desperate scenes, as palestinians scramble for food from aid trucks entering gaza through the rafah crossing. and we'll speak to an exiled member of the afghan parliament about the plight of women under taliban rule. and weekend negotiations wrap up in washington without a deal, leaving aid to ukraine hanging in the balance. i'm helena humphrey, good to have you with us. calls for a ceasefire are growing louder as israeli airstrikes claim more palestinian lives. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says at least 90 palestinians were killed by strikes in the jabalia refugee camp on sunday. it comes as humanitarian aid entered gaza directly from israel for the first time in more than two months. at another crossing on egypt's border, some aid deliveries

were mobbed by palestinians desperate for food. also on sunday, a funeral was held for one of the three israeli hostages shot dead by israeli troops in gaza after being wrongly identified as a threat. alon lulu shamriz was abducted by hamas during the 7th of october attacks. he and the other two hostages were shot dead while holding a white cloth. they had also painted an 505 sign written with leftover food. officials have admitted that killing the men who were holding a white flag was a breach of "rules of engagement". the white flag is an internationally recognized sign of protection. israel's own manual on the rules of warfare states that its forces should not attack �*...a prisoner—of—war who is asking to surrender or waving a white flag as a sign of surrender.�* our correspondent lucy williamson has this report on the situation in gaza and the fallout in israel. sirens sound, horns blow the target for israel in gaza is hamas. for palestinians,

it's survival. the rafah crossing point exploded in desperation today, each aid truck a lifeline, each minute of the journey a lifetime of waiting. horn blares the border town of rafah has swelled to four times its normal size, as people flee the fighting elsewhere. empty stomachs filled with hope, empty bowls held out for food. the un estimates that almost half the households here are facing very severe hunger. today, the french foreign ministerjoined british and german calls for a ceasefire, saying it must be immediate and durable. but the israeli prime minister is so far standing firm. translation: we are guided by the will of the fallen, - we will fight until the end and we will achieve all of our objectives, eliminating hamas, releasing all our hostages and ensuring that gaza will not become again a centre forterror, incitement and attacks against the state

of israel. israel has released footage of what it said is the biggest hamas tunnel found so far, 2.5 miles long and just inside the main erez crossing point to israel. this, the army says, is a hamas video showing how the tunnels were built. a major construction project, using industrial tools. and the man on the right of this video, it says, is the project manager of gaza's tunnel network. mohammad sinwar, brother of the hamas leader blamed by israel for the seventh october attacks. but pressure for a ceasefire is growing in israel, too, as funerals are held for three hostages mistakenly shot dead by israeli forces this week. today, the army released photos of the place it said the hostages were held. signs calling for help written on the walls with leftover food.

in gaza, the continued conflict is pushing hospitals to breaking point. the injured, brought in by ambulance, truck, donkey cart. pictures like this rarely make it to israeli tv screens. but they're shaping opinion abroad. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the hamas—run health ministry says almost 19,000 people have died since the 7th of october attacks by hamas. and more european countries are now pushing for a ceasefire. in a joint article in the sunday times, the uk's foreign secretary lord david cameron, along with germany's foreign minister annalena baerbock, called for �*a sustainable ceasefire' saying: �*too many civilians have been killed'. this is a shift in tone from the uk government, but it stops short of calling for an immediate ceasefire. france has also said it's deeply concerned with the situation in gaza, and its foreign minister

has called for a truce that will "lead to a lasting "ceasefire with the aim of releasing all hostages and delivering aid to gaza'. for more, here's the bbc�*s security correspondent frank gardner. those concerns started on day one because of the ferocity of israel's retaliation for those horrific attacks into southern israel on october seven, the big change we are seeing is israel's staunchest international backers, the united states, britain and germany and france are all mentioning the word ceasefire or in some form or at least calling for restraint and today there was a joint opinion editorial in the sunday papers by david cameron and his german counterpart in which they called for a sustainable ceasefire leading to a sustainable peace, and the french foreign minister who is

in town at the moment or has been today went further calling for an immediate ceasefire. israel flatly rejecting this the saying they need more time, the military people say they need months which the international community will not let them have, they are saying they need months in order to finish the job of suppressing hamas�* military capability, why, they say the war stops tomorrow hamas will attack them again. the death toll, the deprivation you saw some of that there, the starvation and the desperation of palestinians all of whom have been touched by this war and lost loved ones has gone way beyond what most international allies of israel considered to be acceptable, with the death toll running into the thousands. so there is definitely mounting international pressure to put restraint on israel's military actions. frank gardner reporting there. pope francis has also

weighed in on the conflict, suggesting that israel is using �*terrorism' tactics in its ground operations in gaza. it is the second time in less than a month that the pope has used the word �*terrorism' when discussing the conflict. the israel defence forces responded, saying it "only "targets terrorists and terror infrastructure and does not "target civilians, no matter their religion." it's believed 120 hostages are still being held captive in gaza. earlier, i spoke to israel's former ambassador to the us, itamar rabinovich about calls for a ceasefire and the prospect of negotiations. ambassador, thank you for being with us on bbc news. i am sure you have seen the scenes in tel aviv, people coming onto the street especially families if they have loved ones being held in gaza, calling on the prime minister to negotiate for their release, especially in light of the killing of three israeli hostages.

we know the head of mossad is currently engaged in talks with qatar representatives as well. how far do you think benjamin netanyahu might go to secure the release of further hostages? i think he is willing to go quite a distance in order to achieve, the war has two aims, to bring back the hostages and defeat hamas, the second one sometimes takes precedence, under the pressure of the families and public opinion in general and of course the killing of three hostages by our own groups mistakenly exacerbated the issue. the pressure on the prime minister is building. the problem is not so much the position of israel

at the moment specifically the fact is mr sinwa and hamas are not ready to negotiate, it is their trump card. when you think you say prime minister netanyahu might go quite far, what you mean by that, we look at the international pressure right now it is mounting, britain, france, germany coming out today and calling for a ceasefire. do you think that is how far he might go? there were temporary ceasefires when the previous swaps took place. so temporary ceasefires yes, to stop the war altogether, no. and this is what hamas would be trying to achieve and this is absolutely something israel will not do, that would not end the war. it may be just the opening bargaining position by hamas

or they may feel they have a strong hand, but this demand in itself will not lead to an agreement,it will have to be something more reasonable. more reasonable, i supplies, may be release of hamas and other palestinian prisoners, terrorists in israeli jails, these are normal demands for a negotiation. complete stoppage of the fighting, not acceptable. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the president of serbia has been emboldened by a snap parliamentary election. exit polls suggest that the party of president aleksandar vucic, the serbian progressives, will keep their majority. among the issues driving voters, high inflation, the possibility of serbia joining the european union, and two mass shootings earlier this year. the progressive party has held power in serbia for more than a decade. voters in chile have rejected a proposal to replace

the current constitution, which was written during the military government of augusto pinochet. with more than 99% of votes counted, the draft constitution has been rejected by 55%. the new version would have banned abortion and allowed the immediate deportation of illegal migrants. and for the first time, a same—sex partnership received an officially sanctioned blessing at a church of england service. the church's national assembly voted in february to allow clergy to bless the unions of same—sex couples who had civil ceremonies. however, a ban on church weddings for same—sex couples remains in place. you're live with bbc news. afghanistan is going into its third winter since the taliban takeover, and it's expected to be the worst in recent decades, because of cuts to humanitarian assistance. three million children in afghanistan are now malnourished, and 90% of afghans don't have enough food. one third of the population, around 15 million people,

are suffering from acute levels of hunger and food insecurity. the stark figures come the same week as a new report from the united nations assistance mission in afghanistan — which says the taliban is sending women domestic abuse survivors to prison, claiming it is for their own protection. before the taliban retook power in 2021, there were 23 women protection centers sponsored by the state. one taliban official told the un that those refuges are a "western concept". the report suggests that worsening economic and humanitarian hardships are causing heightened levels of gender—based violence against afghan women and girls. the taliban's suppression of women's rights is one of the harshest in the world. women are not allowed in parks, pools and gyms, beauty salons are shut down, girls may only be educated as far as primary school. for more on the situation,

i spoke to mariam solaimankhil, she was elected to afghanistan's parliament and had to leave the country for her safety. thank you so much for being with us and you will have no doubt seen the report from the united nations which details that the taliban is putting women in afghanistan in prison if they are the survivors of domestic abuse, "for their own protection". you were elected as a lawmaker in afghanistan and had to flee for your own safety. when you saw that report come out, what did you make of its findings? it was heartbreaking but it wasn't a shock to any of us. we had seen that the taliban were arresting women who used to be in shelters soon after the collapse of kabul in 2021. this is normal because they believe that if there is a male who is responsible for a woman, they should be taking care of that woman and be responsible for her but if there is not, then the safest

place is imprisoning her and causing even more distress. numerous times the taliban have said that women don't have the mental capacity to make decisions on their own and they are seen than less than to males. so you were mentioning there how women are arrested from shelters. before the taliban retook power in 2021, there were 23 state—sponsored women's protection centres in afghanistan, according to the un, and these have since vanished, according to that report. the un has heard from the taliban that they say there is no need for these shelters so, when you hear that, you know, what are your concerns for any women in afghanistan facing this kind of gender—based violence? we are watching how decades of progress is deteriorating within a few years and we are pushing women back into the stone age.

we had laws, violence against women laws and child protection laws, and these shelters were there for these women who were forced into child marriages, who were in abusive family domestic situations and now, seeing them go home, there isn't even a monitoring mechanism to see if someone gets killed or is being abused and the taliban don't seem to think it is any of their business, the protection of women, as i said before, because they are being seen as only property. i was going to be my question to you. who is advocating when we know that many international aid agencies said they had to cease operations in afghanistan, we know that the taliban had put an aid on female aid workers. if women try to speak out on these issues in afghanistan, what do they face?—

issues in afghanistan, what do they face? right now, we have some women _ they face? right now, we have some women who _ they face? right now, we have some women who are - they face? right now, we have some women who are just - some women who are just protesting for their basic human rights, for education for women, for the right to work. they are put in prison and we still don't know of their whereabouts or if they are safe or not. women who are outside, who are able to escape the taliban, they are constantly being told by the international community that you are not in the country so you can't speak, while women in the country are being oppressed and arrested every time they do raise their voice, so we are stuck between a rock and a hard place. what i do advocate for is that everyone in the international community should be sending women diplomats and representatives to face the taliban. the taliban should have to sit across the table to the people they are pressing the people they are pressing the most, women. you the people they are pressing the most, women.— the most, women. you 'ust mentionedfi the most, women. you 'ust mentioned with i the most, women. you 'ust mentioned with regard h the most, women. youjust mentioned with regard to i the most, women. youjust i mentioned with regard to the education system, it has now been over two years since girls have been able to attend

secondary school and higher education. just speaking to women in afghanistan, girls, how are they coping, how are they feeling about the situation as it continues to drag on?— situation as it continues to dra on? . ., ., ., situation as it continues to dra: on? ~ ., ., ., ., drag on? we had women who are old drag on? we had women who are gold medallists _ drag on? we had women who are gold medallists in _ drag on? we had women who are gold medallists in robotics, - gold medallists in robotics, women in orchestras, artists, politicians, our un ambassador was a woman. we had members of parliament and ministers that are women and these young girls had dreams, aspirations that have all been crushed. recently i spoke to someone who was telling me about how his daughter was purposely trying to fail out of sixth grade so she can repeat it so she had a chance to go back when she was supposed to be in seventh grade. you are seeing sixth graders videos and pictures coming out where they are crying, holding onto their friends, saying goodbye for the last time because they don't know what the future will hold.

will they be forced to be wed to someone, what kind of life they will have. nothing is for sure anymore.— they will have. nothing is for sure anymore. may i 'ust ask ou, a sure anymore. may i 'ust ask you. a personar_ sure anymore. may ijust ask you, a personal note, - sure anymore. may ijust ask you, a personal note, as - you, a personal note, as somebody who had to leave for their own safety, how does it feel for you personally to watch this unfold in a country that you care about so deeply? you have survivor's guilt and i think a lot of the people who left the country feel that way. that we work so hard and the international community stood with us, and we made leaps and bounds for women's rates, for it all to collapse and now you wonder why it even happened in the first place. but it is over 20 million women we are speaking about. over 50%, close to 60% of an entire nation that the world has a responsibility for. like martin luther king

said, injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere, and as a woman i feel it as my life's mission, and every woman should feel this way, is one of the largest human rights atrocities happening in the world and we should raise our voices and fight for the rights of every afghan woman who is being oppressed right now.- afghan woman who is being oppressed right now. thank you so much for _ oppressed right now. thank you so much for talking _ oppressed right now. thank you so much for talking to _ oppressed right now. thank you so much for talking to us - oppressed right now. thank you so much for talking to us on - so much for talking to us on bbc news. here in washington, senators have wrapped up negotiations, with no deal yet on border security, while aid for ukraine is on the line. the white house is calling for a $110 billion emergency aid bill that would see $61 billion in military support to ukraine, as well as additional assistance for israel and taiwan. democrats say they are hopeful for an agreement this week. but ravel can say they will not agree to vote for the aid,

without securing a separate agreement on tougher security measures and strict immigration policies at the us mexico borders. mitch mcconnell also warned there are still issues to be resolved. earlier i spoke to be resolved. earlier i spoke to sophia kai, a politics reporter at xds. republicans, we just heard, not appearing so confident. democrats say, some of them, they are hopeful there can be a deal on this supplemental bill this coming week. how do you think it's looking? well, there's a real incentive for democrats to be hopeful because the ukraine funding is on the line and white house officials are saying that that would end by the end of this year if there is no deal. on the other hand, you do have republicans who are very much involved in negotiations and who are saying that without a bill text, there is nothing to be voted on. and so, they are kind of throwing

cold water at this point and saying that the more realistic timeline is for those border negotiations to be drawn out into january. and also complicating things is a group of 15 of the more conservative senators, republican senators, who have written up a letter to say that those talks are rushed and secret and they are very unhappy that they are going on and so, that's kind of where things stand. realistically, these talks may be pushed into january. when it comes to tougher border security measures that the republicans want, whether in coming days going into january, what do you think a potential compromise would look like here? it would certainly look like a drastic restrictions on asylum rules, raising the bar for credible fear, allowing, in some circumstances, migrants to be turned away without that asylum interview.

as well as something called a safe third country agreement, which would allow the us to turn away migrants who have passed through another country before arriving in the us. those are a lot of the options that negotiators are working toward. and on top of that, we know that the bill, even if it does get an agreement with senate negotiators, it would still have to pass the republican—controlled house and so, that also means that house republicans who are even more conservative in many ways have a say, and we know that some ideas that have been raised by the house republicans include, you know, building a wall, this was a trump—era item, as well as turning those migrants away.

we'll have to see where negotiators land. we know the biden administration has been very involved this past weekend in those border negotiations. as you say, potential more hurdles to come. stay with us because i want to get your take on something else because we are just a few weeks away from the start of primary season, republican candidate, nikki haley, is gaining on frontrunner donald trump in the state of new hampshire. donald trump is facing some backlash over his comments at a campaign event on saturday where he quoted vladimir putin attacking president biden, and calling him "a threat to democracy. now, he also said that immigrants are "poisoning the blood of our country". the biden campaign released a statement saying...

nikki haley is picking up steam in new hampshire. what you think is bringing her support there? i think is bringing her support there? ~ ., ., think is bringing her support there? ~ . ., ., there? i think that a part of it is the sununu _ there? i think that a part of it is the sununu bump, - there? i think that a part of it is the sununu bump, the | it is the sununu bump, the governor of new hampshire, sununu, recently endorsed nikki haley, as well as just her strategy of being very consistent on the campaign trail with her message, showing up trail with her message, showing up prepared around policy, as well as striking a very fine line on trump, saying that he was the right president at the right time but saying that now he brings too much chaos. so it seems the more that voters know nikki haley, the more they like her, and so you see with the numbers on the recent cbs poll

that nikki haley, more than half of voters in new hampshire see her as both likeable and prepared, whereas only a third see donald trump as such, and so that's fairly significant for someone who is trying to position herself as the best of trump. the high—profile national security trial of media tycoon jimmy lai hasjust begun in hong kong. the 76—year—old pro—democracy advocate faces several charges, including colluding with foreign forces. prosecutors clasim articles in mr lai's newspaper violated hong kong's national security law. mr lai is a british citizen and has denied the charges. the trial is expected to last at least 80 days. if found guilty, he could be handed a life sentence. the united states and britain have condemned the trial, and urged authorities in hong kong to release mr lai. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello, there. the mostly cloudy and mild conditions that we've had over the weekend will continue into the start of this upcoming week, and there will be some rain about, too — some of it quite heavy across the south on tuesday. by the middle part of the week onwards, it turns very windy with widespread gales developing and by the end of the week, it'll be turning colder for most of us, particularly across the north of the uk, with an increasing chance of wintry showers. now, we have a load of weather fronts poised to push in for monday — one across the north—west of the country with cooler air behind it, another one which is associated with this milder air — and it will be bringing some patchy rain initially to wales, and then into the midlands, northern england at times through the day. there will be some rain, as well, for southern scotland but brighter for the rest of scotland and northern irelandn, compared to what we've had over the weekend, before this weather front starts to push

into the west with some scattered showers. again, 11—13 degrees, so quite mild for the time of year, and there will be some glimmers of brightness to the east of high ground. as we head through monday night, though, rain peps up across england and wales, becomes quite heavy and persistent for a time. scotland, northern ireland clear spells, a few showers. here, it'll be chillier, but less cold, further south. it does mean tuesday will start quite wet for england and wales but the rain should clear away eastwards fairly quickly through the day. so, a wet start to much of england and wales, tuesday. that rain becomes confined to the south—east, eventually clears away, i think, late in the afternoon. and then, it's brighter for all, the sunny skies across the north—west pushing down towards the south—east but there will be some blustery showers across scotland and northern ireland. they will be turning increasingly wintry as the air does turn cooler for many. as we push into wednesday, we pick up brisk west—northwesterly winds, and this weather front will bring some wet weather to scotland, northern england at times. northern england at times. i think northern ireland, central southern england and wales will see

cloud coming and going. a little bit of brightness, particularly towards the east, but it will be quite a blustery day. temperatures perhaps up a degree or so for england, wales, northern ireland. still on the cool side across northern scotland. but then it changes again, as we head into thursday and friday. it turns very windy, widespread gales developing. our air switches to a more northwesterly, and colder air will push its way southwards on thursday and certainly, on friday and into the following weekend. so, things will be turning cooler or colder towards the end of the week with an increasing chance of wintry showers across northern areas even into the christmas period.

egyptian officials insist shipping traffic is flowing normally through the suez canal after attacks in the red sea. streaming wars: as netflix releases its viewing data, we look at the ever—crowded streaming space. hello and welcome to asia business report. egyptian officials insist traffic is flowing normally through the suez canal despite recent attacks further south in the red sea. iranian—backed rebels in yemen have repeatedly targeted commercial vessels, leading some of the world's biggest shipping firms to suspend routes in the area.