at risk of falling behind. and thousands of people take to the streets of the canary islands in protest at what they say are the damaging effects of over—tourism. hello, welcome to bbc news. in the last hour or so — politicians in the united states have approved a multi billion dollar package of military aid to help ukraine in its fight against russia. the move has been warmly welcomed in ukraine and president biden has hailed it as an answer to history's call. in russia, the kremlin have reacted, saying the move will further enrich the us and ruin ukraine even more, by killing even more ukrainians. on this vote, 311 to the maze, 312

to the yes. the bill has passed. this is the moment the house of representatives approved a 60 billion dollar package of military aid for ukraine. it was a rare moment of bipartisan cooperation in the binary world of american politics, with democratsjoining moderate republicans to see off opposition from the hard—right. us officials have indicated that deliveries of munitions and air defence systems are ready to go as soon as there is approval in the senate. our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, has been telling us the funding has been welcomed by the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky. yes, he'sjust said, "i'm grateful to the united states house of representatives, both parties and personally speaker mikejohnson, for the decision". he says that keeps history on the right track. he talks about democracy and freedom always having global significance and will never fail as long as america helps to protect it. and a slight reagan quote where he says, "just peace and security can only be attained through strength,"

he hopes, he says, the bill will make it to president biden's desk and he signs off by saying, "thank you, america". so this is a long—awaited moment, i think the past six months where ukraine has had to sort of look increasingly inward when it's come to fighting on the ground, when it's come to manufacturing weapons domestically, because increasingly america's help has waned. i don't think it's been helped by a lack of military progress on the battlefield, but it's been a sort of deadly cycle for ukraine, where after the failed counter—offensive last year, president zelensky was denied that crucial bargaining chip when it came to western allies to say, look, look at what progress i can make with your help, keep it coming," which i think has led us to this six—month political delay. nevertheless, it is quite the turnaround. you could hear many ukrainians criticise speaker mike johnson online.

and now, over the last few days, when they're hearing what he's been saying about the need for ukraine to prevail and for vladimir putin to be defeated, you know, he's now gone from sort of villain to hero in these parts. and i think that's the kind of currency ukrainians are after now — military help, how much are you going to give it give for us to continue this fight? so it is a moment, it is an undeniable significant changing of the tide politically. is it going to be enough to change momentum in the same way in a battlefield sense? i don't think so in the near to medium term. it simply, and in the simplest way, it keeps ukraine in this fight because all of the discussion here in kyiv certainly has been about what happens if ukraine loses. and there have been calculations by generals over how much territory it could potentially give up to preserve cities, for example.

i think the approval of this bill allows ukraine to keep the negotiating table at bay. it allows ukraine... it extends its window, i think, to continue defending itself, to continue to take the fight to russia in the hope that it could put the pressure back on invading forces, back on vladimir putin to make his invasion unsustainable and to force a concession on the russian side. the pressure is still absolutely on ukraine and now there is a lot of logistical pressure to get that weaponry and ammunition here and deployed by soldiers, but ukraine is also having to straddle with its own mobilisation issues and getting enough men trained, called up to the front line to replace exhausted soldiers who've been there for up to two years in some cases, so this is welcome good news. this will be celebrated as much as you can in times of war. but now eyes will focus to when this kit will arrive and what difference it will make in the long term.

you wonder when history books are written how costly this delay might be or how significant this bill's passing could be in terms of helping ukraine in its goal of trying to to stand up against russia. james waterhouse in kyiv. let's speak to our correspondent in washington, helena humphrey. good to see you, it is six months since president biden sought congressional approvalfor this since president biden sought congressional approval for this $60 billion package. it congressional approval for this $60 billion package-— billion package. it was bipartisan su ort, billion package. it was bipartisan suwort. it _ billion package. it was bipartisan suwort. it was _ billion package. it was bipartisan support, it was those _ billion package. it was bipartisan| support, it was those democratic votes, if you take a look at how this broke down and managed to pass, you've got 311 votes in favour, a simple majority was needed, 218 was the number we were watching but it was the democratic votes that meant it was able to pass, when we talk about the funding for ukraine. and

if you drill down into the republican level of support, you will find that more republican lawmakers voted against against it than they actually did in favour. does that hints some potential problems for speakerjohnson in the days and weeks ahead? but nevertheless it got over the line, we saw ukrainian flags being waved in the chamber, there were pro—ukrainian protesters outside of congress, waving flags as well, it is usually pretty quiet on capitol hill at the weekend but certainly, national attention, international attention very much trained in the capital, and now we know that this goes to the senate. the message from president biden welcoming the fact that the us house of representatives have passed this foreign aid bill specifically for ukraine and penang to message saying to senators, sign off on this, as quickly as possible,

get it to my desk so we can get their weaponry to do carrying. what their weaponry to do carrying. what kind of timeframe _ their weaponry to do carrying. what kind of timeframe are _ their weaponry to do carrying. what kind of timeframe are we looking at? ukraine will be hoping the monetary outcomes quickly. ezren ukraine will be hoping the monetary outcomes quickly.— outcomes quickly. even if there has been this political— outcomes quickly. even if there has been this political paralysis - outcomes quickly. even if there has been this political paralysis in - been this political paralysis in washington, behind—the—scenes, the likes of the pentagon have been working to try and make sure that that weapon stockpile can be fulfilled, so as soon as we get that final sign off from the pentagon is free positioned weapons in order to get them to kyiv and across the country, particularly when it comes to those requested missiles, for example. hopefully we are talking days, not weeks, but i think as james was alluding to, what the ukrainians may find as they have already been difficulties over the last six months whilst they have been waiting. when you look at avdiivka, for example, the energy attacks that have been facing the energy and struck —— infrastructure in recent days as well, so the hope

is these weaponry can be deployed swiftly but the backdrop to all of this is these conversations in recent months about this drip, drip, drip of western aid for ukraine at a time when ukrainians have been saying all along, give us although their weaponry we need, we will do their weaponry we need, we will do the fighting for you so you do not have to come up against vladimir putin trips yourselves.— putin trips yourselves. helena in washington. _ putin trips yourselves. helena in washington, thank _ putin trips yourselves. helena in washington, thank you. - the house has also now passed a funding package worth $26.4 billion for israel. it includes military aid, including replenishing air defence systems, as well as funding for humanitarian measures. meanwhile in gaza, there've been more israeli air strikes in rafah in the south of the territory. this is the moment an israeli air strike hit rafah on saturday. there were more air strikes overnight, when nine people including at least four children were killed after their homes were hit, according to the hamas run gaza health ministry. the israeli war cabinet has been planning a large offensive against hamas in rafah,

which is where an estimated 1.5 million displaced palestinians are sheltering. the us and other allies have warned israel against a full—scale assault on the city. rafah isn't the only city to come under attack — israel has carried out air strikes across the strip, these images show the entrance of the al—aqsa hospital in central gaza where many of the injured or dead were taken. one of the main un agencies responsible for getting aid to palestinians, the united nations relief and works agency is warning that the risk of disease is increasing across gaza because of the lack of sanitation and aid. our correspondent in jerusalem wyre davies reports. the effect of six months of war has created a desperate humanitarian crisis in gaza. but amid the ruins of conflict, in some areas, aid is now getting through and can make the difference between surviving or dying of hunger. a flour delivery, organised by the world food programme, allowed this bakery in gaza city

to reopen for the first time since the war began. translation: finally, i there is something to eat. you can go to the bakery and buy bread. just a few days ago, it was hard, we were looking for wood, flour and you couldn't find anything to feed the children. but for most gazans, the brutal reality of war is a constant companion. at a hospital in rafah, parents and siblings consoled each other after several civilians, including children, were reported killed in overnight air strikes. israel said fighterjets and other aircraft struck dozens of terror sites. among the targets, it said, was military infrastructure, compounds and armed terrorists. the us has repeatedly urged israel not to launch what is expected to be a major offensive in rafah. we cannot support a major military operation in rafah. we believe that a major military operation, with a large presence

of a civilian population, would have terrible consequences for that population. words that seem to have little impact on benjamin netanyahu. he has repeatedly said the offensive in rafah must happen, if hamas is to be defeated and israeli hostages released. for most gazans, survival is still a daily struggle. retrieving food parcels from the sea — after an air drop — shows how chaotic the delivery of aid often is, as agencies warn of a worsening humanitarian crisis. wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem. scott anderson, unrwa's affairs director who is now in gaza, told us about the situation in rafah, and the prospects of a bigger israeli offensive. i think very much it's a daily struggle for people here in rafah. there's close to 1.5 million people that have been displaced, most of them multiple times. they spend most of their day trying to find food, water, toilets.

and as the weather starts to get hotter now, they're trying to find shade as a means to keep cool. so i think that we've had increased aid coming in, which is welcome. i don't think we're at the scale that we need to be at yet to ensure that the 2.2 million people that reside across gaza are cared for. but the other thing that you see in rafa is there's a kind of a palpable aura of fear as they wait to see what will happen with an idf operation in rafah. thus far, there has not been any communication. our expectation is that they will give the innocent civilians that are here in rafah an opportunity to relocate. they'll probably be given instructions to do so. our hope is they'll be allowed to take their belongings with them as they try to find somewhere safer than would be in rafah. but at this point, other than believing this operation will happen, we don't have any indication around the timing of the operation, nor what the plan is for the innocent civilians and to deal with the humanitarian outfall of such an operation.

israeli forces and palestinian militants have been exchanging fire for a second day of an israeli military raid in nur shams refugee camp in the occupied west bank. a number of people have been killed including ten militants, according to the israeli army. palestinian sources say that at least five people have been killed, including a child. at least four israeli soldiers have also been wounded. violence in the west bank has intensified since the war between israel and hamas erupted last october. let's bring you some live pictures from tel aviv, where israeli protesters have gathered for their weekly demonstration against benjamin netanyahu's government. the palestinian authority will reconsider bilateral relations with the us after washington vetoed a request for full un membership. the palestinian authority has had observer status since 2012 but cannot vote in proceedings.

on thursday, 12 countries voted in favour of the resolution with the us opposing. palestinian president mahmoud abbas said in an interview with the wafa news agency that he will reconsider relations with washington, to ensure the interests of the palestinian people are protected. iran's foreign minister has questioned whether israel was involved in friday's attack on iran, saying the weapons used were like "toys our children play with". but in an interview with nbc news, hossein amir—abdul—aa—hee—arn said if israel did take "decisive action" against iran, the response would be "immediate" and "to the maximum". us officials said an israeli missile hit iran on friday — israel reportedly targeted an air defence radar system near the city of isfahan, which protects the natanz nuclear facility. it follows weeks of tensions between the rivals, during which israel attacked an iranian compound in syria, and iran launched an unprecedented assault against israel. i have been speaking

about the situation in the region with jasmine el—gamal, a political analyst and former middle east adviser at the us department of defence. so the iranian response was basically to play down the attack. there was a clear signal from iran after the attack that they did not want to escalate further. you will remember that before the israeli strike, the iranians were warning that if there was an israeli strike that was significant enough that the iranians would not hesitate to counterattack once again. and so the fact that they are downplaying this strike, there was a lot of messaging, there was a lot of messaging on social media from iran—linked accounts that were almost kind of making fun of the types of weapons that had made their way onto these sites. so that is a clear signal, as we can understand from the iranians, that they are going to let this go, they are not interested in escalating any further. they have made the point that they wanted to make by striking israel and, for now,

are sort of content to let things simmer down. and what about israel? what do you think their possible next step would be? would you categorise this as a limited operation with a powerful warning? i do. i think it was very much a fairly symbolic strike. again, as much as the us and other countries were urging israel not to respond, i think israel was going to have to respond of course. this was an unprecedented attack from iran onto its territory, even though the iranians gave them plenty of warning to intercept those missiles. so it was a show of force from iran but it still had to be responded to so they responded with this fairly symbolic attack. there were no casualties or anything that would force the iranians or embarrass the iranians into responding. so i think, for now, the iranians are using this attack and counterattack between israel

and iran to try to warn the international community of the danger that iran poses and to try to impose further sanctions on the iranian regime. that is as far as i think they are going to go for now. meanwhile in iraq, a base used by pro—iranian militias has been damaged by a large explosion, a day after israel's presumed strike on iran. one person was killed and eight others injured in the blast and intense fire at the kalso military base, south of the capital baghdad. this footage from the scene shows the aftermath of the explosion, which iraqi security sources have described as a "bombing" which hit weapons and vehicles. the base is used by the popular mobilisation forces — an umbrella organisation linking several pro—iran militias who've recently attacked us personnel in iraq. the pentagon says it has not carried out any new strike in iraq. now it's time for a look at today's sport. now it's time for a look at today's

sport with lizzie greenwood—hughes. hello from the bbc sport centre. we're starting with football and manchester city are through to the fa cup final after beating chelsea at wembley. bernardo silva made up for his penalty miss in the champions league midweek by scoring the only goal of the game in the 84th minute. the result takes city, who are the fa cup holders and premier league leaders, into anotherfinal. but their manager pep guardiola had plenty to say about the scheduling of the match and concern for his players who'd had a hard game in spain. here he is with the bbc pitch side team after the game. it's for the health of the players. yeah. it's not normal. honestly, it's not normal. yeah. so because i wouldn't have the courage to tell you the defeat that we should have. it is not possible. it is unacceptable to do 120 minutes. all of you are football players — the emotion too, madrid, the final, the way we lose and everything, so honestly, so i know this country is special for many things, but it's for the health

of the players. so i don't understand how we survived today. i don't understand it. in the premier league, it's a huge weekend for the teams at the bottom of the table, hoping to avoid relegation, but sheffield united's are all but down. beaten 4—1 by fellow strugglers burnley today leaving them firmly bottom of the table, 10 points form safety and they could be officially relegated as early as wednesday depending on other results. burnley remain second from bottom, three points from safety. elsewhere, just above burnley, luton's chances of staying—up took a blow when they were thrashed by brentford. under way at the moment — arsenal looking to recover from their midweek champions league defeat are beating wovles1—0. trossard with the goal. that was just before half—time. chelsea's women stunned barcelona to take a 1—0 lead after the first leg of their champions league semi—final.

scotland international erin cuthbert scored the goal, firing past goalkeeper catalina coll in the first half. and defending champions barca missed a chance to equalise. alexia putellas putting it wide from a few yards out. so chelsea hold—on for the win, and with it ending barca's five—year unbeaten run at home. the other semifinal was an all french affair and it was an absolute classic as lyon — who were 2—0 to psg — fought back to beat them 3—2. the women's six nations is into the penultimate round and england are still on course for the grand slam after a record win over ireland. abby dow and ellie kildunne both scored a hat—tricks as they hammered them at twickenham. in total there were eight different try scorers for england who were utterly dominant. ireland managing only a penalty try in response. 88 points to 10 the final score.

we are so happy to play in front of this crowd at a home stadium. 88—10. no discredit to ireland but we really turned it on, theyjust kept on coming, everyone knew their role, it was enjoyable. there was also a huge result for scotland in the women's six nations — they won in italy for the first time. scotland scored two tries in the second half. emma orr and chloe rollie got the crucial scores. it's a second six nations win for them. it goes some way to help them qualify for next year's world cup. one of the favourites to win the world snooker championship — judd trump has the advantage in his opening match with hossein vafaei. trump is 6 frames to 3 up after the first session at the crucible theatre in sheffield. they'll conclude the match on sunday afternoon with the first to 10 frames the winner. trump last won the world title in 2019 and is in strong form with five ranking titles so far this year with five ranking titles so far this year.

there's much more the bbc sport website including the pole vault star — armand duplantis breaking his own world record. here in the uk, the head of the body which advises the government on climate change policy, has attacked rishi sunak�*s commitment to cutting carbon emissions. chris stark from the climate change committee told the bbc that the prime minister had set back progress towards reaching net zero, and says he clearly hasn't made it a priority. here's justin rowlatt. the climate change committee's job is to mark the government's homework on climate, says chris stark, and he is marking rishi sunak down in dramatic fashion. the reason? in the autumn, the prime minister delayed a ban on petrol and diesel cars and watered down targets for phasing out gas boilers. we seem to have defaulted an approach which will impose unacceptable costs on hard—pressed british families, costs that no—one was ever really told about. here is what mr stark

had to say about that. i think it set us back. so i think we have moved from a position where we were really at the forefront, pushing ahead as quickly as we could on something that i believe to be fundamental to the uk economy, fundamentally beneficial to the people living in this country, whether you care about the climate or not. a government spokesperson said the uk was the first major economy to halve greenhouse gas emissions since 1990 and said that record speaks for itself. mr stark was critical of other parties, too. he told the sunday with laura kuenssberg programme that politicians, across the political spectrum, have a collective fear of talking about climate. and he said he was disappointed by the snp government in edinburgh's decision to drop a key carbon reduction target this week, saying the targets had been overambitious from the start. the scottish government chose to choose an even more ambitious path than the one that we'd advised. and that's fine —

i mean, i love ambition — but it only matters if you actually deliver against that. a scottish government spokesperson said the country remains steadfast in its commitment to reaching net zero by 2045. the interview with mr stark comes as marine experts warn the world's coral reefs are experiencing their fourth mass bleaching event — driven, they say, by record high sea surface temperatures. justin rowlatt, bbc news. the world's largest digital astronomy camera has finally been built. with a whopping 3000 200 megapixels, the camera can produce a thousand images per night. ——with a whopping 3,200 megapixels, the camera can produce a thousand images per night. it'll allow scientists to study dark energy, dark matter, and the distribution of galaxies. it'll now be sent from the united states to chile, where it'll arrive in a month. the public will see its

first images in 2025. i'm sure they will be well worth the wait, do stay with us here on bbc news, we will be back in a few minutes with the days headlines. hello. well, this time of the year, it really is all about the sunshine. it can feel quite pleasant, even if the temperature is not particularly high. but as soon as it clouds over, it can feel really cold. and i think that is the outlook over the next few days. a fair amount of cloud and feeling quite chilly, and it feels chilly right across europe. this is the temperature anomaly mapped through the weekend. across the whole of europe — almost the whole of europe — the temperatures are below the average for the time of the year. even snow across northern europe and some snow across the alps, too. now, over us, high pressure is in charge of the weather, but notice that northerly breeze

close to the north sea coast, on the eastern side of the high pressure, which is centred around ireland. so this is the satellite picture from earlier on. it started off quite sunny, but then the clouds developed during the afternoon and it turned quite cold. now, through this evening, variable amounts of cloud, but some clear skies out towards the west here. just a little bit of rain sneaking in on a weak weather front across northern and central scotland. how about the temperatures? yes, a chance of a little bit of frost outside of town where the skies are clear through the night. but i think in city centres, it's closer to around four, five, six degrees. so tomorrow, a similar day, in that there will be a chilly breeze on the north sea coast, maybe one or two showers, but i think quite cloudy across northern, eastern scotland, the north—east of england, too. a little bit of rain. the best of the weather by far out towards the west. the west of northern ireland could see temperatures around 17 or 18 degrees. now, the high pressure is with us into monday,

but these annoying weather fronts do sneak in on the eastern side of this high pressure. they are weak weather fronts, which means that there will be a fair amount of cloud, maybe a period of a little bit of rain moving through england, maybe reaching wales too. the best and brightest of the weather will be again out towards the west of the uk. we mightjust nudge into the mid—teens — 1a, 15, maybe 16 degrees. but again on the north sea coast and central parts of england, it'll be closer to around 10 or 12. is it going to be warming up? well, no, the outlook is remaining chilly. you can see temperatures of around 12 degrees there in london. about that in edinburgh, too. towards next weekend, it could turn a little milder, but it may turn more showery.

this is bbc news, the headlines: lawmakers in the us house of representatives pass a long—delayed bill providing billions of dollars in military aid for ukraine. kyiv has been pressing western allies for more air defence systems in the war against russia. palestinians take cover as israel strikes homes in southern gaza. nine people have been killed, including at least four children after strikes in rafah. meanwhile, the un agency for palestinian refugees warns that the risk of disease is rising.

thousands of people take to the streets of the canary islands in protest at what they say are unsustainable levels of mass tourism. they say it's damaging the environment and driving up costs for local people. the head of a uk government watchdog has told the bbc that rishi sunak has "set us back" on climate change. chris stark says the pm has left the uk at risk of falling behind other countries. now on bbc news it's the travel show. europe by train. for generations of backpackers, interrailers — and, well, for me — it's what travel�*s all about. and in germany, the railways are booming, partly because of this — it's called the deutschlandticket. it costs me 49 euros a month and it allows me almost unlimited use of the country's

regional public transport network.