live from london. this is bbc news. health officials in gaza say israeli airstrikes have killed 81 people in the past 24 hours. iran holds a major state funeral in tehran for senior iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists killed by israel this month. a day after being forced into a u-turn on welfare reform, sir keir starmer says britain's benefits system is broken, and he's committed to repairing it. fixing it is a moral imperative, but we need to do it in a labour way, conference. and we will. health alerts and fears of wildfires. much of southern europe is entering a heatwave, with temperatures forecast to reach more than 40-degrees. and a controversial day at glastonbury, kneecap performs but is not telecast

live by the bbc, while another performer chants slogans against the israeli army. hello, i'm lauren taylor. let's start this hour in gaza where the hamas-run health ministry says israeli airstirkes have killed 81 people and injured 422 in various parts of the territory in the last 24 hours. the ministry, whose figures the un finds reliable, says that ambulance and civil defence crews are facing difficulties in reaching a number of victims trapped under the rubble and on the roads, due to the field situation and the impossibility of movement in some

of the affected areas. israel does not allow foreign journalists free access to gaza. our correspondent in jerusalem dan johnson has more on the situation in gaza. a number of incidents have been reported in the last 24 hours across gaza. it's not clear exactly how many people have been caught up in exactly which incident, but we are told that at least 12 people were killed in an airstrike near to the palestine stadium, and that's somewhere that had been sheltering displaced palestinian refugees who were living in tents. one of the videos overnight showed families and relatives searching through the sand and rubble there, trying to find people who'd been caught up in that attack. and we're told that eight people living in nearby apartments were also killed in that airstrike. but a number of other incidents reported involving either the israeli air force or unmanned drones opening fire. there are also reports from the gaza civil defence that two more palestinians were killed queuing for aid. that's the sort of incident that we've seen repeatedly over the past month, since the gaza humanitarian foundation took over the running of the aid distribution network across gaza that organisations come under criticism for the shortage of aid and the fact that these crowds have built up outside its centres repeatedly, which has led to these

incidents of security guards or soldiers opening fire. we're told two more people killed in a similar incident today. and all these deaths and further injuries in continued airstrikes. no direct comment from israel's military. but we're also waiting for further details. difficult to get verification because we're not allowed to report independently in gaza. we can't go there ourselves. so we're reliant on colleagues on the ground feeding us updates, material and pictures of exactly what has happened there. but this is all going to add to the pressure for renewed efforts to try to find a ceasefire in gaza now. and indeed on that, there's some suggestion from the mediators in qatar and also from president trump, that there could be something on the horizon, that there's some sort of momentum there. yes, the talk is of momentum, some optimism, given the truce

between iran and israel, which is now still holding, has been in place since early this week. the sense from donald trump seemed to be that he could now go on and oversee a peace deal between israel and hamas, which would end the hostilities across gaza. the qataris are set to mediate those talks. the hope is that they can start next week, but a lot would have to be worked out there. a deal needs to be done to release the remaining israeli hostages. and the future status of hamas and its key officials is something that would have to be agreed. there was a cease fire at the start of this year, just when donald trump took office, but it only lasted two months before israel again launched strikes. but given the current climate, the loss of palestinian life, the threat of starvation that the population there is facing, agencies like the un have been repeatedly warning about the shortage of aid. so there is pressure on all sides for israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu to cease hostilities in gaza, to protect palestinian life, but also to protect the lives of israeli soldiers who have continued to die there. huge crowds in the iranian

capital tehran have attended a state funeral to honour the senior military commanders and leading nuclear scientists killed by israel earlier this month. it comes as president trump warned he would consider bombing iran again, if he felt it was necessary. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in tehran. she is being allowed to report from the capital on condition that none of her coverage is used on the bbc's persian service, which broadcasts to the people of iran. this law from the authorities applies to all international media agencies operating in iran. lyse has been covering todays ceremony. a defining moment for the islamic republic of iran. mourning fills the streets, but also anger and defiance. these are the foot soldiers of the revolution, the islamic order's most loyal supporters, chanting the old slogans death to america and death to israel, holding the iranian flag high, waving the photographs of some of their top military commanders. their leading nuclear scientists assassinated by israel in the 12 day war.

they remain intensely loyal to their leaders at a time when iranians across this country are confronting new dangers and also new questions about their relationship with the wider world and what is the best way forward. sir keir starmer says there is a "moral imperative" to change the welfare system, despite having to perform a u-turn on his plans to cut benefits, to stave off a backbench rebellion. speaking to the welsh labour conference this morning, the prime minister said fixing the 'broken' welfare system would have to be done in a 'labour way', after more than 120 mps threatened to block his proposals. the initial plans would have made it harder for people to claim a personal independence payment or pip. but the stricter criteria will now only apply to new claimants. iain watson reports.

cheers for keir starmer at the welsh labour conference, but would he have got such a warm reception if you hadn't conceded changes to his welfare reforms? more than a quarter of his mps expressed concerns. disabled people who currently claim personal independence payments will now no longer lose out. but the prime minister insisted the benefits system still needed to change. and everyone agrees that our welfare system is broken, failing people every day. a generation of young people written off for good and the cost spiralling out of control. fixing it is a moral imperative, but we need to do it in a labour way, conference. £1 billion package to help people into work will now be brought forward, but from the end of next year, new applicants for personal independence payments could still face stricter criteria. so what did his party's rank and file think? we're amazed we found ourselves in this situation with less than a year in power. and no labour government should be attacking benefit claimants. they shouldn't be attacking

elderly, poor pensioners. one could see the car crash happening and the compromise that's reached is not great, but it'll do for the moment. mps will vote on the welfare reforms on tuesday. some labour mps, like some charities, say the government's concessions will lead to a two tier system, with existing claimants potentially getting paid more than new claimants who have exactly the same condition. this is ultimately still a cost-cutting measure, and that means that, however they try and co-produce the system for these new people moving forwards, we're going to be taking billions of pounds out of the pockets of people with high levels of vulnerability when there are better alternatives on the table. despite phone calls and text messages from some cabinet ministers this weekend, some labour mps simply won't fall into line. perhaps around 50 of them currently intend to call for changes to the government's own legislation when a vote comes on tuesday. this would delay the welfare reforms in their entirety until further assessments

of their impact on disabled people have been made. now, at the moment, these numbers aren't enough to defeat the government, but some mps say they're still making up their mind. and even a government victory will come at the price of a significant rebellion, and money still has to be found to pay for the government's concessions. these attempts to reform welfare are proving financially and politically very costly. in the us, president trump is hoping that what he's

described as a very good week on the world stage can give him momentum with getting a huge domestic policy package through congress, the so-called "big beautiful bill". and it has been a busy week: he ordered strikes on iran's nuclear facilities - which culminated with a ceasefire between israel and iran. he had nato members agree to his demand for an increase in defence spending up to 5% of gdp. the supreme court ruled - at least partially - in his favour on citizenship birthright. he described it as a 'giant win'. and he's overseen a peace deal brokered between the democratic republic of congo and rwanda, ending two decades of fighting. robert moran who is a former republican pollster and strategist. i asked him if the momentum will help donald trump with his big beautiful bill. the legislative process is never pretty and that applies here. it is never linear and that also applies. but he has momentum across a number of things, including foreign policy wins this week. and i think there's also the calculus in the house and senate among republicans that this is a must pass party line vote bill, and they need to do it sooner rather than later, because the longer they wait to hammer this agreement out, the more likely it will unravel. and so, i think they're going to try to get meaningful progress this weekend and then get a vote before the 4th of july

and get it done. and is the problem with this, that republicans are worried that their constituents won't necessarily feel better off with these tax cuts, and at the same time, they'll be losing some of their benefits, so republicans will feel it at home in their constituencies? i think the issue here is they want to extend the tax cuts. they want to get some insurance on making sure that the economy can improve. um, and they also need to pass this bill, uh, or some version of it. the challenge is that the in the senate, republicans have enough votes. in the house, they have such a narrow majority that is very difficult to cobble together, something that, you know, 99% of their caucus can agree upon. and so, there are really just two sticking points that they're trying to hammer out. one is what's called salt, which is the the tax exemption for state and local taxes and your federal taxes and the other one is medicaid cuts. and they're really trying

to hammer those out, but they have no margin in the house to spare. and so, that means any small cluster of members could sort of almost hold the process hostage. and that's what that's why they're trying to move so quickly. and what about the constituencies? i mean, we mentioned one of the elements of his week, which was the iran action. and there was some big unhappiness amongst some of the maga supporters at the time that this was being discussed. has that moment of risk for president trump with that kind of fracture within maga past, or do you think that that's still potentially there as an issue and might affect some of this domestic policy? i think it's i think it's overblown. i mean, the flash polling that is already public on this showed widespread support for the strike, especially among maga republicans. there were some voices, some very conservative maga voices that were their concern is some kind of a regime change and nation-building effort that would go on for years, so-called forever wars, which is what led to the fracture

in the republican party coming out of iraq years ago. that's what their concern is. i think this the airstrike that happened is not nation building or regime change, so i think the administration has been able to communicate that effectively. and just briefly on the polls, it's not looked as though the legislation currently in congress is particularly popular with voters, though. is that a problem for president trump? yes. well, i think that the challenge here is that this bill is so large and covers so many things that it's hard for people to get their head around. it's almost like many of our very large omnibus bills are never going to be popular because they require, you know, puts and takes, you know, they require people to lose things here and there to get other things done. but what the administration is trying to do is essentially codify some of the trump agenda into this. so to extend the tax cuts, to have no tax on tips,

a number of pro-business provisions to fund immigration control etc. and that's what they're trying to put into place here, robert. and they're going to do this, but then, they have to come back on a range of other issues, especially the budget, and try to find more savings. but i don't think they can do that now. southern europe is expecting an intense heatwave this weekend with temperatures likely to exceed 40 celsius in some areas. spain, italy, france and greece have warned about wildfires and the impact of the heat on health. guy hedgecoe is in madrid and gave us the latest from there. martine, i'm in the centre of madrid and the temperature here at the moment is in the mid 30s celsius, still climbing and it's going to get hotter than that. it's going to get much hotter than that in the south of the country later

today and tomorrow. and in terms of how the heat is being managed, the authorities have issued advice regarding how people should manage themselves and stay out of the sunlight and if possible, stay indoors during the hottest time of the day, which tends to be in the mid to late afternoon here in spain. and there is, in fact, legislation in place to protect manual workers during the heat. and it says that during a heat wave like this, manual workers should not be working outside during the hottest time of the day. so that, for example, would protect construction workers and agricultural workers. but i think this heat wave has come earlier than many people would have expected. although we are seeing more heat waves in june and more frequently here in spain. but the national weather agency has said that it expects this month to be the hottest let's talk about those heat health alerts first of all. month to be the hottest june on record.

heat health alerts have also come into force as england braces itself for a second heatwave in just over a week. our weather presenter ben rich told us more about the forecast over the coming days. let's talk about those heat health alerts first of all. these are issued by the uk health security agency. they are only issued for england, and this time the amber alerts cover these parts of southern and eastern england. now, these heat health alerts are designed to warn vulnerable people - so the elderly people suffering from long term illness, for example - of the potential impact of the heat upon their health. so why is this heat wave happening? well, it's all to do with the heat we've been hearing about in continental europe. over the next few days, in southern spain, we could get to 43 or 44 degrees. that heat has been building under an area of high pressure, descending air drying out and warming. and as that area of high pressure moves eastwards over the next few days, we will tap into southerly winds and we will pull more of that heat and humidity in our direction, temperatures peaking probably across the southeast of england on monday at 33 or 34 degrees, but even further north

and west, well, it won't be as hot, parts of northeast scotland will still get into the middle 20s. one other key reason for this heat is climate change. analysis from scientists at climate central suggests that the sorts of temperatures we'll be seeing over the next few days in england have been made three to five times more likely by climate change. as the world continues to warm, we expect our heat waves to become more frequent and more severe. dr jonathan buzan, climate change researcher at aalborg university in denmark, gave us his take on these extreme weather events. the weather in the uk, getting up to like 30 celsius is quite warm, especially since the average can be around 20 and when temperatures increase rapidly, you don't have time to cope. so even though the temperature is not that high, if you do a lot of activity outdoors, you can be impacted. so one of the big problems with climate change is that the duration of the heat will continue to build for longer and longer periods of time.

and that means that buildings of older types can heat up and then, they won't cool down. so we have to think about new types of construction that allow the heat to leave the building. but for those that are not in a situation where they can leave those buildings yet. uh, what you end up doing is you stay indoors during the hottest part of the day, but then you need to get out and be in shade when it's your building is staying hot. uh, the big problem is that, uh, if you can't get the temperature down below 26 in your building, then you start having problems with sleeping. tens of thousands of people have defied the hungarian government and turned out at the beginning of the banned annual lgbt pride march in the centre of budapest. a new law - which prime minister victor orban said targets today's march - makes it an offence to hold events that 'depict or promote' homosexuality to anyone under eighteen.

the liberal mayor of budapest says the police can't ban any march sanctioned by his city council. many hungarians and other europeans have been flocking to budapest to show their support for the event despite reports that far right protesters may try to disrupt it. our correspondent nick thorpe is in downtown budapest with the latest. on a scorching summer's afternoon, tens of thousands of people marched through budapest to celebrate pride, several times larger than previous years as many hungarians and people from across europe or the world came here to celebrate liberal freedoms and tolerance. the right of expression, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly. the police kept a low profile. the prime minister and his government, for their part, tried to reclaim the word pride. they posted photographs. they flooded the internet, especially facebook and other social media with images of what they are proud of their children, their grandchildren in an attempt to steer the narrative to reclaim the pride word.

it's not known yet, as everyone celebrates victory this afternoon in budapest, what legal consequences the organisers or the participants might face for taking part in what was, after all, a march which the government and the police declared to be illegal. huge crowds have watched kneecap's performance at glastonbury today despite calls for them to be banned from the music festival. the irish band made an impassioned speech about the war in gaza, criticising israel's conduct of the war. the bbc said it would not live stream kneecap's set and instead show it on-demand on digital platforms. one of its members, liam og o'hannaidh, has been charged with allegedly displaying a flag in support of the proscribed terrorist organisation, hezbollah, at a gig, last november. he denies the charge. headliners tonight include charlie xcx on the other stage and neil young. let's speak to our culture reporter, noor nanji who joins us from worthy farm. over to you. i am here at

glastonbury where day two of the music is well and truly under way. we have had everyone from the kaiser chiefs to jade and we have also learned who that mystery blind patchwork wire. no one knew exactly who they were. -- that's a mystery band. i was down at the pyramid stage and their people already queueing there because they are already convinced that it is going to be a pub who walked on stage. it was a brilliant set, they are completing their set now. now, it is going to be no younger, and he is facing some stiff competition -- neil young. we've got charlie x e x. we've got to doechii, a rapper from the us -- but we've got charlie xcx. and i can tailor that we have got some fans here waiting for charlie exley -- charlie xcx. you are very

excited about charlie. we love charlie. what is it about her that speak to you. she very much has been at the game for all her 20s but never really had her big break as she is now 32 and the last two years have been heard time and it is so great to see a female singer who is hitting her straight after her 30 and speaking for all the girlies and we love herhave you been fans for a long time? yes, such a long time, we love! of course there has been the row a tiktok dance. can you demonstrate it for us? we will demonstrate the dance? ! three, two, one. here we go. that was absolutely brilliant. i hope she picks you

out in the crowd because you guys look like you are in it their mood. you guys have a good time! as you also sane in introduction, also been in introduction, there's also been kneecap, the irish rap trio who has also been in the line-up. as you mention in your introduction, one of the members liam was recently in court, charged with a terror offence relating to allegedly displaying a flag in support of hezbollah. we should say he has been denying those charges but at the prime minister keir starmer has been saying that he did not think it was appropriate for kneecap to be performing here at glastonbury. earlier today, they drew a cloud net a crowd. they were repeating the chance to get keir starmer and repeating those pro-palestinian messages that are some of their sets have becoming known for. there was a rapper bob vili and,

equally vocal on his position on the gaza war and he led the crowd on anti-idf chance. thank you very much indeed. -- matt anti-idf chance. jeff bezos, the founder of amazon and one of the world's richest men, has married the former journalist lauren sanchez in venice. the event is reported to have cost around $46 million and was relocated from the city centre after protests from venetians. the celebrations have attracted many high profile celebrities, but also protests. our correspondent sarah rainsford is in venice and has been spotting the celebrities under the scorching sun. three days of lavish parties here in venice, culminating this evening with the big gala event at a venue which is slightly away from the city centre. because of the protests. i think there were concerns about security. there had been some promises or threats from protesters that they would throw themselves into the canals here

and try to block the way for guests trying to get to this celebrity event that apparently is not going to happen. but still, the main venue for this evening has been moved out of town. but it has been, as you say, three days of glitz and glamour. lots of people here in venice with their phones out poised, trying to get those photos of the rich and the famous who have been here in the city. but to be quite honest, it's pretty hard to spot them. there are 200 or so a-list celebrities in town. the paparazzi get the occasional photograph as they as they step onto water taxis and make their way around the canals here, or head to one of the big events. but for the rest of us, it is pretty much venice as usual, despite the concerns ahead of this event that basically the wedding was going to take over the city and there'd be nowhere else for other people to move. we've been keeping an eye on this water taxis as you mentioned there as celebrity guests a step into this water taxis with the paparazzi poised. as a combination of

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this is bbc news, the headlines... health officials in gaza say israeli air strikes have killed 81 people across the palestinian territory in the past 24 hours. iran holds a major state funeral in tehran for senior iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists killed by israel this month. sir keir starmer says his welfare reforms strike iran holds a major state funeral in tehran for senior iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists killed by israel this month. sir keir starmer says his welfare reforms strike "the right balance" after making concessions to his own backbench mps. speaking to the welsh labour conference, the prime minister says he is committed to making changes. health alerts and fears of wildfires - as much of southern and central europe enters a heatwave -