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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected US President Donald Trump's 15-point plan for Gaza, stating that no military pull-out will happen until Hamas is "genuinely" disarmed.

Trump's Board of Peace said last month it had reached an agreement for the "complete disarmament" of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza.

But Hamas said handing over its heavy weapons was contingent on Israel ending "all forms of aggression" and withdrawing its forces from Gaza.

Israel has continued to carry out strikes on Gaza since agreeing to an initial ceasefire in the territory last October.

"Israel rejects the 15-point document," Netanyahu said at a cabinet meeting.

The Israeli military "will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed and will continue to thwart threats against our forces and our citizens", he added.

A Hamas official told the BBC on Sunday the group "reaffirms it commitment" to the agreement and it was ready "to engage seriously and responsibly in implementing" the 15-point plan.

They called on mediators to ensure "that all parties comply with what has been agreed".

Israel's rejection signals another blow for Trump's Gaza peace plan which was announced in September last year.

Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jon Donnison, Lucy Williamson and Bernd Debusmann.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected US President Donald Trump's 15-point plan for Gaza, saying there will be no military withdrawal until Hamas is "genuinely" disarmed.

Trump's Board of Peace said last month that it had reached an agreement for the "complete disarmament" of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza.

However, Hamas said it would surrender its heavy weapons only if Israel ended "all forms of aggression" and withdrew its forces from the territory.

"Israel rejects the 15-point document," Netanyahu said at a cabinet meeting on Sunday.

The decision is another setback for Trump's peace initiative for Gaza, which was announced in September last year.

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Every time you order clothes, groceries or household essentials online, there’s a chance an autonomous robot helped out.

Inside warehouses across the world, fleets of autonomous robots are changing the way orders are picked, packed and dispatched. Much of this technology is being developed in China.

Tech Now's Suranjana Tewari heads behind the scenes of Geek+, the world's largest supplier of autonomous mobile warehouse robots.

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A state of emergency has been declared after thousands of people were forced to flee their homes as a fast-moving wildfire in a remote part of western Canada spread rapidly, doubling in size since it was first detected on Friday.

The Bald Range wildfires triggered the largest evacuation event this summer and more than 20,000 people across British Columbia have evacuated their homes, officials say.

It was not yet clear how many structures had been destroyed in the blaze.

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Fifa president Gianni Infantino's alleged lover received a six-figure severance payment from Uefa while he was the organisation's general secretary, according to a Daily Telegraph investigation.

The Telegraph reported that the woman had an alleged relationship with Infantino, who is married, during his time at European football's governing body.

A spokesman for Infantino said he "strongly denies these categorically untrue allegations".

The claims come as Infantino fights for his future as Fifa president following his abandoned plans to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors.

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"I did it for the challenge".

The BBC has been given exclusive access to the UK's expanding hacker rehab programme which is run by police to steer teenagers away from cyber-crime.

For Tech Now, the BBC's Cyber Correspondent Joe Tidy has spoken to young hackers who are on the programme about how they strayed into minor illegal hacking before being caught and put on the course.

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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have signed a joint defence agreement, saying an attack on one of them would be seen as an attack on all three.

After the US and Israel attacked Iran on 28 February, Tehran and its allies struck targets in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states and disrupted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil shipping channel, and the Red Sea.

The Mecca agreement has drawn a sharp reaction from Tehran, where a senior member of parliament said it would not help Saudi Arabia.

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After a week of deadly strikes targeting factories and infrastructure is the War in Ukraine entering a new phase of aggression?

President Zelensky has appealed for more ballistic missile interceptors after twenty one people were killed in a night in Kyiv. Moscow fired 115 drones and 24 ballistic missiles. Most of the drones were shot down, but Kyiv's depleted air defences did not intercept any of the missiles.

In Moscow oil refineries and factories have been targeted by Ukrainian drones. An estimated £750m worth of goods were destroyed after Russia’s biggest online retailer, Wildberries, was hit last month. So has the war entered a new phase?

Adam is joined by Russia editor Steve Rosenberg and Ukraine Correspondent Dan Johnson.

00:00 - Intro

00:42 - Dan's first days reporting from Ukraine

02:13 - Ukrainian drones target Russian warehouses

04:57 - Drone strikes hits a beach in southern Russia

05:49 - Russian ballistic missile attacks intensify over Kyiv

07:15 - The global shortage of Patriot air defence interceptors

14:05 - The bombing of an Italian restaurant in Moscow

18:29 - The UK's new defence secretary makes his first visit to Kyiv

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Artificial Intelligence has been used to design brand new viruses that are fully functional and can replicate in the laboratory, say US researchers.

It is the first time whole genomes have been successfully designed by AI.

The resulting 16 novel viruses were created to infect bacteria and pose no threat to people. But experts have also warned AI-designed viruses raise "urgent" safety and security concerns.

In this video...

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00:43 - 01:39 - How were the viruses created

01:39 - 02:47 - What's the significance

02:47 - 04:09 - What are the benefits

04:09 - 05:15 - What are the concerns

05:15 - 06:38 - Impact of AI on healthcare

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Russia is systematically seizing tens of thousands of homes across four illegally annexed regions of Ukraine - Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. Documents analysed by the BBC show that 34,000 properties have been taken - or been earmarked for confiscation - so they can be given to Russian passport holders.

Olga Robinson of BBC Verify tells us how the Kremlin has used the strategy of "Russification" in occupied Ukraine.

The practice of seizing homes was formalised in a law signed by Vladimir Putin last year. Moscow says it is part of a “legal framework for integrating the reunited regions” into the Russian system. But critics have described it as "demographic engineering" - an attempt to transform the social and political fabric of occupied territory, and make it harder, and less desirable, to ever reintegrate these lands with Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine will not accept any peace deal that cedes territory to Russia.

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00:00 Introduction

00:22 How Russia seizes homes in occupied Ukraine

01:26 Who are the Ukrainians losing their homes?

03:22 Why are the Russians seizing homes?

05:01 What is "Russification"?

05:44 Living in a "mixed Russian-Ukrainian household"

07:32 Where does this leave Ukrainians?