president vladimir putin has been sworn in for a new six—year term at a ceremony at the kremlin. putin, who's been in power as president or prime minister since 1999, now begins his new mandate, more than two years after he sent tens of thousands of troops into ukraine. in march, vladimir putin won a landslide victory in a tightly controlled election from which two anti—war candidates were barred on technical grounds. britain, canada and most european union nations decided to boycott the swearing—in, but france said it would send its ambassador. in his address, putin was unapologetic about invading ukraine and pledged to continue to uphold russia's interests. translator: we will overcome this very difficult period, _

this turning—point period, and we will pursue our long—term plans and priorities. but first of all, we have to save the people of the country. we have to preserve our values and traditions, and particularly protect voluntary non—state and religious organizations and civil society. the measures we take must be targeted and must be realizable. we will be open to cooperation with all countries who see in russia an honest partner. we will not refuse or reject any kind of dialogue with the western world. we are determined to parry aggression and to particularly

counter those who are aggressive towards our country. let's get more now with our russia editor at bbc monitoring, vitaly shevchenko. good to see you. what stood out for you in president putin's address? what happened and what was set as at the kremlin this morning may not be what it really seems. the way vladimir putin came to power, a lot of people would hesitate to call it an election after all of his key opponents were barred from running. his key political rival, alexei navalny, is dead. freedom of press is gone in russia, and now we are looking at putin make his presidential oath during the

ceremony, his right hand was on the constitution and he pledged to defend the constitution and the rights and freedoms of russian citizens. but if you open that redbook on which vladimir putin's hand rested, it lists various freedoms and rights that don't really exist in russia any more, such as freedom of thought, freedom of expression, freedoms, the russian constitution bans censorship. and under putin's rule, what the constitution says has often very little to do with real life in russia. �* . , , , ., russia. and what sense did you get from his wording _ russia. and what sense did you get from his wording about _ russia. and what sense did you get from his wording about what - russia. and what sense did you get from his wording about what now. russia. and what sense did you get | from his wording about what now for his war run ukraine or his special military operation, as he calls it. he is firmly in control of pretty much anything that happens in

russia. the message to both the public in russia and people outside of russia is that i still want to finish what i started in ukraine. i want to finish my special military operation, and he claimed that he has the support of the russian people. the fact is that whoever challenges their party line, the official thinking coming out of the kremlin these days, risks being fined and possibly sent to jail. as alexei navalny found out, death is a possibility as well. from that point of view, any challenge against vladimir putin's thoughts on ukraine, anything else that matters to him, is all but ruled out.- to him, is all but ruled out. thank ou. the israeli military says its forces have taken control of the palestinian side of the rafah

crossing which borders egypt and southern gaza. these are the latest pictures that show the view at the crossing, from on—board an israeli military vehicle. aid organisations operating there say the flow of aid into the territory through the crossing has stopped. israel continued to bombard rafah overnight, after rejecting a ceasefire proposal which was put forward by international mediators, and agreed by hamas. israel says the plan doesn't meet its core demands. israel is though sending a delegation to indirect talks in cairo. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has more. the israeli army has put out footage showing israeli tanks rolling into this key crossing, the rafah crossing, between gaza and egypt. it says it's taken operational control there and it is dealing, it says, with hamas terrorist infrastructure, to use its language, in that area. it says it has killed 20 hamas terrorists overnight and has found three tunnel shafts,

and it is linking operations around this part of rafah to the rocket fire it says came from this area, fired by hamas on sunday, which killed four israeli soldiers close to the kerem shalom crossing, leading to the closure of that important crossing in the south of the gaza strip too. at the moment, when we are taking briefings from the israeli military they stress this is a very precise, limited operation, they are not putting a timeframe on it. they said they are working to reopen the kerem shalom crossing as security allows. tell us more about this potential ceasefire deal which hamas said it supports, israel says it goes a long way from meeting its demands. we understand that unofficial talks will still take place today in cairo, what more do we know about that? at the moment this ceasefire deal is really hanging in the balance because of the different positions we had.

that declaration from hamas which was quite dramatic saying it agreed to what the mediators had proposed, israel coming out quickly and denying this was the proposal it had signed up to, saying there were differences from its core demands, but we also have had, confusingly, some officials coming out and saying this is very similar to the proposal put forward by israel itself at the end of last month. it seems that the fundamental difficulty for israel is signing up to any kind of phased deal of a ceasefire and hostage release that would ultimately lead to an end to hostilities, an end to this war before, in the eyes of israeli government, it has achieved its war aim of dismantling hamas in gaza. it says that is necessary to have a victory in this war. let's speak to hasan alhasan, senior fellow of middle east policy at the international institute

for strategic studies. welcome to you. thank you very much for being with us. we don't know the details of this proposed deal. it's not even clear who put the deal forward that hamas has agreed to with israel, who say it is far from meeting their demands. it seems there is pressure on hamas and israel to reach a deal, but it seems they're exerting pressure on each other. ~ . �* , they're exerting pressure on each other. ~ . h they're exerting pressure on each other. ~ . �*, ., ., i, ., �*, other. what's your analysis? that's ri . ht. it other. what's your analysis? that's right. it seems _ other. what's your analysis? that's right. it seems to _ other. what's your analysis? that's right. it seems to be _ other. what's your analysis? that's right. it seems to be a _ other. what's your analysis? that's right. it seems to be a situation - right. it seems to be a situation where each party is waiting for the other one. temp one —— hamas, and the one hand has faced tremendous amount of pressure. it essentially means that israel is not looking, appearing as the constructive play here. i think israel has had an issue with managing its energy with

those negotiations. about five or six days ago, prime minister netanyahu said that israel would merchant temp rafah, with or without a deal. we are hoping that we will see enough eternal —— internal pressure builds upon president —— prime minister netanyahu. the leader of the israeli opposition seem to lend his support for more efforts to arrive at a hostage deal that would allow for the hostages to be released. hamas is counting on a lead up of internal pressure on israel. we have already seen reports that the us may be seizing missions

to israel. given the current circumstances, it is not looking very good for israel if that vote were to go through. at the same time, i think that israel is also hoping that hamas will apply more pressure on the group in rafah by threatening to apply large—scale attack and taking control of the crossing. that would mean no aid at all going and given that the two main crossings now are closed. there are re orts main crossings now are closed. there are reports that _ main crossings now are closed. there are reports that hamas _ main crossings now are closed. there are reports that hamas might - main crossings now are closed. there are reports that hamas might be agreeing to a long term end to hostilities. given that hamas is committed to the destruction of israel, do you believe that that could be the case? that they would possibly in the future agreed to just being a political entity? it is

impossible _ just being a political entity? it is impossible to — just being a political entity? it 3 impossible to predict that for a vast amount of time. i think hamas would be very unlikely to accept any deal had it not sooner or later involved a permanent ceasefire. essentially, by giving up the hostages without securing a commitment to a permanent ceasefire, hamas will be giving up its main source of leveraged, only to see israel, if only a temporary cess ceasefire were agreed, seek to come back and destroy it. by giving up the hostages without a permanent ceasefire, essentially hamas would be moving the main source of political pressure internally to israel. if hamas were to agree to a deal that did not sooner or later involve a permanent ceasefire, they would be signing their own death

warrant. ., ~ , ., , . ., warrant. thank you very much for “oininu warrant. thank you very much for joining us- _ louise wateridge is from the aid organisation unwra. i asked her what's it's like in rafah. things are very tense here in rafah. the last 2a hours have been a complete roller—coaster of emotion. even the last few days, there was so much hope for ceasefire. anybody you speak to here, the last week, the last few months, every day all they want to know is when there is a ceasefire coming, and it is what everybody has been hoping for. so to wake up yesterday morning to the devastating news that leaflets had been dropped and an evacuation order was in place, it really spread a lot of fear across the community. i'm currently in western rafah, but across eastern rafah people started to move. even outside my window i could see people starting to take down their makeshift shelters, starting to pack up and leave rafah. there is a sense of fear and chaos now. obviously this is a minute by minute, hour by hour situation developing.

but clearly people are hearing of the situation of the rafah border crossing and now deciding to leave once again. tell us what the aid situation is like. more aid had been getting in past few weeks, what is the aid situation there now? there is no aid entering the gaza strip, the rafah crossing is the biggest and the only entry that unrwa, the largest humanitarian agency here in gaza, has been using, so now no aid can get in, and there is also now fuel. and there is also no fuel. fuel is what the agencies need to run this massive humanitarian operation across the gaza strip. it is needed to run the trucks to get the aid to the people who need it, it is needed in the generators to run the hospitals and health clinics that are remaining and not damaged or destroyed. so without fuel and these aid supplies, the aid operation will grind to a halt. what is the aid operation like at the moment?

we continue to do everything we can. our colleagues are providing services, unrwa runs health centres across the gaza strip, even in north gaza we had some very heroic colleagues who have maintained running these health services throughout the war, so we do our best to provide these services and provide what aid we have, but it's very concerning to know that this border crossing is closed and that there is no foreseeable aid entering any time soon. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

a british women has pleaded guilty to being part of a global monkey torture network. 37—year—old holly legresley was a participant in a private online group that was paying people in indonesia to kill and torture baby monkeys on video. let's speak to our correspondent

rebecca henschke in worcester. holly legresley has pleaded guilty to being part of this global online monkey torture group. she went by the user name the emulator, and was in a group on telegram. people mainly from the uk and us are on there. they were brainstorming, crowdfunding and then commissioning people in indonesia to torture baby monkeys and then film it for them. in court today, we heard from the prosecutors who said that holly legresley showed a desire to harm vulnerable creatures, and also had a hatred for pregnant women and children. she will be sentenced at a later date. ., ~ , ., an australian woman has formally pleaded not guilty to the murder of three relatives who allegedly died over mushroom poisoning at a family

lunch last year. erin patterson is facing three murder charges and five counts of attempted murder. police allege she tried to kill her ex—husband on three other occasions. ms patterson has always maintained her innocence. our correspondent, katy watson, is following the trial. erin paterson has always maintained her innocence, but this was the first time her legal team said she would be pleading not guilty to all charges against her. the charges relate to a lunch that she put on her home which is a few hours from melbourne. at lunch, she served a beef wellington with mushrooms, and attending that lunch where her in—laws as well as her sister in laws and her husbands as well. all the guests fell ill after that lunch and three of them subsequently died. the police said that it was alleged that she fed them death cap mushrooms. also invited to that lunch was her former husband, who

did not attend. the charges against her are three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder, and they also include previous alleged attempts against simon patterson's life. also decided at the hearing was that the case would be fast tracked to the supreme court. that means the trial will come sooner rather than later, and the next hearing is expected that this court in a few weeks' time. we are watching pictures of president shi shrimping's blame arriving in the pyrenees. macron is welcoming the chinese president in the pyrenees mountains. we are waiting to see what will happen during this meeting, they are expected to have lunch in the mountains. this is at an airport in the pyrenees. he described this as breaking protocol for a one—on—one

direct chat with president she shrimping. no aids will be there. we will keep an eye on those pictures. —— xijinping. personal information about serving members of the uk armed forces has been accessed from a system used by the ministry of defence. government officials told the bbc that china was most likely responsible. chinese foreign ministry spokesman, linjian, dismissed the accusation. translation: the remarks of the uk politicians are absurd. _ china firmly opposes and fights all forms of cyber attacks. we also firmly reject using the cyber security issue politically to smear and vilify other countries. with more on this, our political correspondent alex forsyth. what more do we know about this data breach? , ., ., what more do we know about this data breach? , . . ., ., ., ., , breach? this data, the data that has been accessed, _ breach? this data, the data that has been accessed, unauthorised - breach? this data, the data that has been accessed, unauthorised accessj been accessed, unauthorised access of this data breach has been on

serving data personnel across the army, navy, but also some veterans. the access was to a payroll system. we are not our understanding is that no operational data has been compromised. the information accessed has been largely names and bank accounts of serving personnel and in a small number of cases addresses as well. that system has been taken on off—line, and the ministry of defence is investigating and contacting all personnel who have been affected offering support and advice on what to do. it is largely thought that the biggest ridge here is potentially one of fraud, if anything. ridge here is potentially one of fraud, ifanything. in ridge here is potentially one of fraud, if anything. in terms of who might be behind this, we are expecting a statement from the dispense secretary who is going to update mps in the house of commons later today. we don't expect that he

is going to name china officially, but the suspicion as you say is that china is behind this. i suspect that when he appears in the house of commons this afternoon, he will get a lot of questions about the government's assessment about who might be behind this. but of course also the much wider security risk that may pose. just also the much wider security risk that may pose-— also the much wider security risk that may pose. just looking at the arrival of president _ that may pose. just looking at the arrival of president xi _ that may pose. just looking at the arrival of president xi jinping - that may pose. just looking at the arrival of president xi jinping in i arrival of president xijinping in france moments ago. how do they do that with a country they have huge trade with economically, but also that they see as a threat? it is trade with economically, but also that they see as a threat?- that they see as a threat? it is a conversation _ that they see as a threat? it is a conversation in _ that they see as a threat? it is a conversation in the _ that they see as a threat? it is a conversation in the conservative party which may bubble up again this afternoon. there were some conservative mps that want the government to take a much firmer line when it comes to its approach to china, and to expressly say that they perceive china as a threat. the government has not done that and has talked about much rather his greater

relationship with china and being mindful of their economic and trading relationship as you say. but i think this incident, although the government is not going to officially name china as being behind this, because it can take care a long period of time on gathering evidence to see who is behind this in an attack such as this one, it is very much going to be the centre of conversation amongst conservative mps and the party because there is a discussion as to whether the government is taking the right approach to china with some mps suggesting it should be much firmer. finally, let's take you to new york, where the biggest night of the fashion year has come to a close. guests at the met gala put on a show reflective of this year's theme — the garden of time. flowers in every colour and shape, have appeared on the red carpert for this year's event. a—list celebrities, like zendaya, jennifer lopez, bad bunny and chris hemsworth, have joined vogue's anna wintour as hosts of the gala.

paige skinner, associate reporter for the huffington post, told us more about who stood out. yeah, this was full of a—list celebrities and really great fashion. but, for me, who stood out was tyla. she was wearing a beautiful balmain gown, completely made out of sand. and it fit her so perfectly she actually couldn't walk up the steps, she had to be lifted for each step. she was a real standout for me. and, of course, kendalljenner, who was wearing givenchy, she always looks great at every red carpet event. yeah, it was a spectacular night forfashion. the dress code was garden of time. so, of course, a lot of celebrities and designers were going to take that and probably wear some florals. yeah, that clip from the devil wears prada has definitely going around tonight on social media. but, you know, i think it was a cool theme and designers could take a lot of leeway with it.

and we saw that with the balmain dress that tyla wore. she kind of nodded more to the "time" aspect of it. just before we go let's go back to france and the separate and the pyrenees where a plane carrying the chinese president xijinping has just landed and president macron has arrived to greet his guest of honour for the second day of his state visit. one of macron prospects objectives is to try and convince xi jinping in the trade imbalance between european firms in china. they are to head towards a tete—a—tete at lunch. the chinese and french released a joint statement to say they had reached interdepartmental agreement on several areas including ai, the

middle east and agriculture. talks with china over potentially major aircraft order. this visit very important for both countries. it is the chinese premier�*s first visit to europe in five years. stay here with us on bbc news. hello. a long last a little bit of welcome news in the forecast for the rest of this week, after what has been a particularly wet spell for some southern and eastern areas. at the isle of portland in dorset, we've already exceeded our main rainfall in the first seven days. contrast that with kinloss on the moray coast where, we've not seen a drop of rain recorded yet. we'll switch things round a little bit through this week and when we need a bit of rain, the north and west of scotland, the will be some at times. still some dry weather here and warm with the sunshine out later.

but where we've seen the wettest conditions, a largely dry picture, only isolated showers and feeling warm as the sunshine develops more widely. and even today, an improving picture. the weather front which brought the rain in the southeast has cleared through. one weather front, though, still tangled in across parts of scotland, producing lots of cloud and a few spots of light rain or drizzle. a few light showers possible across western england and wales, but nowhere near as many or as widespread as yesterday, or indeed as heavy. and it does mean that more of you will spend the bulk of the day dry, if not the complete day dry. and temperatures responding — into the high teens, if not low 20s. always cooler where that thicker cloud is in parts of scotland. that'll be there tonight. fairly cloudy in northern ireland too, for a while. a few mist and fog patches possible, but low cloud and sea fog will lap into eastern parts of england, and around western coast of wales, north coast of devon and cornwall too, to make for a murky start tomorrow. but temperatures fairly similar to this morning. now, as we go into wednesday, the middle part of the week, that high pressure, which is going to bring the dry conditions, becomes more established to the south and east. weatherfronts, though, scooting around thatjust to the north and west, which is going to bring some rain later on across the western isles,

northern and western scotland and, into the evening, maybe across some parts of northern ireland. only the odd isolated shower across some western areas. most places though, having a dry day on wednesday, and with a little bit more sunshine around after that murky start, temperatures will be more widely high teens and low 20s. as you go through into thursdaym overnight patchy rain or drizzle in northern ireland clears. still a bit damp in the far north of scotland. many, though, will have a dry day. very few, if any, showers around at all for most of you. and a lot more sunshinem so we could see temperatures, by this stage, 22 or 23, and creeping into the low 20s in parts of scotland and northern ireland too. and they will climb further as we go through towards the end of the week and into the start of the weekendm with most dry until we see some showers develop on sunday. take care.

more turbulence for boeing as it faces another safety investigation in the us, this time over the 787 dreamliner. and oil profits down. two giants of the industry — bp and saudi aramco — report a drop in revenue amid lower oil prices. welcome to world business report.

we begin in the us, where the troubles facing boeing have become even more serious. the us air safety regulator has opened a new investigation into the aircraft maker after boeing acknowledged that it might not have carried out proper quality inspections on its 787 dreamliner aircraft. it follows another probe earlier this year into the safety of its 737 max planes, one of which suffered a mid flight incident in which part of the wall of the plane blew out. from new york, the bbc�*s michelle fleury has more. boeing's work is once again in the spotlight. america's air safety regulator, the federal aviation authority has opened a new investigation into boeing after the company came forward and said some employees had committed misconduct by claiming certain tests had been completed when in fact they hadn't. the faa is investigating whether boeing completed inspections to confirm adequate bonding and grounding where they wings join

the main body of the plane on certain 787 dreamliner aircraft.