to allow more humanitarian aid into the famine threatened territory. into the famine we hear from the father of a seven—year—old girl who died in a small boat trying to cross the channel. translation: she said "help me dad", but i couldn't reach her. _ there were people standing on top of us and sara disappeared below me. the 14—year—old boy killed in yesterday's sword attack in london has been named as daniel anjorin. also coming up on the world today: the greatest thing since sliced bread — scientists are developing a new �*white loaf�* — that's just as healthy as wholegrain. welcome to the world today. an hour of international

news from the bbc hundreds of people have been arrested at pro—palestinian protests at university campuses in the united states amid violent clashes. in los angeles, demonstratrors at a camp set up by people who oppose israel's military action in gaza clashed with counter demonstrators. the vice—chancellor of the university of california, los angeles has spoken of "horrific acts of violence" on campus. our los angeles correspondent emma vardy has this report. this was the moment tensions between rival protesters boiled over. as pro—palestinian activists and a counterdemonstration by pro—israel supporters became violent. fireworks were thrown over a screaming crowd, and wood used as weapons. we had people beating us with sticks, throwing whatever they could to us. i'm kind of annoyed at myself for not seeing it coming, i didn't think it would

escalate to this level. the los angeles police were called by the university. the vice chancellor has condemned last night's events as a horrific act of violence. officers have now separated the rival groups. in new york, at columbia university, where the protests originally started, police entered the encampment. it's now nearly two weeks since they previously went in, leading to huge controversy. inside, pro—palestinian protesters had seized a building, smashing windows and barricading themselves in. some 300 protesters were arrested in the raids on campus at columbia university and the city university of new york. we support the right of free speech and open debate, we always protect the right to protest. but we must balance the right with keeping the students, the school and our city safe. there has been disruption for many students in la over the past couple of weeks, with campuses in libraries closed and graduation

ceremonies scaled back. and there is particular frustration for students at ucla today who would have been sitting midterm exams. instead, a heavy police presence is set to continue. emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. it has been a political minefield for universities over the last two weeks, trying to find the balance between upholding the speech and protecting students on campus and going about their day, and dealing with the claims of anti—semitism from jewish students as well. all of those tensions boiled over here last night. it seems that what happened at around iipm last night here, in the pro—palestinian demonstration, the pro—palestinian demonstration, the encampment, there was a surge of concert processors which lead to violent clashes between the two groups of rival protesters, there

were wooden barricades picked up and used as weapons, fireworks thrown over the crowd, and a relative small number of police on site at that time. the university called in the los angeles police department, the lapd, and they suddenly rushed to try to break up this violence, but by then it had really escalated, and he took police a number of hours to separate protesters. what is now behind me is the encampment from the appropriate listing and demonstration remains there outside the main library of ucla, but it is now the rival participation by pro—israel supporters is separated. so it is calmer now, but a strange atmosphere for a university campus, so many students and teachers arrived here today, some driving some distances and frustrated to find all the classes were cancelled and at ucla, there was particular frustration because many students

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of the thousands of union activists rallying in tunis to mark may day, displayed their support for palestinians in gaza. "when do we want it? now. " and this is leeds in northern england, where student protesters have set up a pro—gaza camp outside leeds university union. student groups say they're protesting at what they call the university of leeds' "complicity" with israel's actions in gaza. in the middle east itself, us secretary of state antony blinken met with israeli leaders wednesday in his push for a cease—fire deal between israel and hamas, saying "the time is now" for an agreement that would free hostages and bring a pause in the nearly seven months of war in gaza. blinken has been visiting the port of ashdod aid crossing in southern israel, where he has called for the delivery of aid to be accelerated.

let's take a listen... given the need, given the immense needin given the need, given the immense need in gaza, it needs to be accelerated, he needs to be sustained, and as we focus on all the necessary inputs, the number of trucks they are moving, what matters most is the impact. and we are focused on measuring that, making sure that people are actually getting what they need. a few hours earlier, israel reopened the sole aid crossing on the northern edge of the gaza strip, allowing aid trucks to pass through the erez checkpoint. aid agencies have pleaded for the crossing to be reopened for months, as hundreds of thousands of civilians in the north suffer from severe hunger. our security correspondent frank gardner is injerusalem. he explains the signficance of today's developments. one of the main aims of secretary antony blinken�*s visit here today in israel has been to increase the flow of aid into gaza, and much of that coming through ashdod,

which is a huge port. it can handle an enormous volume of trade. it's something that up until recently, israel has resisted because remember the immediate aftermath of october the seventh, israel pretty much imposed a blockade on the whole gaza strip. it was so traumatised by what happened on october the seventh that it cut off water, power, electricity, fuel and so on. it didn't want anything to get in in case it was used by hamas. now, under increasing amounts of us pressure, it has had to open the valves, as it were, and find more and more ways of letting aid in and notjust increasing number of ways, crossing points, but the volume as well. and one of the problems is bottlenecks where inspections on the israeli side of the border have slowed up the passage of trucks into gaza, which has certainly knocked not helped the looming crisis of potential famine inside gaza,

but also the danger inside gaza to truck drivers themselves. they face danger on two fronts — from israeli drones, as we saw from the the attack on the world central kitchen that killed seven aid workers, but also a breakdown of law and order, where we've seen trucks being looted. so a pretty terrifying experience for drivers inside gaza strip. the trip that he's done today, the visit to both ashdod and also to the border crossing of kerem shalom right down to the south of the gaza strip, these are very significant because the us is deeply concerned about the humanitarian crisis in gaza, and it's been pushing and pushing at the same time as giving israel military aid. it's saying you've got to give more allow more humanitarian aid into the gaza strip. salman shaikh is in doha

and he's the founder and ceo of the shaikh group which focuses on diplomacy and mediation in the middle east and north africa. earlier, iasked him how close we are to seeing the sides come to a ceasefire and hostage agreement. i think we're pretty close. the fact that this is a fair deal and that's been indicated by both the israeli side and hamas — and that the us, egypt and qatar are willing to guarantee it tells us that we're probably as close as we've been for many months as such, but it is a window of opportunity which can close. there are sticking points, and i think the biggest one is whether or not this particular deal can guarantee the hostages coming out, the aid getting in, but most importantly, whether this is actually a prelude to a longer term ceasefire. if hamas doesn't feel that that is where we are going, i'm afraid it's probably not going to pass and we're

going to see maybe a descent into even more chaos. the father of a seven—year—old girl who was crushed to death last week on an inflatable boat trying to reach the uk, has spoken of his anguish at being unable to save her. sara alhashimi was one of five people who died as the small boat, overcrowded with migrants, set off from a beach south of calais. sara's mother and two older siblings were also on board but they all survived. it was the fourth time the family had attempted the crossing. this report from andrew harding in calais contains scenes you may find upsetting. shouting. this was the scene last week as smugglers clashed with police on a french beach. and in the middle of the chaos, one unforgettable image of a small girl perched on her father's shoulders.

a seven—year—old girl with moments left to live. we now know her name was sara, and this is her story. sara was born in belgium but grew up in sweden, one of three children. here they are with theirfather, ahmed. he'd fled from iraq in 2009 and spent years trying but failing to get permission to settle anywhere in europe. he got married, worked, had children, but his asylum appeals were rejected. instead, he says, the whole family faced deportation to iraq. which is why ahmed brought them here instead, hiding with smugglers in these dunes near calais. so you were with your whole family here, all five of you? with family, with everybody. family stay, seat for this side. ahmed brought us back to the french coast to explain what had happened and why he put his family in such danger.

he shows me how they rushed towards the sea. you're racing them? yes. trying to get to the water before the police? yes. it must have been scary for the children. yeah. the police caught up with them near the water's edge. we were there, too, filming the whole incident. the smugglers fighting back. and then here on the right, sara, in a pinkjacket, making her way towards the boat, still holding herfather�*s hand. a little later, you can see her on ahmed's shoulders. then she disappears into the wildly overcrowded boat. a rival group of smugglers had directed their passengers from sudan towards the same boat. as more migrants piled on board, you can hear ahmed shouting for help.

translation: she said, "help me, i dad," but i couldn't reach her. i there were people standing on top of us, and sara disappeared below me. i was trapped. i told one man to move. i screamed and hit him. but he just looked away. ashore, the french police made no further attempt to intervene. it was only later at sea that a rescue boat finally took people away to reveal sara's dead body. translation: finally, - when the rescue boat came, they started to pull people out, to pull out the dead.

then i saw sara. she was in the corner. herface was blue. she wasn't breathing. there will be people watching this who will say, "why did you take that risk? why were you prepared to take such a risk for you and yourfamily to try to get to england"? how do you explain that? translation: the sea was my last option. - i applied ia times for asylum, but they were all denied. i went to belgium, to sweden, to finland. i didn't want any hand—outs. my wife and i can both work. all i wanted was for my kids to go to school. to have dignity. before she left sweden, sara drew this family portrait. that's her on the right. today, her old school teacher said the class was mourning her death. translation: she was a kind and nice i girl with lots of friends at school. i when we heard she died, we gathered in a circle and had a minute's silence.

they were such a nice family. i was really shocked to learn they were being deported. sara and her siblings had only ever lived in europe. herfuneral is expected in the coming days. for herfather, there is grief and guilt and still no clarity about which country he and his broken family can ever call home. andrew harding, bbc news in northern france. still to come on the world today — we report from he notes in east london the day after a man wielding a sword killed a 14—year—old boy. and, hardware on display, russia shows off tanks and vehicles captured in ukraine, including military equipment from western

nations. around the world and across the uk. this is the world today on bbc news.

police have named the 14—year—old boy who was killed in a sword attack in northeast london yesterday. daniel anjorin was a pupil at bancroft�*s school in woodford green. two police officers, who were also injured in the attack in hainault, are still in hospital. a 36—year—old man who was arrested is now out of hospital and in police custody on suspicion of murder. our special correspondent lucy manning is in hainault where the attack happened. daniel anjorin, smart in his uniform, travelling to school just like he set off to do yesterday morning. but the 14—year—old wouldn't make it. the teenager, a much—loved pupil, the son of a teacher, family friends spoke

after visiting daniel's parents. the mum was saying that he brings so muchjoy. well— behaved. yes, well—behaved, a lovely boy. he excelled in school and in sports. they are obviously in shock and they are grieving. they are ok. 0k and not ok. at bancroft school in east london, there is a pupil missing who never made it. its flag is at half mast, but there is double the grief. as well as daniel, this was grace o'malley—kumar's school. she was killed in a knife attack in nottingham last year. in a statement, the school said... "we are devastated by the heartbreaking news of the death of daniel anjorin. "this has left us in profound shock and sorrow. "he was a true scholar, demonstrating commendable dedication to his academic pursuits. "his positive nature and gentle character will leave a lasting impact on us."

as locals brought flowers, a neighbour who didn't want to be identified described seeing daniel attacked. we know the boy, see him going to school. we know the parents. they're a very nice family, and you just can't imagine what they're going through now. it's a complete tragedy. a young boy should not be walking to school and being stabbed before his doorstep. as i looked outside the window, the young boy had been stabbed, and the man was shouting about god and whether you believe in god and things like that. before he ran around the back of my house, he stabbed police officers down that alleyway. i came out my house to go to help the boy. as i came out, he literally was five feet away from me on the left. so when i saw him, i went straight back inside my house. the bravery of the officers yesterday was clear. as the attacker brandishes his sword, the officer on the left uses his taser twice. then the policewoman in the centre tasers him again.

but before this, two police officers, the met chief constable said, were really horrifically injured. i went to the hospital yesterday. i saw the inspector whose hand's badly damaged, really serious injuries there. and i was talking to the family and colleagues of the officer, a woman officer whose really badly damaged arm, really seriously damaged. and the surgeon spent many, many hours sort of basically putting her arm back together. the anjorin family left heartbroken by such a senseless attack. lucy manning, bbc news. in sheffield, a 17—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, after three people were injured at a secondary school in sheffield, in northern england. during the incident, children at the the birley academy texted their parents sayings they were hiding under tables, with the school in lockdown. one pupil was assaulted. two adults suffered minor injuries, one from what's thought to have

been a broken bottle. it comes a week after two teachers and a pupil were stabbed at a school in wales. russia has put on display military hardware captured in the war against ukraine. our russia editor steve rosenberg has been to take a look. they are the crimmins were trophies and they have been put on display. they were later captured by russia. including this. it's still a price exhibit of this

military show. i know with the german leopard tank the russia has to. translation: �* , to. translation: �*, . , translation: it's incredible, jaw-drapping- _ translation: it's incredible, jaw-dropping. it's— translation: it's incredible, jaw-dropping. it's amazing i translation: it's incredible, jaw-dropping. it's amazing to| translation: it's incredible, - jaw-dropping. it's amazing to think jaw—dropping. it's amazing to think that our guys managed to collect all these trophies. . that our guys managed to collect all these trophies.— these trophies. , plenty of interest from the russian _ these trophies. , plenty of interest from the russian public. _ these trophies. , plenty of interest from the russian public. russiansl from the russian public. russians crowded around to get a glimpse and a photo. family days out don't get much more bizarre than this. so, why would all of this on display? i think the russian authorities have two aims here. the first is to reinforce the kremlin narrative that in ukraine, the west is waging war against russia, even though it was russia that invaded ukraine. there's also a big element of growth in here. the russians are increasingly confident about how the war is going, and their main message is risen —— written on a sign over there. it reads" our victory is inevitable". russia did not invent

the wheel. in the past, ukraine has exhibited russian military hardware it captured on the front line. back in moscow, there may be confidence and captured armour, but that does not guarantee victory. the west has pledged more help for ukraine, russia has pledged to collect more trophies. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let's cross live to new york now, where disgraced film producer harvey weinstein is appearing in court for the first time since the new york court of appeals overturned his conviction. prosecutors in manhattan have indicated that they plan to retry his case after an appeals court ruled last week that he did not receive a fair trial in 2020. the 72—year—old remains injail because of a separate rape conviction in california.

if you're just if you'rejustjoining us, looking at pictures from new york, here, the courtroom in new york where the disgraced film producer harvey weinstein is appearing. he will be retried after the rape conviction was overturned. that is coming from the manhattan district attorney office. harvey weinstein will be retried after that rape conviction was overturned. we will bring you more news as and when we get it. stay with us on bbc news. hello there. we're seeing a change across southern parts of the uk. eventually, some heavy rain and thunderstorms moving in here.

we also got overnight some more mist and fog, low cloud developing more widely. and for some areas of scotland in particular, it was a struggle to clear that all day. in marked contrast, in norfolk here, we've seen temperatures over 20 degrees in the sunshine. but at the same time, we've also seen this cloud moving up from france. and it's that that's bringing some rain into parts of england and wales this evening. that'll push up towards northern ireland as well before retreating back towards the south—west. and as that happens, we'll see some heavier rain later in the night and more of that mist and fog and low cloud pushing further inland further north. temperatures, well, typically eight or nine degrees, so pretty mild overnight, but getting wet and quite stormy potentially across southern parts of england and wales by the early hours, some heavy rain, thunder, lightning and some large hail and gusty winds. maybe some disruption. the worst of it may push away, but it could stay wet for much of the day in south—west england and south wales. and we may well find some further heavy bursts of rain developing in other southern areas, drifting later into the midlands and north wales. further north, it's dry, increasing amounts of sunshine away from these coastal areas in south—east scotland and north—east england, where there's going to be

a cold wind blowing. temperatures not too high in the south—west, where it stays wet, but it'll be a warmer day for northern ireland, warming the sunshine for western scotland and again for the north—west of england. now, there is warmer air coming ourway from the continent at the moment. it's coming over the cold seas of the north sea, which is why we're seeing that mist and low cloud. that's to the north of that weather front, and that's bringing the rain on friday and it's moving northward. so we've got a bit more rain more widely for england and wales. some bursts of rain likely across southern scotland, perhaps northern ireland. northern scotland seeing some sunshine and later in southern—most parts of england. temperatures here only around 13 or ill degrees. and on the whole, temperatures are going to be lower because of the cloud and rain, but we still could make 20 degrees in western scotland for one more day. but even here, the weather will change on saturday, as the cloud and what's left of the rain pushes into scotland and northern ireland. more cloud for northern england. but to the south, the weekend starts on a brighter note and a dry note with some sunshine. it'll feel warm in the sunshine

and temperatures 16 or 17 degrees, but those temperatures dropping in scotland.

this is the world today from bbc news. the headlines: confrontations on campuses across america, where students

have been protesting against the war in gaza. some breaking news. the disgraced film producer harvey weinstein appears in court for the first time since the new york court of appeals overturned his conviction. on the road to southern lebanon, the bbc takes a ride with un peacekeepers to takes a ride with un peacekeepers to take of the conflict there. arizona's state senate is due to vote on whether to strike down a blanket ban on abortion in the state. let's cross now to florida where the us vice president kamala harris is commenting on abortion rights but this is after a six—week abortion ban took effect in the state today. this very day, at the stroke of midnight, another trump abortion ban

went into effect here in florida.