this is bbc news, the headlines. rishi sunak�*s troubles continue as another mps defects from the conservatives to labour saying the prime minister has let britain down. tens of thousands of palestinians are ordered to evacuate by the israeli military. prince harry marks ten years of his invictus games at a service in london during a brief visit to the uk. the olympic flame cells into the french port at head of the start of the paris games injuly.

let's turn to south africa were rescue workers have been trying to save people trapped under the rubble of a building. save people trapped under the rubble ofa building. nearly save people trapped under the rubble of a building. nearly a0 of the 75 workers who are on site remain unaccounted for. the structure collapsed in the south african city of georgia on monday. the authorities in the western cape sees seven people are confirmed to have died. the cause of the collapse which happened while the building was under construction is being investigated. the rescue effort includes two people with sniffer dogsin includes two people with sniffer dogs in heavy lifting equipment. the president is called for an investigation into the collapse and assumptions condolences and we can show you the live shot the scene in george where those rescue efforts are continuing in the hope still that people can be found alive under the rubble. we can hearfrom the

west cape of south africa. you the rubble. we can hear from the west cape of south africa. you have to do extensive _ west cape of south africa. you have to do extensive searching _ west cape of south africa. you have to do extensive searching but - west cape of south africa. you have to do extensive searching but the i to do extensive searching but the dogs and equipment and when you do find a victim it can take the patient we took isa is a afternoons over seven hours. it's a very intense operation. the moment. — it's a very intense operation. the moment. you — it's a very intense operation. the moment, you went _ it's a very intense operation. the moment, you went into the building with his _ moment, you went into the building with his colleague and as soon as you get— with his colleague and as soon as you get in— with his colleague and as soon as you get in there, the building starts — you get in there, the building starts to— you get in there, the building starts to collapse and it was right next to _ starts to collapse and it was right next to him and he said he could not move _ next to him and he said he could not move because there was bricks laying on his—

move because there was bricks laying on his legs _ move because there was bricks laying on his legs and they were laying on his arm _ on his legs and they were laying on his arm and — on his legs and they were laying on his arm and he was only able to use one hand _ his arm and he was only able to use one hand and it said at my cell phone — one hand and it said at my cell phone with me and he picked up his cell phone _ phone with me and he picked up his cell phone and he looked at the time than he _ cell phone and he looked at the time than he realised that i'm not going to survive~ — than he realised that i'm not going to survive. there is no way out and he was _ to survive. there is no way out and he was laying — to survive. there is no way out and he was laying in a small space but then he _ he was laying in a small space but then he saw next to him was a piece of brick— then he saw next to him was a piece of brick laying there and he can hit the lead _ of brick laying there and he can hit the lead to— of brick laying there and he can hit the lead to noise so that. i am feelin: the lead to noise so that. i am

feeling good- _ the lead to noise so that. i am feeling good. and _ the lead to noise so that. i am feeling good. and i'm - the lead to noise so that. i am feeling good. and i'm very - the lead to noise so that. i am feeling good. and i'm very happy he is still— feeling good. and i'm very happy he is still alive — feeling good. and i'm very happy he is still alive and _ feeling good. and i'm very happy he is still alive and that _ feeling good. and i'm very happy he is still alive and that is _ feeling good. and i'm very happy he is still alive and that is the - is still alive and that is the important _ is still alive and that is the important thing _ is still alive and that is the important thing for- is still alive and that is the important thing for me. i the rescue scenes where there is still hopes of finding some survivors. here in the uk, group of parents and social media played a role in their children's deaths or criticising new online safety rules drawn up by the media safety organisation ofcom. 16—year—old breonna are among those who took part in the bbc breakfast debate this morning and social media companies faced being named and shamed if they did not toughen up their checks and did more to stop young people who seem the most harmful content but many of the parents say ofcom's new traffic code lacks ambition.

11 young faces. 11 short lives. the online world playing a role in each of their deaths. leaving behind them parents campaigning in their names so no other family has to go through what they have. and they have a simple message. sit up and listen to parents that have lost their children. it is a david and goliath situation. it's been quite painful and very frustrating as a parent. everyone here knows only too well how damaging the products of big tech can be. today, their chance to question the minister and the regulator and demand that they do more to rein in silicon valley. parents and young people and everyone here today is kind of counting on us. first, the chief executive of ofcom. how are you going to impose and verify their age? pretty much all the social media platforms have a minimum age of 13,

but they're not doing enough to... they're not doing anything really at the moment to enforce that. we know that, i'm afraid ao% of 5 to 7 year olds currently are on social media. and i would say to any parents listening today, it is a very risky environment for children of primary school age. 13 is still a child. ia is still a child. 15 is still a child. yet many tech companies assume that if you're 15, that is ok. well, it clearly isn't ok for 13 to 17 year olds to be on social media today, given that it's not a safe environment for them. then a question for the minister. a question about suicide content on social media. why are they allowed to publish this content? that's a really simple and really powerful question. under the act, they they're not. my message here, sitting on your sofa today is that the tech companies don't need to wait for the full implementation of this bill. they can start now, and some of them already have, but they need to go further

and faster to make the changes. they are waiting. how can we make them move? yeah. so i feel your frustration on this. and if we could fully implement the bill tomorrow, i'd be doing it. absolutely. what we don't want to do is do so fast that it has lots of loopholes or that they can easily litigate and it's chewed up in the courts for years. we want this to be robust. so i would like to see a phone which at point of purchase is set up and it's safe by design for children. what we've done is really big. it is groundbreaking. it's more than any other country in the world has done in this space. is it job done? absolutely not. so many really brave parents have gone through so much horrendous, so, so many horrendous tragedies. and yeah, i think that they should be proud of the strength and the solidarity as well. i suspect if if they were still alive and seeing what we're doing, they'd be they'd be really proud and they'd be cheering us on. 11 young voices may be stilled, but in the fight to protect other children, their parents

will not be silenced. angus crawford, bbc news. let us turn to the situation in gaza where thousands of palestinians have been fleeing eastern parts of rafah to escape and israeli offensive. on monday, the military told of those affected to head towards an expanded humanitarian area to the north when they said they would find field hospitals, tents and basic supplies. they have been in contact with laura, a doctor who is at the european hospital in southern gaza and this is when she told us. we came with _ and this is when she told us. we came with a _ and this is when she told us. - came with a us—based international team of 16 doctors and nurses to the european general hospital in gaza and rafah and orthopaedic surgeries and rafah and orthopaedic surgeries and primary care however with the invasion of rafah in the past few

days, we've had to transition to the emergency management and we've actually had to go against the grain of traffic and what you are looking at the border of east rafah we are looking at western rafah brought the bombing is happened in the european general hospital is right around the border and we have gone against the grain of evacuation of civilians and theirfamilies know grain of evacuation of civilians and their families know the grain of evacuation of civilians and theirfamilies know the remnants grain of evacuation of civilians and their families know the remnants of things they were already able to salvage from the north and from khan younis, they are told her that i can do it again and go back to khan younis which is unfortunately completely destroyed and we have seen and the hospital that in the proximity of 30,000 people who are inhabiting the hospital when he first came, living in the hallways, cooking trying to find a rest room in the hospital and what we have seen is those people have evacuated

to khan younis including the hospital staff and we are having very few hospital staff remaining in the emergency department and the injuries we are seeing are just absolute catastrophic, broken bones, skull fractures with swelling, third—degree burns, the doctors have been working nonstop without sleep we have had depth of children and the doctors do not have time to cry, they will briefly cry and hugged each other in the hallways and then there's already another child needs their expertise and intervention and after several days without sleep this afternoon approximately 1pm we had a brief time without bombings and mass casualties and the doctors instead of getting some much—needed rest have decided to give blood and to pray and to continue saving as many lives as possible here. is the wound specialist, i go to the wounds are and there's no other place in

the world with as many wounds we do not have pain medication, we don't have the opportunity for operating rooms where performing dressing changes and doing everything we can without pain medication and it is an absolutely horrific scene here in something we are not able to even process in real time because as soon as we see and hear something, it's absolutely horrific a five—year—old child with an open fat tissue exposed in the mother has shown the photo of his father wrapped up dead and as soon as we hear that story, we need to turn and move this another�*s patient needing our care and i know my family and friends are concerned for me and i know i'm here right now doing everything i can do whatever that may be to alleviate the absolutely horrific human suffering occurring here in rafah.

still to come on the road today, astra seneca withdraws its covid—19 vaccine and the surplus of newer vaccines, we will see i would change the pandemic. and ask performing an eurovision, will be back in sweden with the latest. around the world and across the uk, this is world today on bbc news.

the new scottish first minister has unveiled his cabinet with kate forbes taking the top role of deputy. he is officially sworn in a scotland bus by seven first minister in edinboro. he succeeds the predecessor after stepping down after more than a year in charge and kate forbes says she was deeply honoured to take on the role of deputy first minister. the covid—19 vaccine is being

withdrawn globally and is one of the first to be produced during the pandemic and billions of doses are created in the company says its withdrawal decision was for commercial reasons so, what is changed to? than to speak to the professor who was a former member of thejoint committee on professor who was a former member of the joint committee on vaccination and immunisation and thank you very much for your time and there was a time when he spoke a lot on an almost weekly basis about covid—19. and the development of this vaccine was one of the big stories of that period in first, why it's being withdrawn, is to deal with how effective it is on the current strains come is that right? that is art in it strains come is that right? that is part in it and the _ strains come is that right? that is part in it and the other— strains come is that right? that is part in it and the other thing - strains come is that right? that is part in it and the other thing is i part in it and the other thing is there is now a global surplus of covid—19 vaccines. we're going to see this and possibly others disappear simply because there's much demand but this vaccine is not one that is being adapted to the

newer viruses which have not circulated and its effectiveness will have gone down and the antibodies aren't going to neutralise the same way the viruses we saw in 2021. neutralise the same way the viruses we saw in 2021-_ we saw in 2021. let's go back to the hei . ht of we saw in 2021. let's go back to the height of the _ we saw in 2021. let's go back to the height of the pandemic _ we saw in 2021. let's go back to the height of the pandemic in _ we saw in 2021. let's go back to the height of the pandemic in the - we saw in 2021. let's go back to the height of the pandemic in the news | height of the pandemic in the news emerge from the development of this vaccine and art to change the course of the pandemic? it vaccine and art to change the course of the pandemic?— of the pandemic? it was a very excitin: of the pandemic? it was a very exciting time _ of the pandemic? it was a very exciting time for _ of the pandemic? it was a very exciting time for us _ of the pandemic? it was a very exciting time for us and - of the pandemic? it was a very exciting time for us and we - of the pandemic? it was a very - exciting time for us and we worked very hard on a number of sentences and collaborating with colleagues to try these vaccines and it's been an enormous public support in the early phase of the definitive study and having enough cases to study to make sure we had enough against those who didn't have the vaccine and into thousand 20 we finally got the result and that was very exciting moment because we did not know whether what i vaccines are not in tjy whether what i vaccines are not in by the early part of 2021, it was

being out by the vaccine and we are able to observe massively good protection particularly of old folks receiving just one dose of this vaccine within an adventure period of time and they really did contribute massively to getting us out of that catastrophe is going on at that time it went on to be used around the world in very large doses made it available at a very low cost and it was easily stored and have an enormous impact on the following year and send large numbers of lives. now to eurovision. last night was the first semi final, where 18 acts performed, including the uk's entrant olly alexander. a warning in the following story there may be some and strobing lights. ireland broke its eurovision "curse", qualifying for the contest�*s grand final for the first time since 2018. ireland's bambie thug's electro

metal anthem doomsday blue is now among the favourites to win. but the contest is taking place amid protests against the gaza war. former swedish eurovision contestant eric saade was not competing and had the keffiyeh symbol, commonly used by people who want to show their support for palestinians, on his arm as he performed his 2011 entry popular. let's speak to eurovision journalist, lisa jayne. good to see you and talk us through that first semifinal and what caught your attention. that first semifinal and what caught your attention-— your attention. what caught my attention was _ your attention. what caught my attention was welcome - your attention. what caught my attention was welcome to - your attention. what caught my attention was welcome to the l your attention. what caught my - attention was welcome to the media centre for tonight stress rehearsal, the second semifinal by last night was as you would expect, it was a

diversity of music and everything from rock, to pop, to balance and everything which things that caught my eye obviously, ireland, i'm a bit biased on that front there are a lot of good things in ukraine was fantastic, croatia's being talked about is a winner in last night semifinal, that is onlyjust grown and asking for my addictions, is to level another semifinal to get through and alexander, the uk being part of the big five, we have to talk about it competitively as well and there's a lot to come. looking ahead to the _ and there's a lot to come. looking ahead to the other— and there's a lot to come. looking ahead to the other semifinal, - and there's a lot to come. looking | ahead to the other semifinal, what do you think you should be looking at? mr; do you think you should be looking at? ~ , do you think you should be looking at? g , do you think you should be looking at? y , ., do you think you should be looking at? g , ., , at? my 'oy is from the semifinals and at? my joy is from the semifinals and this afternoon, _ at? my joy is from the semifinals and this afternoon, things - at? my joy is from the semifinals and this afternoon, things that i and this afternoon, things that stood out was a spanish band representing san marino and fantastic song and latvia, appear

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be united and the thing is united by the music and that is what we are focused on here and we know it is happening outside today. and focused on here and we know it is happening outside today. and very briefl , happening outside today. and very briefly. putting _ happening outside today. and very briefly. putting you _ happening outside today. and very briefly, putting you on _ happening outside today. and very briefly, putting you on the - happening outside today. and very briefly, putting you on the spot, i happening outside today. and very briefly, putting you on the spot, isj briefly, putting you on the spot, is at croatia for you to win?— at croatia for you to win? for me, es. and at croatia for you to win? for me, yes- and people _ at croatia for you to win? for me, yes. and people should _ at croatia for you to win? for me, yes. and people should also - at croatia for you to win? for me, | yes. and people should also watch out for switzerland, italy and possibly belgium as well. those are my takes on it right now.— my takes on it right now. en'oy the rest of your— my takes on it right now. en'oy the rest of your time i my takes on it right now. en'oy the rest of your time watching _ rest of your time watching eurovision in talking about it, journalists there. to stay with us here on bbc news. now to the olympic flame! the olympic flame for paris 202a has arrived on french soil today after completing its mediterranean crossing from greece to the french port of marseille. it will be one of the longest olympic torch relays in history. for ten weeks, about 10,000 people

ranging from sports stars to survivors of terrorist attacks and a 102 —year—old veteran and a 102—year—old veteran of the french resistance will take turns to carry the symbolic flame. the torch will travel through more than a00 french towns and territories and notable locations on the itinerary include mont saint michel, the normandy beaches of the d day landings and the space centre at kourou in french guiana. let's speak to philip barker. he is an olympic historian and author of 'the story of the olympic torch.�* thank you forjoining us and waited your fascination with the olympic torch begin?— your fascination with the olympic torch beuin? ~ "' ~ torch begin? when i carried in 1996 is art of torch begin? when i carried in 1996 is part of the _ torch begin? when i carried in 1996 is part of the celebration _ torch begin? when i carried in 1996 is part of the celebration in - torch begin? when i carried in 1996 is part of the celebration in the - is part of the celebration in the greek mountains although the weather was very poor, it was a very emotional experience and since then, i've been lucky enough to follow

every single summer olympic torch and i was there when this wonderful sailing ship took off with the flame about ten days ago it seemed like only yesterday and the french love the spectacular and that is what they had in marseille this afternoon before lighting the first cauldron. philip, i'm sorry to interrupt you, we're having some difficulty hearing you and the sound is a little distorted, i'm going to try to ask you another question and we'll see if it improves bike talk to us about the significance of this relay, this bill up to the main event —— build adopts. bill up to the main event -- build ado ts. . bill up to the main event -- build adots. . . , bill up to the main event -- build adots. . ., , ., adopts. once it arrives on french soil, adopts. once it arrives on french soil. people _ adopts. once it arrives on french soil. people in — adopts. once it arrives on french soil, people in france _ adopts. once it arrives on french soil, people in france are - adopts. once it arrives on french soil, people in france are now. adopts. once it arrives on french i soil, people in france are now going to become very aware of the olympic games coming in less than 70 days'

time and in london, in 2012, was of the flame arrived and the base started to really grow.- started to really grow. again, unfortunately _ started to really grow. again, unfortunately the _ started to really grow. again, unfortunately the problems i started to really grow. again, i unfortunately the problems with started to really grow. again, - unfortunately the problems with the sound are persisting and a little tricky to hear you but we do appreciate your time today and thank you very much. when toby addison lost his sight as a teenager, he says he went off the rails and struggled to cope but as the years went on, he refused to let it restrict his life. toby started posting videos about his disability on social media, and his refreshingly honest approach has earned him a huge following. simon marks has been to meet him. i was born visually impaired and i was told i had a condition called retinitis pigmentosa. my sight was lost slowly over many, many years. and by the time i was 16, that's when i lost all my functional vision. and what effect did that have on you?

you were still at school? yeah, i was doing my gcses at the time when my eyesight started to go really, really quickly and i went off the rails a little bit and, yeah, didn't respond in the best way, naturally. i don't think there's a right way to respond to losing your sight. i went to university after i finished in school, and thankfully i had a clean start then. and, you know, my social life is buzzing now. and toby is also buzzing on tiktok and instagram, where he talks about his blindness in a refreshingly honest way. people thought that i'd never amount to anything, and to be fair, neither did i, due to my disability. blind people can't succeed or have fulfilling lives, right? it would have been quite easy for me to believe that and live a life of no independence. but sometimes you've got to flip the script. excuse me, do you know what station is this train stops at? oh, sorry. i didn't realise you were blind. you wouldn't know, would you? bognor, barnham, ford, arundel, amberley, pulborough, billingshurst, christs hospital, horsham, crawley, three bridges, gatwick airport, east croydon, clapham junction, london victoria. your social media presence is off the scale. you're very popular. i don't know why. how did that happen? it's a bit of luck, really. i reacted to a viral video of myself on someone else's page, and the video that i made ended up going viral.

that was my first video, and i thought, "ok, well, let's just keep, keep going. let's see what happens." and i gained a large amount of traction very, very quickly. at some point in life, everyone will face a barrier. and it's so easy to just give up because something's in your way. if you do that, you'll never get what you want. push the boundaries, and don't let your circumstances dictate your life. because if a blind man can do it, anyone can. do you think you might be becoming a role model? i like to think i've got a positive influence over people who are maybe losing their sight, parents of kids who are losing their sight. you know, reassuring people that disability isn't something to be scared of. that's my ultimate aim. hello there. it's been another pretty decent day up and down the country but weather fronts have brought some rain to the north and west of scotland, more of a breeze here, as well. that's what we will see into tomorrow, though much of the country should continue to stay dry and settled. for the rest of the week, we'll continue with these early morning mist and fog patches

which could be quite dense but very quickly the strong may sunshine will burn it away and most places will see sunshine throughout the afternoon. so the rain continues to splash into the north and west of scotland through the overnight period. it will tend to become more confined to the north of scotland by the end of the night. much of northern ireland, england and wales will be largely dry. there's a few clear spells around but also some patchy cloud, low cloud, at that, some mist and fog developing too. those temperatures, 8—11 celsius. so this is the picture for thursday, high pressure sitting pretty much on top of the uk. this weather front continues to push northwards to bring more rain to northern scotland but once again, tomorrow morning we could see some dense mist and fog patches first thing. but very quickly, the strong may sunshine will melt it away, we should start to see widespread sunshine for england and wales, northern ireland, central and southern scotland. it looks like the rain will become confined to the far north highlands and the northern isles through the day, so turning drier there. could see up to 20 celsius or so in central and southern scotland, 19—20 for belfast, 22—23 in the warmer spots for england and wales.

as we move through thursday night, it looks like it will stay dry once again. light winds, a bit of mist and fog developing here and there. still a few spits and spots of rain for the north of scotland as that weather front loiters around. it could be a little milder as well to start friday, 9—12 celsius. friday, anotherfine looking day, plenty of sunshine around. a bit more cloud across scotland but even here, it should be dry, including the north of scotland. light southerly breezes, those temperatures reaching the mid—20s for the warmest spots in england and wales, up to 21 celsius for the central belt of scotland, 20 there for belfast. high pressure continues to bring fine weather into the weekend but as it pulls away to the east, it starts to allow low pressure and weather fronts to gang up on us from the south and from the west, so it will start to turn more unsettled gradually. could see some heavy showers across scotland on saturday, warm and sunny elsewhere. it could be very warm in the south on sunday — increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms, though, later on sunday.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. he's not stopping the boats and he's leading the country down, letting the country down, while meanwhile, under labour, they are clear that it is important to have defence and they want to make sure that they have good national security. i think she speaks for very many tory voters in saying that the tory party has changed, it's left the centre ground. when you look at the things she said in the past, - if you look at the things she said in the past, . her criticisms of labour— on immigration policy on the boats, seems completely incompatible with her position now. - elections always mesmerize a deeply tribal westminster, but the curiosity with this one is that it's almost equal opportunities and it's discombobulation for conservative mps and labour mps.

another conservative mp crosses the floor to labour. natalie elphicke, memberfor dover, one of the hard—line voice on migration, she now sits with keir starmer. —— voices. we will get reaction. the us defence secretary confirms the white house did pause bombs that were heading to israel, over their concerns about the looming invasion of rafah. and xi xinping arrives in hungary for dinner with viktor orban, one of his closest allies in europe, who does tend to dig his heels in on policy that threatens china. a very good evening. after a weekend of disastrous results in the local elections, rishi sunak came to the commons intent on rallying his troops. but waiting for him was an ambush.

just as his mps began taking their seats behind him,