people arriving in | so on. we are just looking at - pictures of people arriving in the great hall, lined up now to see his arrival which is expected shortly. people who had seen this before, it is called the long walk, it is a massive hole, a really long walk, it is notjust presidential but regal? yes, or you

is notjust presidential but regal? yes, oryou might say is notjust presidential but regal? yes, or you might say tsar—like. is notjust presidential but regal? yes, oryou might say tsar—like. in terms of politics it is not a conventional western thing, it is not like britain or america where governments change and presidents change. putin has outlasted seven british prime ministers. this is all about pomp and ceremony, ritual. sometimes i think when analysing the kremlin and job politics, the best way is to think in terms of films and dramaturgy and we will see the long walk of putin going down this corridor surrounded by courtiers, well—wishers, senior russian politicians, not actually buy so many western envoys, they have mostly boycotted. it is a moment and what has been a very long and durable dictatorship.— what has been a very long and durable dictatorship. when we talk about those _ durable dictatorship. when we talk about those attending, _ durable dictatorship. when we talk about those attending, many - about those attending, many countries are boycotting this. some have decided to send envoys, france and some other eu states are sending delegates or well—wishers,

diplomats, if you will. why? what goes into the decision—making process about whether or not a country is seen to support this? some might be surprised that france is. ., , some might be surprised that france is. . , . . , , is. that is a really interesting question- _ is. that is a really interesting question. before _ is. that is a really interesting question. before the - is. that is a really interesting i question. before the full-scale question. before the full—scale invasion of ukraine in 2022, president macron did a lot of shuttle diplomacy, flight between paris and moscow, trying to persuade vladimir putin to pull his troops back from ukraine's borders. i suspect what is behind it is an understanding that at some point we had to have negotiations in ukraine, some kind of settlement and enter the war and it is not possible to have no conversations with moscow, the kremlin. i think it is looking to a future point, we do not know when that will be, probably not this year, maybe next, where there will be tough talks between here and moscow, both of whom was my goal is for now, ukraine to survive, russia

to take more territory, are completely incompatible. you talk about its critics _ completely incompatible. you talk about its critics and _ completely incompatible. you talk about its critics and the _ completely incompatible. you talk about its critics and the fact - completely incompatible. you talk about its critics and the fact that i about its critics and the fact that there are none now, the fiercest critic in the country, alexei navalny, died in a siberian prison some weeks ago. many pointing the finger directly vladimir putin, certainly his family and many western nations. what sense is there in the country of how much support there is for vladimir putin and whether there is any sense of any opposition maybe in the grassroots, maybe people trying to form some kind of alliance against him? to be honest, kind of alliance against him? to be honest. there _ kind of alliance against him? to be honest, there is _ kind of alliance against him? to be honest, there is not _ kind of alliance against him? to be honest, there is not much - kind of alliance against him? trr ye: honest, there is not much genuine opposition in russia. its critics are either dead, in prison or in exile. the kind of movement that alexei navalny grew before he died earlier this year has been crushed quite ruthlessly by the kremlin. that said, i think the regime is a

little bit more brittle but it sometimes appears. last survey of getty proposed skin, and oligarch and a warlord who had his own private mercenary company launched a short lived campaign against moscow. we must leave it there, we are heading to a break as we are watching these pictures looking forward to vladimir putin being sworn in as the head of the russian federation. hello. a long last a little bit of welcome news in the forecast for the rest of this week, after what has been a particularly wet spell for some southern and eastern areas. at the isle of portland in dorset, we've already exceeded our main rainfall in the first seven days. contrast that with kinloss on the moray coast where, we've not seen a drop of rain recorded yet. we'll switch things round a little bit through this week and when we need a bit of rain, the north and west of scotland, the will be some at times. still some dry weather here and warm with the sunshine out later. but where we've seen the wettest conditions, a largely dry picture on the isolated showers and feeling

warm as the sunshine develops more widely. and even today, an improving picture. the weather front which brought the rain in the southeast has cleared through. 0ne weather front, though, still tangled and across parts of scotland, producing lots of cloud and a few spots of light rain or drizzle. a few light showers possible across western england and wales, but nowhere near as many or as widespread as yesterday, or indeed as heavy. and it does mean that more of you will spend the bulk of the day dry, if not the complete day dry. and temperatures responding into the high teens, if not low 20s. always cooler where that thicker cloud is in parts of scotland. that'll be there tonight. fairly cloudy in northern ireland too, for a while. a few mist and fog patches possible, but low cloud and sea fog will lap into eastern parts of england, and around western coast of wales, north coast of devon and cornwall too, to make for a murky start tomorrow. but temperatures fairly similar to this morning. now, as we go into wednesday, the middle part of the week, that high pressure, which is going to bring the dry conditions, becomes more established to the south and east. weatherfronts, though, scooting around thatjust to the north and west, which is going to bring some rain

later on across the western isles, northern and western scotland and, into the evening, maybe across some parts of northern ireland. only the odd isolated shower across some western areas. most places though, having a dry day on wednesday, and with a little bit more sunshine around after that murky start, temperatures will be more widely high teens and low 20s. as you go through into thursdaym overnight patchy rain or drizzle in northern ireland clears. still a bit damp in the far north of scotland. many, though, will have a dry day. very few, if any ,showers around at all for most of you. and a lot more sunshinem so we could see temperatures by this stage 22 or 23, and creeping into the low 20s in parts of scotland and northern ireland too. and they will climb further as we go through towards the end of the week and into the start of the weekendm with most dry until we see some showers develop on sunday. take care.

this is bbc news — the headlines... israel claims control of the gaza side of the rafah crossing, as ceasefire talks are set to resume in cairo. vladimir putin is to be sworn—in as russia's president for a fifth time, but many western governments are boycotting the inauguration. as chinese president xi jingping continues his state visit in france, european leaders urge him to use his influence to halt

russia's war against ukraine. rescuers work to free over 50 construction workers trapped under a collapsed building in south africa. and floral extravagance on the red carpet, as stars attend the met gala in new york. the chinese president, xijinping, has been urged by european leaders to use his influence to halt russia's war against ukraine. mr xi has been attending talks in paris with the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, and the french leader. president macron welcomed renewed assurances from his chinese counterpart that beijing would not sell arms to moscow, and would strictly control the export to russia of dual—use goods that can be turned to military purposes. we will be live in beijing with david rennie from the economist shortly but first let's firstly speak to our paris correspondent hugh schofield. welcome. tell us what has been happening so far on this visit in your assessment of it so far.