desperate scenes as palestinians scramble for food from aid trucks entering gaza through the rafah crossing. israel says the three hostages it mistakenly killed in gaza used leftover food to write signs pleading for help. the israeli military says it's unearthed the biggest hamas tunnel yet in gaza. hidden up to 50 metres below ground, it's said to run for more than 4 kilometres. we'll speak to an exiled member of the afghan parliament about the plight of women under taliban rule. i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. calls for a ceasefire are growing louder as israeli air strikes 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 october 7 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 the "rules of engagement". the white flag is an internationally recognised 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 wail, 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 minister joined 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 for terror, 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 october 7 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 been killed since the october 7 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: 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: for more, here's the bbc�*s security correspondent frank gardner. i think those concerns started on day one because of the ferocity of israel's retaliation for those horrific attacks into southern israel on october 7, but i think the big change we are seeing is that 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 over here in town at the moment or has been today, went further calling for an immediate ceasefire. israel flatly rejecting this, saying they need more time, the military people say they need months which the international community will not let them have, but they are saying they need months in order to finish the job of suppressing hamas�*s military capability. why? because they say if 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 consider 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. since the confict began, some 110 hostages have been released by hamas — mostly women and children — while as many as 120 are believed to remain in captivity. our partners at cbs news have spoken with some of those released, including yarden roman—gat, who was freed after 5a days in captivity. she was abducted, along with her husband, alon, on october 7 at a kibbutz near the gaza border. here she is describing to cbs correspondent lesley stahl the moment she was taken by hamas fighters. i played dead, but holding my breath was next to impossible. so they said, no, she is not dead, there is no blood. so pick her up. and they grabbed my arms and started dragging me on the ground back to the car.

i was in pyjamas and they tried to swipe my body and it was one of... one of the most frightening moments because my thoughts were... even if they didn't have that intention, now they might have, and i am half naked, so...— naked, so... you are worried about rape- _ naked, so... you are worried about rape. yes. _ naked, so. .. you are worried about rape. yes. i— naked, so... you are worried about rape. yes. i was - naked, so... you are worried i about rape. yes. i was worried to net about rape. yes. i was worried to get raped- _ about rape. yes. i was worried to get raped. yes, _ about rape. yes. i was worried to get raped. yes, of- about rape. yes. i was worried to get raped. yes, of course. i to get raped. yes, of course. unfortunately _ to get raped. yes, of course. unfortunately enough, - to get raped. yes, of course. unfortunately enough, they i unfortunately enough, they didn't do it, and the goal was get me to gaza, showing me off as a trophy and showing my face as a trophy and showing my face as an object. i was not a person. as an ob'ect. i was not a person._ as an ob'ect. i was not a erson. ., , , person. the windows were up, riuht? person. the windows were up, right? no-one _ person. the windows were up, right? no-one could _ person. the windows were up, right? no-one could reach... i right? no—one could reach... no, they were not up. there were a lot of people around, and as we... were a lot of people around,

and as we. . ._ and as we... yelling and... yes, and as we... yelling and... yes. partying- _ and as we... yelling and... yes, partying. eventually. and as we... yelling and... i yes, partying. eventually we got to a house. i was alone, but i was never alone because i had my guardians... but i was never alone because i had my guardians. . ._ had my guardians... guards. guards with _ had my guardians... guards. guards with me _ had my guardians... guards. guards with me 2007 - had my guardians... guards. guards with me 2007 from i had my guardians... guards. l guards with me 2007 from the second i got to gaza to second i left. now, here in washington, senators have wrapped up weekend 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, including $61 billion in military support to ukraine, as well as extra assistance for israel and taiwan. democrats say they're hopeful they can reach a deal this week. for us to fail to come together and support ukraine in the ongoing fight for freedom against russian aggression would be a huge gift to vladimir putin and xijinping

and hamas. but republicans say they will not agree to vote for the aid without securing a separate agreement on tougher measures at the us—mexico border, and without a deal this week, negotiations will be pushed to january. republican senator lindsay graham said: senators will resume negotiations monday with no clear timetable on a vote. even if it does pass the senate, it will still need to pass the republican majority house of representatives. 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 been in power for more than a decade. north korea has fired what appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile towards its eastern sea according to japanese officials. the missile flew about 1,000 kilometres before falling into the ocean. officials injapan say the missile has a range of more than 15,000 kilometres, which could strike anywhere in the us. 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. our south asia correspondent yogita limaye sent this report from kabul. nearly all the people in this country live on less than $2 a day. half of those are women, but you wouldn't know it if you stood on a kabul street. women have all but disappeared from public life under the taliban government. denied the right to work outside their homes, they were most reliant on charity, and are now hardest—hit by aid cuts. we went up the hills surrounding the city where some of the most vulnerable communities live. crude homes dot the landscape. sewage flows

by the side of mud tracks. sohaila niyazi's husband was killed in fighting during the taliban takeover. baset and baby husna are two of her six children. she's one of ten million afghans who've stopped receiving aid from the world food programme this year. translation: it's been two months i since i was able to buy milk for my baby. i give her green tea in a feeding bottle and i give her medicine which makes her sleep from one morning to another, because if she wakes up and asks for food, i have nothing to give her. that medicine is an anti—allergy drug that sohaila is using as a sedative. now, she relies entirely on food donated by her relatives and neighbours.

aid has so far also prevented healthcare from collapsing. but that's now being withdrawn too, including from here, where zubaydah has brought her malnourished baby habisa. it's afghanistan's only children's hospital. in a corner is somaya. at 1a months, she weighs as much as a newborn. they are among the more than three million malnourished children in the country. it's an unprecedented ravaging of afghanistan's youngest. both of mohamed shafy�*s parents are dead. he weighs less than half of what he should at 18 months. his grandmother, hayat bibi, said the taliban helped her bring the boy here, but doesn't know how she will get by now. "i'm relying

on the mercy of god, "i have nowhere else to turn to, i'm totally lost," she told us. at this hospital, doctors and nurses have already had their pay cut by half. over the past two years, we have seen firsthand the situation deteriorating all across this country. we've witnessed how aid agencies are providing the only humanitarian link, keeping people away from famine, keeping the bare bones of hospitals up and running, and now, they're facing significant cuts because of a lack of funding from a world that's distracted by so much else, but which also doesn't want to give money to a country where the taliban government is imposing restrictions on women. i asked the taliban's main spokesman zabihullah mujahid, who's now based in their seat of power, kandahar, about their policies.

do you recognise, though, that it's your government's policies, especially your restrictions on women, that is a part of the problem, that is a part of the reason why donors do not want to give funds for afghanistan? translation: if aid is being| used as a tool to pressure us, then the islamic emirate has its own values, which it will safeguard at any cost. afghans have made big sacrifices in the past to protect our values and will endure the cutting of aid, too. those words offer no comfort for this mother. her husband died and she must provide for her children. she told us she's been stopped multiple times by the taliban from selling fruit on the street, and even detained once. she doesn't want to be named, but she wants to be seen and heard.

translation: i'm tired of this life. i they should at least allow us to go out and earn an honest living. we are not going out to do anything bad. if i don't work, what will my four children eat? her 12—year—old boy now has to work to earn for the family. like most nights, they'll go to bed on bread and water, with millions of other afghans. yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul. 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 centres sponsored by the state. one taliban official told the un that those shelters

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. earlier, 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 as 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. that was going to be

my question to you. who is advocating on behalf of women on these issues, for example, 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? right now, we have some women who arejust protesting for their basic human rights, for education for women, for the right to work. they have been 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 opressing the most — women. you just 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? we had women who are 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. may ijust ask 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 rights, 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. thank you so much for talking to us on bbc news. fakie. emergency services in australia have worked through the night rescue hundreds of people trapped by flooding in the state of queensland. heavy downpours forced highway closures and evacuations.

authorities say people are stuck on the roofs of their homes. tropical cyclone jasper made landfall late last week and the state has been pummelled by damaging winds and rain in the wake of the storm. australia's cairns airport was also closed due to flooding. there have been no deaths or serious injuries reported so far. 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 claim articles in mr lai's newspaper violated hong kong's controversial national security law. mr lai — who is also a british citizen — 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. that's all for now. good night from everyone in

washington. goodbye. 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 then 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 ireland, 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. 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.

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i'm stephen sackur. 50 years ago, london had a terrible reputation for food. generally, it was bland, stodgy and overcooked. but all of that has changed and now this city is a gastronomic destination. my guest today, michel roux, has played a big part in that transformation. his restaurant, le gavroche, has won michelin stars and international acclaim, but now, he's closing it. so is this the end of a golden age of master chefs and fine dining? michel roux, welcome to hardtalk. it is a great pleasure to be sitting in this restaurant, one of the most famous in london.

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