BBC: Top Stories

• Trump confronts South African president with claim of Afrikaners being 'persecuted'

  Cyril Ramaphosa responds that black people are likelier to be victims of violence in South Africa than white people.

• Gaza health system 'stretched beyond breaking point' by Israeli offensive, WHO warns

  The UN agency says Israeli ground operations and evacuation orders are putting hospitals out of service or making them inaccessible.

• US accepts gifted Qatari plane to join Air Force One fleet

  The White House insists that the gift is legal, but some of Trump's biggest backers have criticised the deal.

• Watch: Roof of historic Ming Dynasty tower collapses in China

  Video footage shows tiles falling from the roof and landing close to visitors to the site.

• 'The mood is changing': Israeli anger grows at conduct of war

  Support for the war in Gaza is waning, with some Israeli political and military figures criticising the conflict in recent days.