of hostages, there are new reports from us media that a potential deal has been reached for their release. taylor swift postpones her upcoming concert in rio de janeiro due to extreme heat after a fan died at friday's show. three, two, one... and elon musk�*s latest rocket successfuly blasts off, but fails minutes later after reaching space. i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. the world health organization says it led a high—riskjoint humanitarian mission to al—shifa hospital, finding a catastrophic situation for the injured patients remaining there. the who says the hospital has become a "death zone," its corridors filled with medical and solid waste,

increasing the risk of infection. it points to the lack of clean water, fuel, medicines, food, and aid, causing al—shifa to "essentially stop functioning as a medical facility". they also said they saw a mass grave at the entrance of the hospital and were told more than 80 people were buried there. the who is now drawing up plans for a full evacuation of the hospital. the organization says they were able to spend one hour inside the hospital, gaza city's largest, in a mission co—ordinated with the israel defense forces to ensure safe passage. it comes after hundreds of people left gaza city's main hospital, where the israeli military has been conducting raids this week. some medical staff claimed israeli forces ordered the evacuations, something the israeli military denies. meantime, a possible hostage release deal is being reported by us media. the washington post is reporting that israel, the united states and hamas are close to an agreement to free dozens of women

and children held hostage in gaza in exchange for a five—day pause in fighting. the report says that the release could begin within the next several days, barring last—minute hitches, and may lead to the first sustained pause in conflict in gaza. according to the post, a six—page agreement would freeze combat operations for at least five days while an initial 50 or more hostages are released in batches every 2a hours. a spokesperson for the israeli embassy in washington told the paper late saturday that "we are not going to comment" on any aspect of the hostage situation. well, earlier i spoke to yogita limaye about the broader hostage situation in gaza. you've been speaking to those families who've been rallying outside the residence of prime minister benjamin netanyahu.

what is the mood among them, and do you think that's reflective of the broader mood among israelis? i think the broader mood among them is frustration and anger. thousands of people marched from tel aviv a few days ago. they entered jerusalem today and came outside the prime minister's office. and speaking to them, i think the frustration, especially of the families of the hostages, was that the government is not making the hostages the number one priority. so prime minister benjamin netanyahu has repeatedly said and he's talked again tonight about the destruction of hamas being the first priority, then the release of hostages. and speaking to the brother of one of the men who's been taken, a 22—year—old man who was kidnapped from a music festival in southern israel, i asked him what he feels about what the prime minister has been saying and he said ifeel furious. i feel furious because the first thing that the government should be doing is getting the hostages released. it's six weeks, and time is

running out for many of them. around 30 of them are children. there are also many elderly people. we've also spoken in the past few weeks to the son of an 84—year—old woman who's been taken hostage. he says she needs medication every day to survive, to stay in good health. so for them it's now been six weeks, and they say they have had very little information from the government. they say they want their leaders to look them in the eye and tell them exactly what is being done to bring their loved ones back. i want to touch on the situation in the gaza strip as well, because there continues to be evacuation orders. we're not always sure — there's not always that clarity exactly where these orders are coming from. but for the palestinians who receive them, do they know where to go? is there somewhere for them to go to? i think that's been the problem all along. there were leaflets dropped early on in the northern part of gaza asking people

to move to the south, to what the israeli military repeatedly kept referring to as safer areas. but we know that there have been airstrikes repeatedly in central and southern gaza as well, killing hundreds of civilians just this week alone, and so people ask this question: what exactly is a safer area? and now, over the past week, they've been dropping leaflets also over khan younis in central gaza, telling people to evacuate from there. so it is very unclear. where do you actually go to? you've fled your home to try to get to a safer area, but what exactly is safe? and this is the question that people in gaza keep asking when we've been speaking to them. of course, today i think what has particularly stood out, and there's been a lot of commentary around it, are videos that emerged on social media of a strike on a school shelter

in northern gaza. we've had the un making very sharp comments about it, saying that a ceasefire is required immediately. it's not clear what caused that explosion. israeli defence forces are saying that they're investigating. the hamas—run health ministry says scores of people have been killed there. our correspondent there, yogita limaye. yogita, thanks so much. also in the past few hours, we've heard from us presidentjoe biden on the war. in an opinion piece published in the washington post, mr biden has reiterated his call for a two—state solution to the conflict between israel and the palestinians. the president laid out a us vision for gaza when the war is over, with mr biden saying gaza and the west bank should be reunited under a single governance structure, led by the palestinian authority, which currently governs the west bank. earlier i spoke with ravi agrawal, editor in chief for foreign policy,

about president biden�*s op—ed. thank you for being with us once again. before we get to all the detail on this op—ed, i want to touch on the timing here. why do you think that presumably the white house communications team thought that it was necessary to put out this article right now, seemingly drawing this parallel between russian president vladimir putin and hamas? well, i think there _ vladimir putin and hamas? well, i think there are _ vladimir putin and hamas? well, i think there are two _ vladimir putin and hamas? well, i think there are two reasons - i think there are two reasons here, and there are two audiences for this op—ed. there is a domestic audience, because poles are now suggesting more and more that president biden faces a tough re—election bid, whether it's against former president trump or any other republican candidate. the polls also suggest that there are many americans, sizeable populations of various minority groups, that are unhappy with the way in which the united states has handled the crisis in the middle east. so that could be one potential constituency there where president biden, if you look at this piece, he is very much

trying to defend what he's done so far, laying out piece by piece how he went to israel right after the attacks of seventh of october, but also what kind of leverage he's used so far on israel and what else is in the pipeline in terms of policy. and that brings me to the second potential constituency here for who he is trying to reach, and that is people around the world, people in the arab world, leaders in the arab world, people across the arab world, people across the muslim world and the global south, many of whom are unhappy with the way in which the united states has stood by israel but not done enough, critics would say, to try and alleviate the humanitarian crisis in gaza, to not do more to allow humanitarian aid in or to allow humanitarian aid in or to call for a ceasefire, which even the united nations has called for. even the united nations has called for-— called for. well, let's touch then on that _ called for. well, let's touch then on that domestic- called for. well, let's touch - then on that domestic audience. i want to read you something that the president wrote in that the president wrote in that op—ed. he said, quote, the

world looks to us to solve the problems of our time. that is the duty of leadership, and america will lead. do you think that the american public is still on board with that? i think, you know, most americans like to think that the united states can lead the world in a sort of metaphorical sense, but they don't like to see boots on they don't like to see boots on the ground in arenas around the world. they don't like to see america getting tangled in wars around the world, but they do like to see american leadership more broadly. and i think therein lies part of the problem for president biden. i mean, he very clearly wanted to get out of afghanistan, for example, and did that despite the fact that it was unpopular at the time. many commentators called the method of leaving afghanistan botched, and perhaps rightly so, and there is certainly a broader american mood of retrenchment, of trying to not get entangled in conflicts around the world, but

also to not be the world's policeman. you contrast all of that with some of the language that with some of the language that president biden used in this particular op—ed that has also been used throughout his presidency. he often uses the phrase inflection point. the world is at an inflection point. you'll see him say this again and again in a variety of contexts, and what he's trying to say in that is that there are so many big changes around the world that, in a sense, the world looks to america for leadership. however, america hasn't quite put his money where its mouth is when it comes to that. as i said, it doesn't get entangled with boots on the ground where it can avoid it, but not only that, it hasn't really led through multinational organisations such as the united nations —— multilateral. which is quite crucial at this current moment, critics of the biden administration would say that america can do much more to secure the global multilateral liberal rules based international order that

president biden often refers to. i president biden often refers to. ., ., president biden often refers to. . ., . president biden often refers to. ., ., ., to. i want to ask you about the olitical to. i want to ask you about the political solution _ to. i want to ask you about the political solution here, - political solution here, because that's something that biden�*s put forward in this op—ed, talking about the two state solution once again, saying that now, essentially, we have to talk about it once again. do you think that that is realistic right now, to talk about the two state solution at this particular moment? and do you think that the us had been fostering that approach consistently before this crisis? ., . �* consistently before this crisis? ., ., �* �*, crisis? no, it hadn't. it's very clear— crisis? no, it hadn't. it's very clear that _ crisis? no, it hadn't. it's very clear that leaders . crisis? no, it hadn't. it's| very clear that leaders on crisis? no, it hadn't. it's- very clear that leaders on all sides, the palestinian side, the israeli side, the american side, around the world, leaders have let us down to allow the events that have taken place over the last seven months, even, to get to where they have. leadership has failed, and that is why there hasn't been a two state solution for all these years. that said, it is never too late to try. and i think it's important for the united states to say that, even in moments of great despair

such as the moment we are in right now, it's important to think ahead. it's important to hope. and president biden wrote as much in his op—ed. it's important to think about the alternative, to think about peace and freedom. to that end, one of the areas that the united states has faced the most criticism over from countries in the middle east and around arab countries especially is that it stood by israel. president biden is arguably the most popular man in israel. but when is it going to use that leveraged to try and get israel to the table to put terms to the palestinians that are acceptable to them? one advance, i think, in president biden�*s op—ed was saying that they would crack down on settlers in the west bank, who are currently conducting violent attacks on palestinians there. and potentially even preventing them from travelling or coming

to the united states. there are levers that the united states can pull if it wants to, and i think critics of this administration want to see that president biden is exercising the leverage that the united states clearly has over israel, having stood by it in its moment of dire need. ravi agrawal, — moment of dire need. ravi agrawal, thank _ moment of dire need. ravi agrawal, thank you - moment of dire need. ravi agrawal, thank you for - moment of dire need. ravi agrawal, thank you for being with us. enormous queues of lorries have built up on the polish—ukrainian border due to an ongoing blockade by polish truckers, who say ukrainians are stealing their business. ukraine has called the move a stab in the back, but negotiations are ongoing. the protest comes two months after poland banned the import of ukrainian grain, claiming that polish farmers were losing out. president zelensky admitted recently that many people around the world are becoming tired of the war in ukraine, which he called scary. from the polish—ukrainian border, our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports.

stranded on the road home to ukraine. there are now hundreds of trucks in this queue not even crawling towards poland's eastern border. they are trapped by a trade dispute that could point to a growing tension between two neighbours and allies. stanislav has been stuck for over a week now, living in his cab. translation: a clear mocro he keeps checking form news of movement, but there is none.— form news of movement, but there is none. and he supplies, money and _ there is none. and he supplies, money and patients _ there is none. and he supplies, money and patients are - there is none. and he supplies, money and patients are all - money and patients are all wearing out. he is all the more bitter because poland has been such a firm friend to ukraine, ever since the russian invasion. translation: people's nerves in this _ invasion. translation: people's nerves in this queue _ invasion. translation: people's nerves in this queue are - invasion. translation: people's nerves in this queue are really - nerves in this queue are really fraying. we cannot take much

more. is this how poland helps us? what can i say. thank you, polish people, for this "help". it was 20 kilometres to the front of the queue. and the polish truckers blocking the road with their protest. they say the ukrainian drivers have been stealing their business ever since the eu lifted the limit on how many can come into europe. the measure was meant to help ukraine during the war. translation: we to help ukraine during the war. translation:— to help ukraine during the war. translation: we are constantly su- ”ortin translation: we are constantly supporting ukraine. _ translation: we are constantly supporting ukraine. but - translation: we are constantly supporting ukraine. but we - translation: we are constantly supporting ukraine. but we need| supporting ukraine. but we need to support our own families too. it is a matter of to be or not to be for our companies now. , ., , , ., now. the protesters are letting food through — now. the protesters are letting food through to _ now. the protesters are letting food through to ukraine, - now. the protesters are letting food through to ukraine, as - food through to ukraine, as well as humanitarian and military aid. otherwise, though, they have choked the flow to a couple of trucks in our in each direction. when the war in ukraine started, there were completely different scenes here at the border — a huge outpouring of support and sympathy for polish people as ukrainian refugees poured

across the border here. now, polish people's sympathy has not run out but this protest is just the latest sign of strain relations. translation: i don't su- ort relations. translation: i don't support the _ relations. translation: i don't support the ukrainians - relations. translation: idon't| support the ukrainians anymore. your lender lives in a nearby village. i your lender lives in a nearby villaae. ., your lender lives in a nearby villaae. . ., ., ., village. i have had enough of them. sophia _ village. i have had enough of them. sophia agrees - village. i have had enough of them. sophia agrees and - village. i have had enough of - them. sophia agrees and blames hard times _ them. sophia agrees and blames hard times in _ them. sophia agrees and blames hard times in poland _ them. sophia agrees and blames hard times in poland itself. - hard times in poland itself. the ukrainian truckers just want to get home. but, like them, the talks to end this protest have stalled. sarah rainsford, bbc news on the polish— ukrainian border. despite its failure shortly after lift—off, the second launch of the spacex spacecraft was hailed by its owner elon musk as an opportunity to learn, and fly again. here's rebecca morelle. the world's biggest and most powerful rocket, starship, getting ready for its second test flight. mission control:

three, two, one... at first, everything goes to plan... we have lift off. the spacex rocket is on its way. after a couple of minutes, a vital manoeuvre. this is where things went wrong on the first test, but not this time. the upper and lower parts of the rocket successfully separate. so far, so good. then, this. and as you can see, the superheavy booster has just experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly! but the upper part of the rocket continues, making it to space — until that explodes, too. watching all this unfold, the rocket�*s owner, elon musk. elon was predicting a 60% chance of success and i would say that they probably got 60% success. they managed to clear the tower. they didn't blow up the launch pad. i would say overall, they met some of the most important flight objectives. standing i20m tall, starship is even bigger than the rockets used for the apollo missions.

this means it can launch much larger loads. they'll be able to take 150 tonnes. 150 tonnes means you can launch big parts of a space station or perhaps infrastructure that we want to put on the moon. and this is vital. starship is an integral part of nasa's artemis mission to return astronauts to the lunar surface. there are a lot of things that have to be completed before we can actually put americans walking on the moon again and i would say starship is a big piece of that, so nasa needs this to be successful. so, was this flight a success orfailure? usually, an exploding rocket is seen as far from ideal but the spacex philosophy is to go quick, fail often and learn fast. so, now, they'll work out what went wrong, then try again. rebecca morelle, bbc news. the singer taylor swift has postponed today's show in rio dejaneiro due to extreme heat a following the death of a fan before her show in

the city on friday. a 23—year—old member of her audience died after suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest. our reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more. taylor swift is in rio on the latest leg of her record—breaking eras tour. some 60,000 concert goers were in the stadium for the sell—out gig. now, the event organisers say the 23—year—old fan was taken unwell at the stadium. some reports say she fainted. she was taken to hospital, but died. an investigation into the cause of her death is under way. taylor, who was seen handing out water bottles to some fans during the gig, posted this message on social media. she said: "i can't believe i am writing these words, "but it is with a shattered heart that i say we lost a fan "earlier tonight before my show. "i can't even tell you how devastated i am by this." she went on to offer her condolences to friends and family of the fan. now, there had been due to be

another taylor swift concert on saturday night in rio, but taylor posted this — "i am writing this from my dressing room in the stadium. "the decision has been made to postpone tonight's show due "to the extreme temperatures in rio." she goes on to say, "the safety and well—being of my fans, "fellow performers and crew has to and always will come first." brazil has been in the grip of a heatwave and friday's show took place on the same day that rio recorded its highest ever reading of the so—called heat index — that combines temperature and humidity. it measured 59.3 celsius, orjust over 138 fahrenheit. the government has now ordered that all venues provide water and that fans can carry

in their own water bottles. thejustice minister posted: he went on to say: now, taylor is due to play another concert in rio on sunday night with further gigs across brazil later in the week. to discuss the local reaction and the heatwave measures, i am joined by constance malleret, a journalist based in rio. my my apologies, that you are, constance. good to see you. you are in brazil. talk to us about the weather conditions there right now. the weather conditions there right "ow-— the weather conditions there riaht now. �*, , ., right now. it's extremely hot, as ou right now. it's extremely hot, as you were _ right now. it's extremely hot, as you were saying _ right now. it's extremely hot, as you were saying just - right now. it's extremely hot, as you were saying just now. | right now. it's extremely hot, | as you were saying just now. i feel like temperatures hit 60 celsius in parts of rio today and it's been more than a week now that we've had these extremely unusually high temperatures in what is still spring in brazil and

temperatures are bordering on, in most parts of the city, unbearable. i in most parts of the city, unbearable.— in most parts of the city, unbearable. ~ , ., , unbearable. i think you can see ou ma unbearable. i think you can see you may have _ unbearable. i think you can see you may have your _ unbearable. i think you can see you may have your fan - unbearable. i think you can see you may have your fan on - unbearable. i think you can see| you may have your fan on there. i'm wondering, how most people coping with these conditions right now? i coping with these conditions right now?— coping with these conditions riaht now? ., ., , ., ., right now? i do have my fan on althou:h right now? i do have my fan on although i— right now? i do have my fan on although i don't _ right now? i do have my fan on although i don't have _ although i don't have air—conditioning so my family is my lifesaver right now. brazil, rio in particular, is a very hot city and people are used to very hot summers and immense people are equipped with fans and air conditioning but demand, energy demand has been so high this last week that there has been power cuts and those often affect poor neighbourhoods which are usually hotter because they are areas which are more densely populated than hapless coverage and so it's been harderfor the population who cannot depend on an air—conditioned bedroom. 50 an air—conditioned bedroom. so when it comes to events held in stadia, arenas, that kind of thing, we understand some temporary measures have been put in place in the wake of the death of this fan at the taylor

swift concept. but is brazil set up for this kind of heat going forward if these increasingly warm conditions continue? i increasingly warm conditions continue?— continue? i mean, you could arrue continue? i mean, you could argue that — continue? i mean, you could argue that parts _ continue? i mean, you could argue that parts of _ continue? i mean, you could argue that parts of the - continue? i mean, you could l argue that parts of the country are not because these are stadiums— i was in a school earlier today which was in an area often packed with people and they had a few fans trying to call people down stop they would need to install air—conditioning for their events to keep being viable if these temperatures will become these temperatures will become the new normal, which everything indicates we will be experiencing much more frequent heatwaves like the one we are going through now. just touching _ going through now. just touching on _ going through now. just touching on this - going through now. just touching on this year. going through now. just touching on this year in particular, it is an el nino year, spring now. what could you be expecting for the rest of the year? this you be expecting for the rest of the year?— of the year? as you say, it is an el nino — of the year? as you say, it is an el nino year, _ of the year? as you say, it is an el nino year, the - of the year? as you say, it is an el nino year, the eight. an el nino year, the eight heatwave brazil has experienced in 2023, and everything

indicates the summer ahead, which starts at the end of december, will be particularly hard, partly due to inaudible but partly due to the global rising temperatures and as i mentioned the fact that these kind of events are expected to become more frequent due to climate change and global warming. climate change and global warming-— climate change and global warminu. �* ., climate change and global warminu. ., warming. and what you say, you know, warming. and what you say, you know. this _ warming. and what you say, you know, this also _ warming. and what you say, you know, this also underscores, - warming. and what you say, you know, this also underscores, as| know, this also underscores, as tragic as it is, you know, some of the lengths that fans have gone to around the world to attend these irritable concerts put on my taylor swift? == attend these irritable concerts put on my taylor swift? -- era tour. brazil— put on my taylor swift? -- era tour. brazil is _ put on my taylor swift? -- era tour. brazil is known _ put on my taylor swift? -- era tour. brazil is known for- tour. brazil is known for having a strongly ardent fan bases whether it's for local bands or taylor swift. and also, because it is a country and city which is used to hot temperatures, what some people still have not really come to the realisation that last week required particular caution regarding the heat and its health effects, so that could be a factor as well in the things we saw yesterday at the

estadio nilton santos stadium. constance, great to talk to you. thank you so much. the world of formula i has descended on las vegas, which is hours away from hosting its inaugural grand prix. the highly anticipated event ran into trouble early in the first practice session when a drain cover came loose. drivers have praised the venue for its glamour, as it's located right on the las vegas strip, but have criticised organizers for problems on the track. we are taking a look at live pictures of the las vegas sphere on this trip but some have also criticised organisers for problems. you are watching bbc news. stay with us if you can. more news at the top of the hour. i will see you then. hello there. we've seen two different sides to autumn over the last couple of days. friday, i'm sure you remember, we had lots of sunshine across the country and temperatures generally near average, although it was a bit cold in scotland.

contrast that with the weather we had on saturday, where there was a lot of cloud around but it was a lot milder. temperatures in yeovilton up to 17 degrees celsius. it was also quite windy for some — for example, here in west scotland. now, saturday's weather was all due to this area of low pressure. sunday's weather will all be due to this area of low pressure, too. it's not really going anywhere very fast at all. so, the south—westerly winds that we've got at the moment will continue to feed in some fairly thick layers of cloud — thick enough to bring outbreaks of mostly light rain and drizzle, although there could be a few heavier bursts mixed in for west scotland and northern ireland at times — so, we are looking at a mild start to the day on sunday. near the centre of this low pressure in scotland, it won't be too windy but in contrast to that, the winds picking up across the south coast of england and into southern wales as well. i think towards the south—west coasts, we could see gusts picking up to about ao—odd mph, so it will be a noticeably blowy kind of day. some further damp weather working from west to east but you do have a chance of seeing a few glimmers of sunshine pushing through the cloud at times.

here's our low pressure still with us for monday, slowly slipping away into the north sea and weakening. still, though, bringing cloud and patches of rain but, again, there should be a few more brighter spells intermingled, particularly across more inland areas. and although still mild, those temperatures are just starting to edge down a little bit as we head through the course of monday. heading into tuesday, we start to see a ridge of high pressure moving in off the atlantic and that should give us better breaks in the cloud, particularly across scotland and northern ireland, although there could be a few mist and fog patches to start the day here. maybe one or two showers draped around coastal regions of england and wales but otherwise, probably largely dry. temperatures coming down, closer to average for the time of year — about 9—12 degrees celsius for most. now, with that mild weather lasting for much of the week, it's often going to be quite windy. towards the end of the week and next weekend, though, there is a question mark as to how far south we start to see some cooler air moving its way in. what i think we will see is a drop in temperatures

and across some of the mountains of northern scotland, it could get cold enough to see some of the showers start to turn a bit wintry.

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