hello, it is 6 p.m. in london, and this is the world today with me, ben brown. anger and condemnation after two israeli diplomats are shot dead in washington. police there say the alleged suspect was shouting free palestine. the hate has got to stop and it has to stop now, and this person will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. also this hour we have a special report from bbc verify examining the israeli strike on gaza's european hospital in which 28 people were killed. united kingdom signs a deal to hand over the chaigos islands to mauritius, but a joint british american military base will remain in operation there. and also coming up on the world today, on top of the world...

we'll tell you about the british team that climbed everest in record time and the rather controversial way in which they did it. hello, welcome to the world today here on bbc news. donald trump has been speaking to the prime minister of israel, benjamin nahu, to express his sorrow over the shooting of two israeli embassy staff members in washington on wednesday night. the victims have been named as yaron lisinskiy and sarah lyn milgrim. they were a couple about to get engaged. they were killed while they were attending an event for young jewish professionals at the capitals jewish museum. well police say that a gunman approached the couple and opened fire as they left an event at the museum in the heart of the city last night. israel's foreign minister.

claimed that anti-semitism was behind the attack and what he called anti-israeli incitement by european governments saying that that was to blame for the shooting. well this was the us attorney general, pam bondi visiting the scene of the attack and speaking to reporters saying that what happened in washington on wednesday evening could not be tolerated. i can tell you security has been increased here as of last night, um our us marshals are working hand in hand to make sure the embassy is safe, our ambassador is safe, and again, please no, everything we know now, he acted alone, from everything we know now, this is an ongoing investigation, but but whether you're jewish or not, be vigilant, you know, this is the last thing, these two young people, they were at a religious event right around the corner from where we're standing, a religious event with friends and with coworkers, they walked outside to go home and were gunned down

that cannot happen in our community, and this is the day where we all need to come together, no matter what religion we are, and the muslim religion actually reached out to our rabbies and offered condolences and sent a beautiful message that they just showed me, and that's what should be happening in our world. let's go live to washington and join our north america editor sarah smith who's there for us now. sarah, what more do we know, what more has emerged about this shooting? well, we know that the suspect, 30-year-old elias rodriguez is due to appear in court later on this afternoon, and the fbi are saying that they think he acted alone, as you heard um, the attorney general pambonde saying, and also that they think this was a targeted act of violence, so it is their belief that mr. rodriguez selected this event that was happening at the capital jewish museum last night, but hadn't identified any particular individuals that he's

wanted to target it, that he was just taking shots of people who were leaving that event at the museum, and although some people have been calling this a terrorist incident, it is more likely to be investigated as a hate crime, and to that end the fbi are coming through social media posts and other writings from this suspect who on social media accounts linked to him, there seems to have been seems to have been expressing a lot of war, a lot of anger about the war in gaza and also discussing in what circumstances political violence could... be justified, so that is something that the fbi will very much be looking into before this case goes to trial and weave. heard also from the head of the fbi, cash patel saying that because this shooting goes to the very core values of american society, that he personally will make sure it is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. and what other political reaction has there been in the united states to this? well, on all sides of the political spectrum, people have been absolutely...

appled by this and completely condemming it, saying that violence has no place in american society, that no political ends ever justify this kind of violence. people are really horrified by this, because it's such a tragic story. of this young couple who were just about to get engaged, having been selected at random as they were leaving this evening event last night and being shot down in the street, it's just it it really has shocked people in a city that you know is accustomed to violence, the political targeted nature of this has gone to the very and core of what people are anxious about in in in these heightened times and so the yeah it's been met with universal condemnation and with donald trump speaking to bb netan yahoo the israel prime minister and telling him that he's heartbroken about what's happened and expressing his foolishs condolences. sarah, thank you very much indeed, and in fact we've just been hearing from the israeli prime minister, mr. netanyahu, so we can play you back some of his comments. of germany visited israel, and after he saw the horrors, he said to me, these hamas

terrorists are exactly like the nazis. he was right, and if they could get away with it, these hamas terrors would have... slaughtered every last jew on earth. for these neonazis, free palestine is just today's version of hy hitler. they don't want a palestinian state. they want to destroy the jewish state. they want to annihilate the jewish people who've been in the land of israel for 3,500 years. i could never understand how this simple truth evades the leaders of france, britain, canada and others. they're now proposing to establish a palestinian state and reward these murders with the ultimate prize. well, for 18 years we had a de facto palestinian state. it's called gaza. and what did we get? peace? no, we got the most

savage slaughter of jews since the holocaust. you won't be surprised to learn that hamas thanked president macron and prime minister starmer and carney for demanding. again and again and again, because that's what hamas is about to do. i say to president macron, prime minister carney, and prime minister starmer, when mass murderers, rapists, baby killers and kidnappers, thank you, you're on the wrong side of justice, you're on the wrong side of humanity, and you're on the wrong side of history. now, these leaders may think that

they're advancing peace, they're not, they're emboldening hamas to continue fighting forever, and they give them hope to establish a second.

trucks into gaza, that's right, 92, aid trucks, that includes 1.8 million tons of aid, 1.8 million tons of aid, more than enough food to feed everyone in gazo, yet as we had let the aid come in, hamas stole it, they took a huge chunk for themselves, the rest they sold at exorbitant prices to the palestinian population, and then they use the money they stole. to recruit new terrorists to continue their war against israel. our goal from the start was to get food to palestinian civilians, not to palestinian terrorists. so we consulted with our american allies, what do we do to prevent hamas from looting the aid? well, together we divised a a mechanism to achieve

this goal. american companies will distribute the food directly to palestinian families. they'll do so in safe zone secured by our military. and this will allow us to complete our.

be released and released immediately, and so should every civilized country demand this. we're an intense seven front war that was launched against us by iran and its proxies. sometimes in war accidents happen. one such incident happened the other day in jene, and thankfully no one was hurt. our military has expressed its regret over the event, because we don't target civilians or diplomats, we target terrorists, exactly the opposite of hamas. "they target civilians, ours, and they hide behind civilians, theirs, they use them as human shields, that's a double war

crime, but i don't hear that coming from anyone of those countries that criticize israel. for those who say that israel stands alone, i say we're not alone. justice stands with us, the truth stands with us, history stands with us, and so do countless people around the world who can tell the difference between right and wrong, between good and evil." "i want to thank all of them, and i especially want to thank president trump and the american people for their fourth-right stand with israel and with the jewish people. together we stand, together we'll triumph, and we'll see the victory of civilization over barbarism. last night in washington, something horrific happened a brutal terrorist of two israeli embassy staff in here in washington dc last night. youran lishinski." and sarah milgrim were a beautiful young couple. in fact, we learned that yuron was planning to propose to sarah

next week in jerusalem. yuron's father daniel spoke about the young couple's devotion for one another this morning. he said, they were in love, one for the other. the embassy told us they were like a star couple at the embassy. i never expected something like this. he had his whole life before him. these words, especially every parent knows, are heart-wrenching, the evil of anti-semitism must be eradicated from our society. i spoke to the attorney general this morning. the department of justice will be prosecuting the perpetrator responsible for this to the fullest extent of the law. hatred has no place in the united states of america under president donald trump. everyone here at the white house is praying for the victims, friends and families during this unimaginable time. now, first from scheduling. on saturday morning, president trump will deliver the commencement address at the united states military academy

at westpoint. on monday to commemorate memorial day, the president will visit arlington national cemetery and participate in a reath flaying ceremony. the president will further honor our military next month on june 14th when he hosts the 250th anniversary of the united states army with a grand military parade celebration right here in our nation's capital. president trump will be joined by veterans, active duty troops, wounded warriors, gold star families and patriotic americans from across the country to celebrate our heroes who have kept us safe. tickets for the parade and the celebration are available through the america 250 commissions event registration portal. it will be a truly historic and special day for our country. after the parade, president trump will travel to the g7 leader summit in canada from june 15th through the 17th. we will be sending an additional logistics information out after the briefing. last night, republicans in the house passed

the one big beautiful bill act, the most significant piece of legislation in years. there were all, there were a lot of good faith negotiations in the republican conference leading up to the final passage, but as always, president trump came in at the end to bring all sides together and get this deal done. this one big beautiful bill will implement president trump's make america great again agenda. by delivering the largest tax cut in american history for middle class families, the working class and small businesses. the one big beautiful bill fulfills president trump's promises of no tax on tips, which was a... plotted today by the ceo of uber, no tax on overtime, a made in america auto tax break, trump savings accounts for newborn babies and substantial tax cuts for our amazing seniors social security benefits. the one big beautiful bill was will permanently secure the border by delivering the largest border security investment in history, funding at least 1 million annual removals of illegal aliens to carry out the largest

deportation campaign ever, finishing the trump border wall and giving pay. and bonuses for our incredible ice and border patrol agents. the one big beautiful bill protects the medicaid program and its benefits for the most vulnerable americans that the program was designed for by kicking off 1.4 million illegal aliens from receiving benefits and implementing common sense work requirements for abled bodied americans. the one big beautiful bill also helps get our fiscal house in order by carrying out the largest deficit reduction in nearly 30 years with 1.6 trillion. dollars in mandatory savings every single democrat in the house of representatives who voted against all of these common sense and massively popular policies, the democrat party has never been more radical and out of touch with the needs of the american people. the one big beautiful bill is the final missing piece toward ushering the golden age of america. the senate should pass this as quickly as possible

and send it to president trump's desk for a final signature. after today's president trump will hold a make america healthy again event alongside secretary kennedy and several other cabinet secretaries to unveil the maha commission report. president trump wants every child in america to grow up and to live a long and healthy life. that's why he's working alongside secretary kennedy to end the chronic disease epidemic to keep our children healthy, safe and disease-free. the maha commission report is a historic assessment, the first of its kind. by any presidential administration of current evidence and research about the health crisis affecting america's children. this report is a review of pre-existing research to comprehensively assess what we understand about our health problems and what we don't understand and how we can find those answers. all of the findings will be based on the gold standard of science, and i think i speak for all mahams

across the country when i say we look forward to the president's event in remarks later this afternoon. and as we head into the memorial day weekend, a quick update on gas prices: according to the fuel savings platform, gas buddy, the national average price of gasoline is expected to be $3.8 on memorial day, we expect that to continue to decline because of the president's energy policy, just listening to the uh white house press secretary there talking about the shooting of those two israeli embassy staff, saying it was heart-wrenching, um, we know it's been discussed between donald trump and the israeli prime minister. the white house saying that donald trump is saddened and outraged by those two killings and we were also just before we went to the white house press briefing hearing from the israeli prime minister himself who was once again denouncing hamas and also european leaders who have been talking about a state for the palestinians, he was saying look what you get

when you give palestinians uh land and saying that the... the seventh attacks had come from gaza and that should not be repeated. let's go back then to the white house press briefing cuz we're going to get questions to the press secretary. caroline leave it in just a couple of minutes personation of an official kidnapping in robbery strong arm a cuban national convicted of attempted first degree murder with a weapon. a citizen of lios convicted of first degree murder and robbery. a mexican national convicted of second degree murder. a citizen of south sudan convicted of. in the possession of a firearm, a citizen of burma, convicted of livious acts with a child less than 12 years old, a citizen of burma convicted a first degree sexual assault involving a victim mentally and physical, incapable of resisting, it's disgusting, and a vietnamese national convicted a first degree murder. now a liberal activist district court judge in

the city of boston, massachusetts is trying to force the president of the united states to... bring these monsters back to our country, judge brian murphy is ordering the department of homeland security to give these illegal criminals 15 days to reopen their immigration cases with access to phones and attorneys. every single one of these individuals i will had, i will add, had final orders of removal from our country, and now judge murphy is forcing federal officials to remain in djabooti for over 2 weeks, threatening our us diplomatic relationships with countries. around the world and putting these agents lives in danger by having to be with these illegal, murderers, criminals and rapis, this is completely absurd. secretary of state, he is not the secretary of defense or the commander and chief, he is a district court judge in massachusetts. he cannot control the foreign policy or the

national security of the united states of america, and to suggest otherwise is being completely absurd. according to new reporting about this judge, he's a registered democrat in massachusetts who during his senate confirmation hearings failed to disclose his ties to a radical left-wing organization that claimed the word illegal to describe illegal aliens was: inherently prejudicial, this massive judicial overreach by judge murphy is part of the same opposition our administration has faced since day one. radical left-wing judges are agregously trying to stop president trump from using his core constitutional powers as head of the executive branch and commander and chief. these judicial activists want to unilaterally stop president trump from deporting foreign terrorists in keeping the american people safe. nearly 80 million americans reelected this. president to deport illegal criminals from our homeland and polling consistently shows that 90% of americans want illegal alien criminals, especially those with final orders of removal from our country who have chosen to continue to stay

here illegally, americans want these people sent home. we hope the supreme court will continue to reign this in as soon as possible to restore proper constitutional order in our country. we'll take some questions and here in our new media seat today we have jillian michaels. she's a renowned personal health. expert, i know all of you know her, i certainly do, watching fitness videos growing up, and a media powerhouse who has continues to expand her reach with her podcast, keeping it real. jillian, i know you're here today for the make america healthy again event, we're uh proud to welcome you to the white house, uh, thanks for being in the briefing, why don't you go ahead, thank you for having me. as a maham mom yourself, how do you interpret the significance of this report in terms of delivering measurable health improvements for americans and their kids, and... what specific actions does the administration plan to take in response to it? sure. well, thank you uh for the question. again, thank you very much for being here. i would like

to emphasize, we held a call earlier today with secretary kennedy, secretary rollins, administrator zeldin and other officials at health and human services to talk about the gravity of this report. when the president took office, he promised to make this country healthy again. and the president signed an executive order directing this commission, and now less than 100 days. the commission is delivering this report, it's another promise made and another promise kept. uh, in the report identifies four major factors that are contributing to the rise in childhood chronic disease. again, this is the first time the federal government has really recognized in a single report that we have a problem in our country, our children are getting sicker, not healthier. this is not just a crisis, health crisis, but it poses national security implications as well, and this administration is focused on ensuring we understand why. uh, the four factors contributing to the report, as you will all hear from the president later, uh, our number one poor diet, a robust discussion about

ultra-processed food that are dominating our children's diets, environmental, chemical exposure, plastics and other chemicals that are unfortunately a part of our daily american life. it talks about the lack of physical activity and chronic stress and how technology driven lifestyles are contributing to the decline of our children's physical and mental health. and then lastly, the report touches on the overmedicalization that's taking place in our american society, nowhere else in the world, but just right here and the united states of america, and the report directs the entire administration to understand why these issues are happening and what public policy can the administration implement to ensure that we are fostering a more healthy country for our children, so i'll leave it at that and let the president and his team speak more about this historic report later, but this should be good news for everyone, i don't care. what your politics are, we should all agree that we want our children to be healthy and safe, and we want our food supply to be healthy and safe. we have the best farmers and ranchers in the world right here in the united states of america,

and we have the best workers in the world, we have the best people in the world, but unfortunately we have a health crisis that's been plaging us for too long, and this report speaks to the heart of it. you're welcome, thanks for being here. garret, go ahead. kellen, you guys are very proud of your record on transparency. i have two transparency related questions for you, sure. on the president's dinner tonight, will the white house commit to making a list of the attendees public so people can see who's paying for that kind of access to the president? well, as you know, garret, this question has been raised with the president. i have also addressed the dinner tonight. the president is uh attending it in his personal time. it is not a white house dinner, it's not taking place here at the white house, but certainly i can raise that question and try to get you an answer for it. okay, and on the qatari aircraft, the air forces said they're going to classify all the information about... the work that has to get done to bring it up to snuff to be air force one. um, previous air force one contracts, including the one that the president entered into in 2018 are are public, that's available knowledge. will the white house commit to releasing?

who's doing that work and the cost of that work? i understand that some elements might be classified about specific systems, but we commit to releasing that basic information so people can see ultimately what this costs. well, garret, as you know, that's a question for the department of defense in the united states air force, who is accepting this jet as part of their fleet. do you classify anything you wants? well, you'll have to ask the department of defense in the united states air force who is accepting this jet as part of its fleet. peter, the president can declassify anything that he wants, has he looked to see? "if there are any records here that would contradict what we've been told about joe biden's decline? uh, he has not uh directed anyone to my knowledge to look into that uh, but surely um, i can ask him if he intends to. i think the president has spoken on this pretty extensively, and i have spoken it uh about it extensively from this podium as well, how it was truly one of the worst political scandals this country has ever

seen that the previous administration covered up..." decline in the former president's mental and uh physical ability, and it's now all coming out uh, but the american people knew the truth, and that's one of the many reasons why president trump won the election on november 5th, and president trump says that he basically thinks unelected biden staffers concealed his decline so that they could use the levers of power for their own personal gain. well, look, that's not just the president thinking that, peter, there's a new book out, i don't know if any of you have heard about it uh, again. a little bit too late cuz the american people knew the truth on this from the very beginning and there were reporters in this room, including some from your network, peter, i'll give you a little bit of credit here who have said that clearly joe biden's staffers were engaging in this cover-up, so this is common sense, this isn't the president making it up, these are facts that are now finally being revealed right, and i'm not saying the president is making it up, but he specifically talks about the autoopen, he thinks that staffers were using this auto pen, is there some kind of like a like a badge that you have to swipe to use an auto pen, is there a r

i can tell you here at this white house, the president signs any document that has legal implications. the president signs every executive order, he signs every proclamation, he signs pretty much every document that is needed for the president's signature with the exception of maybe some letters to children. from what we have heard and seen, that was not the case in the previous administration, and the president is raising good questions that are worth looking into. and as for maha, i'm going to take a sip of water if that's okay with you guys. go ahead. thanks caroline, back to the presidential galla tonight. did anyone in the white house or in the white house council's office advise the president against holding this sweep stakes whereby the people who spent the most money on his trump coin would then have access to the president at this dinner. again, the president has been asked about this, he has addressed this. i have also stated previously from this podium that the president is abiding by all conflict of interest laws that are applicable to the...

president and i think everybody, the american public believe it's absurd for anyone to insinuate that this president is profiting off of the presidency, this president was incredibly successful before giving it all up to serve our country publicly uh, and not only has he lost wealth, but he also almost lost his life, he has sacrificed a lot to be here, and to suggest otherwise is frankly completely absurd have any concerns round of nuclear talks between iran and the us is going. take place on friday in rome, what is the president anticipating ahead of that, and if a deal doesn't come from that meeting, is he going to walk away? well, i'm glad you brought up iran, because i do have an update, the president spoke to prime minister benjamin netanyahu today, uh, they had a productive discussion, they discussed many things, including the of course the tragic shooting that took place here in washington dc last night, but they also did talk about a potential deal with iran, which the president believes is moving along in the right.

direction uh, and as the president told me, and he's told all of you, this deal with iran could end in two ways, it could end in a very positive, diplomatic solution, or it could end in a very negative situation for iran, so that's why these talks are taking place later this week. yamish, good to see you, i can, thanks for taking my question, sure, the president showed a video that he said showed more than a thousand burial sites of white south africans that he said were murdered, we know that that was not true and that the video wasn't doing that, so i wonder why did the president what's not true, it's not true, the video was showing a burial site, it is unsubstantiated that that's the case, no, it's it is true that that video showed the crosses that represent, what the president claimed, the the the video showed images of crosses in south africa about white farmers who have been killed and politically persecuted because of the color of their skin,