The US State Department says it has "credible reports" that Hamas is planning an "imminent" attack on civilians in Gaza, which it says would violate the ceasefire agreement.

A statement released on Saturday said a planned attack against Palestinians would be a "direct and grave" violation of the ceasefire agreement and "undermine the significant progress achieved through mediation efforts".

The state department did not not provide further details on the attack and it is unclear what reports it was citing.

The first phase of the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel is currently in progress - all living hostages have been released and bodies of the deceased are still being returned to Israel.

Also part of the agreement, Israel freed 250 Palestinian prisoners in its jails and 1,718 detainees from Gaza.

Washington said it had already informed other guarantors of the Gaza peace agreement - which include Egypt, Qatar and Turkey - and demanded Hamas uphold its end of the ceasefire terms.

"Should Hamas proceed with this attack, measures will be taken to protect the people of Gaza and preserve the integrity of the ceasefire," the statement said.

Hamas has not yet commented on the statement.

President Donald Trump has previously warned Hamas against the killing of civilians.

"If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them," Trump said in a post on Truth Social earlier this week.

He later clarified that he would not be sending US troops into Gaza.

Last week, BBC Verify authenticated graphic videos that showed a public execution carried out by Hamas gunmen in Gaza.

The videos showed several men with guns line up eight people, whose arms were tied behind their backs, before killing them in a crowded square.

BBC Verify could not confirm the identity of the masked gunmen, though some appeared to be wearing the green headbands associated with Hamas.

On Saturday, Israel said it had received two more bodies from Gaza that Hamas said are hostages, though they have yet to be formally identified.

So far, the remains of 10 out of 28 deceased hostages had been returned to Israel.

Separately on Saturday, 11 members of one Palestinian family were killed by an Israeli tank shell, according to the Hamas-run civil defence ministry, in what was the deadliest single incident involving Israeli soldiers in Gaza since the start of the ceasefire.

The Israeli military said soldiers had fired at a "suspicious vehicle" that had crossed the so-called yellow line demarcating the area still occupied by Israeli forces in Gaza.

There are no physical markers of this line, and it is unclear if the bus did cross it. The BBC has asked the IDF for the coordinates of the incident.

The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to the 7 October 2023 attack, in which Hamas-led gunmen killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel and took 251 others hostage.

At least 68,000 people have been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza since then, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, whose figures are seen by the UN as reliable.

In September, a UN commission of inquiry said Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Israel categorically rejected the report as "distorted and false".

Rachel Reeves chose to stress the long-term damage done to the UK economy by the 2020 Brexit deal, in her remarks at a key international economic committee at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

In remarks published this weekend, the chancellor told the world's leading finance ministers and central bankers: "The UK's productivity challenge has been compounded by the way in which the UK left the European Union."

She quoted the OBR's calculation of a 4% long-term hit relative to remaining in the UK, and said the UK "acknowledges this" in seeking stronger trade ties.

Labour had been reluctant to stress arguments about economic downsides from Brexit.

However, since its conference last month, ministers have been increasingly strident in making such arguments.

The open use of this argument in the most high-level global economic policy council, including the G7, China, India, the EU and European Central Banks, would have been unsurprising around the table. It confirms a notable change of emphasis, domestically.

It is expected to become a key part of the government's argument in the run-up to the Budget on 26 November, where a large part of the need for new measures - expected to be tax rises - will be down to a downgrade to long-term UK productivity.

The Office for Budget Responsibility will be expected to spell out in detail why any downgrade has occurred, when it publishes its forecast at next month's Budget.

Brexit is expected to feature. External economists have pointed to a fall in investment amid uncertainty after the referendum, as well as an underperformance on goods trade. Others point to robust services trade, and new freedoms to do trade deals around the world.

The issue is sensitive right now with government deciding on negotiating positions for the Brexit "reset" including scrapping most post-Brexit checks on food and farm trade, and helping UK manufacturers join consortia to bid for Europe's surging defence budgets.

European ministers urged maximum ambition in the talks to help mitigate the impact of trade wars elsewhere in the world.

Reeves announced tax rises worth £40bn a year at her first Budget last November, including hikes to payroll taxes paid by employers, and insisted she would not have to repeat the move in subsequent years.

But the chancellor is now facing the prospect of another repair job to the public finances.

The Conservatives opened up a clear dividing line on the issue at their conference, pledging to slash public spending by £47bn a year if they win the next election through cuts to welfare, the civil service and foreign aid.

Housing Secretary Steve Reed says his job should be "on the line" over a pledge to build 1.5 million new homes in England - but two leading experts have told BBC Panorama the government looks set to miss its target.

Prof Paul Cheshire, who has advised previous governments on planning policy, said there was "absolutely no way" it would succeed.

Meanwhile, Neil Jefferson of the Home Builders Federation, which represents private housebuilding companies, warned the government's target was "looking increasingly distant".

But Reed insisted he would "absolutely" meet the goal and told Panorama the widespread scepticism would make "celebration all the sweeter" when he hit it.

The promise to build the homes over the next Parliament, which is due to run until 2029, was a cornerstone of Labour's manifesto.

"My job should be on the line if I fail to meet my target," Reed said. "I expect to be held to account."

But Mr Jefferson has told Panorama housebuilding is "flatlining" at about 200,000 new homes a year, instead of the 300,000 annually required by the target.

A cumbersome planning process, environmental regulations and skill shortages - among other issues - were impacting the industry's building rates, he said.

Many big or controversial planning applications are currently decided not by trained council planning officers, but by elected local councillors on planning committees.

This means national priorities like building more homes often clash with local opposition.

Councils are also supposed to adopt a "local plan", a document outlining where development should happen and how it aligns with national policy. These plans can help to streamline planning approvals - if a proposal fits the plan, it should get permission unless there is a strong reason to reject it.

This means these documents are controversial, and can often face fierce local opposition.

Fewer than a third of councils currently have an up-to-date local plan in England, according to the Planning Inspectorate.

But Reed told Panorama the government will soon force councils to adopt a local plan.

Under proposed changes, councils will have to produce a plan within 30 months of starting the process - instead of the current average of seven years.

The government has also announced it will boost funding and training for planning authorities to help them with their plans.

Reed insisted government reforms would help developers build more homes, including mandating new housebuilding targets for councils and "more powers" for him to call in - or review - "unreasonably" rejected housing development schemes.

Reforms to the rules governing protected green belt land, which makes up 12.5% of land in England, have also been suggested by the government.

The first green belt was created in the 1930s, to try to stop cities from sprawling into the countryside. But many sections of green belt today contain intensive farming units, industrial buildings, quarries and golf courses.

The government has come up with a new concept called the "grey belt". The aim is to make it easier to get planning permission for green belt land that is considered low quality or has already been built on.

However, the government has left it up to each local authority to decide which sites qualify locally as grey belt.

Prof Cheshire, a former economist at the London School of Economics, said this was a missed opportunity: "If the grey belt had been defined in a legally watertight way… then it would have been cut and dried and you could have built a lot of houses, but they didn't do that.

"They left it to the fuzziness of the planning system and therefore to local lobbying, and... it won't happen", he said.

For Prof Cheshire, the government's reforms are "not going to make much difference". He added that "there's absolutely no way that we will build 1.5 million houses".

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An independent inquiry into "repeated failures" at an NHS trust's maternity units has been announced by Health Secretary Wes Streeting, following potentially avoidable harm to babies and mothers.

Earlier this year a BBC investigation revealed that the deaths of at least 56 babies and two mothers at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTH) over the past five years may have been prevented.

Streeting said a thorough investigation was required to understand what had "gone so catastrophically wrong" at the trust's maternity units at Leeds General Infirmary and St James's University Hospital.

In a statement, the trust told the BBC it was already "taking significant steps to address improvements".

The BBC has now spoken to more than 70 families who have described traumatic care, with some cases going back more than 15 years.

They include Fiona Winser-Ramm and Dan Ramm whose daughter, Aliona, died in January 2020 at Leeds General Infirmary. An inquest found "a number of gross failures" that "directly contributed" to her death.

Four years later, Amarjit Kaur and Mandip Singh Matharoo's daughter Asees was stillborn at the same hospital.

Both couples were among a group of bereaved Leeds families who wrote to Streeting requesting an independent inquiry following the BBC's initial coverage.

They later shared their experiences with him in person before the inquiry was announced.

"We know we are not alone, and that there's other families that have experienced what we have," said Amarjit.

Fiona added that "we can't quite believe it yet".

"I think the scale of this inquiry will be enormous. There are so many people who don't even know they are victims yet and it is going to snowball at an alarming pace," she added.

Streeting said he was "shocked" by the bereaved families' stories and the "repeated maternity failures" that were "made worse by the unacceptable response of the trust".

"I do think there is an exceptional case in Leeds to have a Nottingham-style independent inquiry into the failures," he said.

Nottingham University Hospitals Trust is at the centre of a public inquiry that will examine 2,500 cases of maternity failings on a national level.

Streeting said he hoped the Leeds inquiry would help the families to learn the truth about what went wrong in their care.

The Department of Health has not yet revealed the inquiry's terms of reference or details of who will lead it.

Bereaved families want Donna Ockenden - the senior midwife who led the review into maternity failings at Shrewsbury and Telford and is currently leading the Nottingham review – to also chair the Leeds inquiry.

They said Ms Ockenden had the trust of families and proven experience in uncovering systemic failings in maternity care.

The BBC has previously spoken to whistleblowers who said the previous rating of "good" for LTH maternity services did not reflect the reality.

The body responsible for inspecting NHS hospitals, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) downgraded both of the trust's maternity units to "inadequate" in June, after unannounced inspections raised concerns that women and babies were "at risk of avoidable harm".

Inspectors also highlighted a "blame culture" at the trust, which resulted in staff being reluctant to raise concerns and incidents.

The Leeds units are also currently part of a rapid national review into maternity and neonatal services across England, which was launched in June and is being led by Baroness Valerie Amos.

Brendan Brown, chief executive of LTH NHS Trust, apologised to bereaved families and said he hoped the inquiry would provide them with "answers".

He said: "We are determined to do better. We want to work with the families who have used our services to understand their experiences so that we can make real and lasting improvements.

"I would also like to reassure families in Leeds who will be using our services currently, that we are already taking significant steps to address improvements to our maternity and neonatal services, following reviews by the Care Quality Commission and NHS England."

Families say serious questions now need answering about what Sir Julian Hartley, the man in charge of the trust for ten years until 2023, knew about poor maternity care.

He's now in charge of the health care regulator in England, the Care Quality Commission.

In a statement, Sir Julian told the BBC that while he was Chief Executive of Leeds Trust, he was "absolutely committed to ensuring good patient care across all services, including maternity, but clearly this commitment wasn't enough to prevent some families suffering pain and loss".

He said he was "truly sorry" for this.

Lauren Caufield whose daughter, Grace Kilburn, died in 2022, and also met Streeting said:

"It is completely unacceptable that nothing has been done to date to look into the situations with Sir Julian Hartley. We hope the inquiry will do that."

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British soldiers will be granted new powers to shoot down drones threatening military bases.

The plans, to be unveiled by Defence Secretary John Healey in a speech on Monday, are intended to allow troops to take faster, more decisive action.

Four British airbases used by US forces reported mystery drone sightings last year, while drones have disrupted airspace across Europe a number of times in recent months.

The new powers will only apply to military sites, but could be extended to civilian locations such as airports.

Healey is set to announce the introduction of a "kinetic option", first reported by the Daily Telegraph, that would enable British troops or Ministry of Defence (MoD) police to shoot drones posing a threat to a military site in the UK.

Existing protocol mandates soldiers divert drones or disrupt their GPS signal using counter-drone equipment.

Shooting down an unidentified drone is only allowed in extreme circumstances.

RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall, in Suffolk, RAF Feltwell in Norfolk and RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire all reported drone incursions in November last year.

About 60 RAF personnel were sent to assist the US Air Force in its investigation.

Neither US nor UK officials have said who might have been behind the drone activity.

The airbases have strategic significance for the US military. It recently deployed F-22A fighter jets to RAF Lakenheath, days after the US bombing of Iranian nuclear sites in June.

Recent drone sightings across the European Union prompted a leaders' summit in Denmark earlier this month.

Several EU member states have backed plans for a multi-layered "drone wall" to quickly detect, track and destroy Russian drones.

Twenty Russian drones crossed into Poland in September while Russian MiG-31 jets entered Estonian airspace later in the month. Russia has denied or downplayed the incursions.

Other recent drones sightings have also forced numerous European airports to close, including across two consecutive days in Munich, Germany.

Airports in Denmark and Norway also shut after unidentified drones were spotted near airport and military airspaces.

Russia denied any involvement, while Danish authorities said there was no evidence Moscow was involved.

Vice President JD Vance celebrated the 250th anniversary of the US Marine Corps at an event that included a live artillery demonstration.

That demonstration - which took place at Camp Pendleton in Southern California - drew the ire of the state's governor Gavin Newsom, in part because the exercise closed a section of a popular interstate.

"Firing live rounds over a busy highway isn't just wrong — it's dangerous," Newsom, a Democrat who has often disagreed with the Trump administration, said in a statement.

During his remarks, Vance recalled his time in the Marines, railed against what he called a Democrat-caused government shutdown and critiqued previous military diversity initiatives.

The demonstration was the largest in a decade in the continental US, the Marines said, and involved fighter jets, Navy vessels, helicopters and live fire from a towed howitzer.

In response to the exercise, Newsom said he closed a section of Interstate 5 in Southern California "due to extreme life safety risk and distraction to drivers, including sudden unexpected and loud explosions".

But officials in the vice-president's office disputed Newsom's remarks that the demonstration was dangerous and accused the California governor of trying to stoke fears.

"If Gavin Newsom wants to oppose the training exercises that ensure our Armed Forces are the deadliest and most lethal fighting force in the world, then he can go right ahead," William Martin, Vance's communications director, told CNN. "It would come as no surprise that he would stoop so low considering his pathetic track record of failure as governor."

Vance, who spoke in front of hundreds of marines, praised his time in the military.

"I would not be here today, I would not be the vice president of the United States, I would not be the man I am today were it not for those four years that I served in the Marine Corps," he said.

Vance spent four years in the Marines and served a tour in Iraq in 2005.

But his remarks largely focused on politics, and in part he attacked "woke" aspects of the military.

"It is our common purpose, it is our common mission and it is the fact that every single person here bleeds Marine Corps green," the vice president said.

One of the Trump administration's focuses has been eliminating diversity initiatives, particularly within the Pentagon.

Vance also used the stage time to rail against the nearly three-week long government shutdown and put blame on Democrats, particularly Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

"I bring greetings today from our commander in chief, Donald J Trump, and he wanted me to tell each and every single one of you that he's proud of you, that he loves you and that despite the Schumer shutdown, he is going to do everything he can to make sure you get paid exactly as you deserve," he said.

While thousands of federal workers are working without pay, the Defence Department is paying troops.

Bereaved families are calling for a public inquiry into what they say are "repeated failures" by the UK government to protect vulnerable people from a website promoting suicide.

A report by the Molly Rose Foundation says departments were warned 65 times about the online forum, which BBC News is not naming, and others like it but did not act.

The suicide prevention charity says at least 133 people have died in the UK as a result of a toxic chemical promoted by the site and similar forums.

The government has not said whether it will consider an inquiry but said sites must prevent users from accessing illegal suicide and self-harm content or face "robust enforcement, including substantial fines".

Families and survivors have written to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer asking him for an inquiry to look into why warnings from coroners and campaigners have been ignored.

David Parfett, whose son Tom took his own life in 2021, told the BBC successive governments had offered sympathy but no accountability.

"The people who host the suicide platforms to spread their cult-like messages that suicide is normal - and earn money from selling death - continue to be several steps ahead of government ministers and law enforcement bodies," he said.

"I can think of no better memorial for my son than knowing people like him are protected from harm while they recover their mental health."

David and six other families are being represented by the law firm Leigh Day who have also written a letter to the prime minister highlighting their concerns about the main suicide forum.

The letter says victims were groomed online, and tended to be in their early 20s, with the youngest known victim being 13.

It argues a public inquiry is needed because coroners' courts cannot institute the changes needed to protect vulnerable people.

'Ignored and dismissed'

According to the report, coroners raised concerns and sent repeated warnings to the Home Office, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Department of Health and Social Care on dozens of occasions since 2019, when the forum that has been criticised by the families first emerged.

The report highlighted four main findings:

• The Home Office's refusal to tighten regulation of the substance, which remains easily obtainable online, while UK Border Force "struggles to respond to imports" from overseas sellers

• The media regulator Ofcom's decision to rely on "voluntary measures" from the main forum's operators rather than taking steps to restrict UK access

• Repeated failures by government departments to act on coroners' warnings

• Operational shortcomings, including inconsistent police welfare checks and delays in making antidotes available to emergency services

A government spokesperson said that the substance in question "is closely monitored and is reportable under the Poisons Act" meaning retailers should tell the authorities if they suspect it is being bought to cause harm.

But campaigners say the government's response has been fragmented and slow, with officials "passing the parcel" rather than taking co-ordinated action.

Adele Zeynep Walton, whose sister Aimee died in 2022, said families like hers had been "ignored and dismissed".

"She was creative, a very talented artist, gifted musician," she told BBC News.

"Aimee was hardworking and achieved great GCSE results, however she was shy and quiet and struggled to make friends.

"Every time I learn of a new life lost to the website that killed my sister three years ago, I'm infuriated that another family has had to go through this preventable tragedy."

The demand for an inquiry follows concerns raised by the BBC in 2023, when an investigation revealed sites offering instructions and encouragement for suicide and evading regulations.

Andy Burrows, chief executive of the Molly Rose Foundation, said the state's failure to act had "cost countless lives".

He also accused Ofcom of being "inexplicably slow" to restrict UK access to the main website the Foundation has raised concerns about.

Under the Online Safety Act, which became law in October 2023, Ofcom got the power in March 2025 to take action against sites hosting illegal content, which includes assisting suicide. If sites fail to show they have systems in place to remove illegal material, Ofcom can block them or impose fines of up to £18m.

UK users are currently unable to access the forum, which is based in the US. A message on the forum's homepage says it was not blocked to people in the UK as a result of government action but instead because of a "proactive" decision to "protect the platform and its users".

"We operate under the protection of the First Amendment. However, UK authorities have signalled intentions to enforce their domestic laws on foreign platforms, potentially leading to criminal liability or service disruption," the message reads.

In a statement, Ofcom said: "In response to our enforcement action, the online suicide forum put in place a geo-block to restrict access by people with UK IP addresses.

"Services that choose to block access by people in the UK must not encourage or promote ways to avoid these restrictions."

It added the forum remained on its watchlist and a previously-launched investigation into it remained open while it checked the block was being maintained.

• If you, or someone you know, has been affected by mental health issues BBC Action Line has put together a list of organisations which can help.

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Saying "no" to a boss can feel impossible.

Whatever our job, we all want to impress rather than disappoint.

But ambition can be a very slippery slope. Before you know it, work is coming home with you - seeping into weekends and disrupting time with family and friends.

Experts agree learning to set boundaries is the way to stem the flow.

Career coach Helen Tupper, co-founder of Squiggly Careers, suggests a simple language shift can help reinforce boundaries.

She recommends replacing "I can't" with "I don't".

"I can't" invites negotiation - people might try to convince you that you actually can," she says.

But "I don't" is more definitive and harder to challenge.

For example you can say "I don't go to meetings after 5pm on a Wednesday because I pick my kids up then," she suggests.

Model and TV chef Lorraine Pascale says not doing this ultimately led to her burning out.

Alongside her television career, she opened a patisserie in Covent Garden and published a series of cookbooks, all whilst raising her daughter.

"I just wasn't very good at saying no.

"You don't want to upset people, everyone's feeding stuff in your ear as to what you should be doing. So you just keep going," she told BBC Woman's Hour.

She adds that her perfectionism, including personally approving every recipe in her books, didn't help.

For Lorraine, burnout manifested physically and mentally - including "not wanting to go near" cakes.

"It was like an all-body reaction - a tightness in my chest," she explains. "I was having arguments with myself. A lot of self-blame, a lot of guilt, and a lot of tiredness."

Lorraine's experience shows burnout can affect anyone at any level, even if statistics suggest it is more likely to happen to women - in part because of added family responsibilities.

Dr Claire Ashley, author of The Burnout Doctor, says on a practical front, sticking to a firm routine over when you finish work each day allows our brains to complete the "stress cycle" and enjoy time off.

But the real solution is adjusting your goals to your "current capacity".

"Ask yourself whether what you want to achieve is reasonable given your mental and emotional resources at the time," she says.

In Lorraine's case this involved stepping back from cooking and going to therapy. This helped her understand that the toxic elements of her drive to impress stemmed from her childhood in foster care.

She's since begun studying psychology herself and says she is "much better" - gradually getting back into cooking on more "intentional" terms.

Of course, stress and long hours are part of any job.

But stats show an increase in the number of workers reaching breaking point.

Nine out of 10 workers have experienced high or extreme levels of pressure or stress in the past year, research suggests.

Feeling stressed or burnt out isn't the same as having clinical burnout - even if we often use the term loosely.

Dr Ashley says exhaustion, detachment, and reduced performance are the three defining symptoms.

Unless we meet all these, we don't yet have diagnosable burnout. But of course this doesn't mean we're not on the way.

'Run your own race'

Tupper, who wrote her book after experiencing burnout herself, says it's important to stop, celebrate and acknowledge your own successes, not just focus on the next thing.

Doing our best to avoid comparisons with colleagues can also help, so we run our own race, Tupper adds.

Of course, not everyone is in a position to push back at work - especially in corporate, or hierarchical job environments.

Dr Richard Duggins, an NHS psychiatrist and the author of Burnout-Free Working, often helps patients who feel they can't assert boundaries.

He encourages workers to talk to their boss regardless of how junior they are.

"Most employers, even the hard-nosed ones, will listen and make adjustments when they understand that preventing burnout benefits everyone."

He says setting boundaries, asking for help, or adjusting workload or flexibility can all help, but in the end if the workplace environment doesn't change then we need to make changes to protect ourselves.

Appreciating our life stages can be help with this, notes Dr Ashley.

"It's okay to say that someone working part-time, or with family responsibilities, may not be able to match the workload of a younger colleague."

As Lorraine puts it: "Ambitious is fine. Being ambitious is a beautiful thing, but just learn to say no more often."

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A massive monument of General Robert E Lee that once sparked riots in the Virginia city of Charlottesville is now a pile of melted-down bronze, artfully displayed in a Los Angeles museum.

Next to the sculpture are barrels of toxic "slag" leftover from the melting process.

Around the corner, there is a massive, graffitied equestrian statue of Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson – the two most famous Confederate generals in the US Civil War, which the Confederacy lost in 1865 and ultimately led to the end of slavery in the United States.

"They fought for slavery," says curator Hamza Walker, who has been working for eight years to acquire and borrow the massive monuments amid lawsuits and the logistical challenges of moving tens of thousands of pounds of bronze and granite to Los Angeles.

"The idea of lionising those figures. What did they believe? They believed in white supremacy. Period."

Coming at a time when President Donald Trump is ordering statues and paintings of Confederate generals to be reinstalled, the warring narratives of American history are at the heart of "Monuments," which opens 23 October at The Brick and at the Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

The 18 decommissioned Confederate monuments are displayed alongside pieces of contemporary art. The massive, graffitied statue of Lee and Jackson, for example, stands next to a giant replica sculpture of the "General Lee" car from the iconic TV show, The Dukes of Hazzard.

President Trump has often spoken of General Lee's bravery and he and others have criticized the removal and toppling of Confederate monuments, saying it's revisionist history.

White nationalists marched in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017, triggering deadly clashes, to keep the statue from being removed. In the aftermath, similar statues sparked clashes in cities across the US.

"Under this historical revision, our Nation's unparalleled legacy of advancing liberty, individual rights, and human happiness is reconstructed as inherently racist, sexist, oppressive, or otherwise irredeemably flawed," President Trump wrote in a March executive order calling for paintings and monuments to be reinstalled.

But Mr Walker says putting Lee and Jackson on pedestals – even though they lost the war – is racist and promotes the Lost Cause ideology that argues the Civil War was a noble cause for states' rights and not about slavery.

"States rights to do what? The reason for the Civil War was slavery," he said, adding that it perpetuates the idea that the South was a "noble victim", and that slavery wasn't so terrible.

"If you could distance them from slavery, right, then you could portray them as heroes, even though they lost the war and were on the wrong side of history, fighting for something that was morally repugnant," he says.

The centrepiece of the show is "Unmanned Drone" – a completely reconstructed sculpture of Stonewall Jackson by artist Kara Walker, who transformed the horse and its rider heading into battle into a headless, zombie-like creature.

"The southern vernacular would be a 'haint', which would be a ghostly form," Kara Walker, who is not related to Hamza Walker, told the BBC when asked how she describes the work. "It's an attempt to rethink the legacies of Stonewall Jackson as a mythology, as mythological holder for white supremacy."

Most of the monuments on display will be returned to the cities and towns they've been borrowed from when the show closes in May. But Kara Walker's sculpture will need to find a new home. And the bronze ingots from the melted down Lee sculpture will be transformed again into a new work of art.

The statue was removed in 2021 and melted in 2023 after the Charlottesville City Council voted to donate the statue to the Jefferson School - African American Heritage Center.

"It's a toxic representation of history, this lost cause narrative, and we're purifying it," says Jalane Schmidt, an activist and professor who was there when the statue came down in Charlottesville, and when it was melted at a secret foundry. She came to see it in its new form in Los Angeles.

Living in Charlottesville, she said, the statue was always in the background until a teenage girl in 2016 started a petition to rename Lee Park and remove the statue because she found it offensive that the city would celebrate someone who fought for slavery.

The statue was the focal point for the Unite the Right rally in 2017, which turned deadly when a 21-year-old white nationalist plowed his car into counter protesters killing Heather Heyer, a 32-year-old paralegal and civil rights activist.

Schmidt says the petition and the rally changed public opinion about the monuments in Charlottesville and elsewhere.

"Especially after Unite the Right, after we were attacked, well, clearly this was evidence that, you know, people are willing to die for symbols, but they're also willing to kill for them," she said. "We had to remove them just for our own health."