NewsHour

The head of the International Red Cross has told the BBC that what's happening in Gaza has crossed any acceptable legal or moral standard.

Mirjana Spoljari? said that the situation "should shock our collective conscience". Her comments come after dozens of Palestinians were killed near new aid distribution centres. A prominent US-Israeli businessman with long experience of humanitarian missions tells us what's gone wrong with the roll-out of aid by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Also in the programme: Six months after a botched military coup, South Korea has a new president; and we'll hear howpoverty is driving men from Lesotho to the illegal mines of neioghbouring South Africa.

(Photo shows people carrying aid supplies which they received from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip on 3 June 2025. Credit: Reuters TV)

The Israeli military says it's to investigate the reported killing on Tuesday of 27 Palestinians near a US-backed aid distribution centre in Gaza. A government spokesman David Mencer earlier denied that Israeli forces had targeted civilians. Israel has also denied shooting Palestinians at the same site on Sunday. We speak to an advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu.

Also in the programme: The opposition candidate in South Korea's presidential election celebrates a landslide win; and an award-winning writer on artificial intelligence urges scientists to contemplate a time when humans will no longer be the smartest ones on the planet.

(Photo: Mourners react at the funeral of Palestinians killed, in what the Gaza Health Ministry says was Israeli fire near a distribution site in Rafah, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 3, 2025. Reuters/Hatem Khaled)

Health officials in Gaza say at least 27 people have been killed near one of the controversial new aid distribution centres - the third reported incident in three days.

The Israeli military says they fired 'warning shots'; medics say they are dealing with a range of injuries.

Also on the programme: the mother of a political prisoner still being held in an Egyptian prison eight months after his sentence ended tells us why she's on hunger strike in protest; and South Koreans have been choosing their next president after former President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment over his failed martial law bid.

(Photo: A mourner reacts during the funeral of Palestinians killed, in what the Gaza health ministry say was Israeli fire near a distribution site in Rafah, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 3, 2025. Credit: Reuters)

The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has called for an independent investigation into the reported killing on Sunday of at least thirty-one Palestinians near a US-backed aid distribution centre in Gaza. Israel denied that their forces fired at people near the site. UN human rights chief, Volker Turk, tells us the incident shows Israel's disregard for Palestinian civilians.

Also in the programme: Russia stands by its hard line demands at ceasefire talks in Istanbul, and the French parliament votes to posthumously promote Alfred Dreyfus, in an attempt to right one of histories most infamous anti-Semitic scandals

(Picture: Palestinians who were killed in the Israeli army attacks near the American aid center in Rafah and the Muin area and Salahaddin Street in the east of Khan Yunis are being sent to their last journeys by their relatives at Nasser Medical Center in Khan Yunis city, Gaza on June 2, 2025. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Right-wing historian Karol Nawrocki has narrowly won Poland's presidential election, in what is a blow to the governing centrist coalition.

Mr Nawrocki - who is backed by the main opposition Law and Justice party - will wield a powerful veto over policy - so what does it mean for the pro-EU government led by former European Council president Donald Tusk?

Also in the programme: What exactly caused the "mass casualty" event at an aid station in Gaza?; and positive news on colon cancer recovery, as research shows survival rates are boosted by a third - just by regular exercise.

(Photo shows Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki reacts to the results of the second round of the presidential election, in Warsaw, Poland, June 1, 2025. Credit: Aleksandra Szmigiel/Reuters

In one of its biggest operations of the kind, Ukraine has used drones to hit dozens of Russian strategic bombers. The drones took off from inside Russia, hitting targets in Murmansk in the Arctic and Irkutsk in Siberia, as well as two airfields closer to Moscow.

Also in the programme: Medics in Gaza say they've treated dozens of casualties, amid conflicting reports of an Israeli attack near an aid distribution centre; Mexicans are voting in the first election to choose the entire judiciary - from magistrates to Supreme Court judges - by direct vote; and ABBA honours sound engineer, Michael Tretow, who has died at the age of 80.

The attack took place near to a US-backed aid distribution centre in Rafah. The IDF said it was currently unaware of casualties caused by its shelling.

Also on the programme: Russian authorities have blamed sabotage for the collapse of two bridges near the border with Ukraine; and ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus pays tribute to the band's "fifth member," the sound engineer Michael Tretow who has just died.

(Picture: Palestinians in mourning near Nasser Hospital in Gaza. Credit: Getty Images)

Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.

The US Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, has warned that the threat from China to Taiwan could be imminent at a major security gathering in Singapore. Mr Hegseth has called on US regional allies to help increase defence spending as he believes Beijing is seeking regional domination.

Also in the programme: We discuss the latest on the humanitarian situation in Gaza as the United Nations humanitarian agency OCHA says 2 million Palestinians are being left to either starve or be killed by Israel.

(Photo: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers his speech during Shangri-la Dialogue Defence Summit in Singapore, 31 May 2025. CREDIT: Photo by HOW HWEE YOUNG/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

After a very high profile period in proximity to Donald Trump Elon Musk today steps back from working for the government on DOGE - the department of government efficiency - and goes back to running his businesses. So what has he achieved?

Also on the programme: Will the Romanian golden helmet that was stolen from a Dutch museum ever be found? How come Western countries are paying more to Russia for oil and gas than they are paying to Ukraine for its defence? And we look back at the life of the man who invented the abortion pill.

(Photo: Elon Musk stands in the Oval Office to attend a press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. CREDIT: REUTERS/Nathan Howard)