apologised for remarks he made about israel in a community meeting. i live in wellingborough in the heart of northampton where voters will go to the poll in a by—election on thursday. try me later as we hear what locals want from their new mp. try me later as we hear what locals want from their new mp. and the kansas city chiefs win the super bowl, after beating the san francisco 49ers by three points. hello, i'm lauren taylor, welcome to the programme. the israeli military says it has rescued two of the hostages abducted by hamas during a raid in the gaza strip. the release of the hostages was announced shortly after israel carried out an intense aerial bombardment of rafah.

residents told the bbc there had been about 50 air strikes in the early hours of monday. dozens of palestinians are reported to have been killed. a doctor at a nearby hospital said it was unable to cope with the number of injured. helicopters and boats were also involved in the attack. who are aged 60 and 70 respectively, are said to be in good condition. they've been taken to hospital in central israel. it's thought to be only the second time israel has carried out a successful military operation to rescue hostages. edan begerano is a relative of the two hostages rescued. let's hear him after he reunited with them at the hospital. we were a bit shocked. we haven't expected it. we saw them. the heart was beating on 200 maybe, maybe more. a lot of tears, hugs, not many words, just being together, surrounded by the family and surrounded by our beloved people that were without us for so long,

more than four months. we were so happy to see them. i don't know what is the real situation that they are mentally. they look ok, physically, they look ok, but i am sure we are going to have ups and downs in the coming days and weeks and we really hope for good and wish them good health. our correspondent, barbara plett usher injersualem — i spoke to her earlier about the hostage rescue operation. according to the israeli military spokesman it was a dramatic affair. they located the two hostages in a residential building in rafah on the second floor and he said they had been monitoring it for quite some time and then they moved in overnight wait a joy special operations force and this included several different levels of israeli security forces. they entered the building with an explosion first of

all and then there was heavy gunfire back and forth, he said, and then i take pulled the hostages out and exited by helicopter there was her heavy bombardment of air strikes to cover their departure. they had managed to get the two men, one in his 60s, 170. there are apparently in good medical condition and have been reunited with their families who are quite excited about this obviously, but also aware there are still more than 100 hostages acting in gaza. , ., , in gaza. they are still determined to continue _ in gaza. they are still determined to continue with _ in gaza. they are still determined to continue with operations - in gaza. they are still determined to continue with operations in - in gaza. they are still determined i to continue with operations in rafah despite pressure from president biden and other international organisations.— biden and other international oruanisations. , ., , organisations. this was her heavy bombardment _ organisations. this was her heavy bombardment based _ organisations. this was her heavy bombardment based on - organisations. this was her heavy bombardment based on a - organisations. this was her heavy bombardment based on a hot - organisations. this was her heavy| bombardment based on a hot new greek hostage rescue operation but it has been carrying out air strikes regularly over the past few weeks and their plan according to the prime minister is to move in with grant's bosses at some stage to

finish off hamas battalions are still there. it has raised alarm internationally. he has said there would be a plan for the evacuation of more than 1 million would be a plan for the evacuation of more than1 million palestinian civilians who have gone down to rafah and now feel they have nowhere left to go. he has been told by the president of the united states that the evacuation plan needs to be serious and credible and there is a fair bit of scepticism about whether it can, given the conditions. we don't have a timeline for this operation which netanyahu says will go ahead. operation which netanyahu says will no ahead. �* , �* , operation which netanyahu says will aoahead. �*, �*, , go ahead. let's. .. let's bring you live pictures _ go ahead. let's. .. let's bring you live pictures of _ go ahead. let's. .. let's bring you live pictures of a _ go ahead. let's. .. let's bring you live pictures of a view _ go ahead. let's. .. let's bring you live pictures of a view of - go ahead. let's. .. let's bring you live pictures of a view of a - live pictures of a view of a displacement camp in rafah, with hundreds of thousands of palestinians from the north of gaza have sheltered in the south. now rafah has been coming under air strikes as well.

let's speak to the israeli government spokesman avy hyman in jerusalem. we have heard at least 67 palestinians were killed and no strikes connected to the hostage release. figs strikes connected to the hostage release. �* , ., strikes connected to the hostage release. , ., ., ., release. as a proportion? thanks for havin: me release. as a proportion? thanks for having me on- _ release. as a proportion? thanks for having me on- i _ release. as a proportion? thanks for having me on. i will— release. as a proportion? thanks for having me on. i will tell— release. as a proportion? thanks for having me on. i will tell you - release. as a proportion? thanks for having me on. i will tell you that - having me on. i will tell you that after october the 7th when hamas ploughed through our bodies killing 1200 israelis and taking 253 hostage, we were forced into war. we didn't choose as well but we need to win this war and we went in and i understand scores of terrorists were killed but israel breeds collective —— breeds a collective sigh of relief this morning because two cottages came home —— breeds a collective sigh of relief. we promised we would bring home every last hostage, and taking hostages is a crime against humanity. we will bring them home and do what we need to do and we will destroy hamas. i want to ask you about the civilians.

you said some fighters had been killed but what about civilians? can you justify the numbers? we had the president biden on sunday telling benjamin netanyahu saying the rafah message shouldn't happen without the safety of civilians. does israel have a plan to protect civilians? absolutely, we are on the same page as the americans on the need to avoid civilian casualties. this is something we have done from the beginning of the world. we heard a lot of the same thing from the beginning. they said, how can you go into gaza? don't go into gaza, hamas have spent the last 16 years embedding themselves in the schools, facilities, mosques to ensure... we went in. they said don't go into the tunnels. the tunnels are one and a

half of that london underground. don't go in there, they are booby—trapped. 0ur brave soldiers are in there right now. they said don't go into the hospitals, hospitals turned into terror basis, we went in there in there and there were minimum civilian casualties. {lin were minimum civilian casualties. 0n casualties, we have had an update from hamas from the health ministry saying 28,003 injured a0 people killed so far. we want to ask you about... no, no... mr netanyahu promised safe passage in northern areas of gaza for the planned ground invasion but he didn't give details. do you have details but that said passage will involve for the people who are civilians in those areas? i will caution you on using hamas figures. these are people that were beheading children not long ago and would perpetrate 0ctober beheading children not long ago and would perpetrate october the 7th again and again if given the chance.

we opened up a safe corridor throughout the warfor we opened up a safe corridor throughout the war for civilians and save sounds. when the dust settles on this war, people will see that we have gone over and above any other army in history to avoid civilian casualties while going after terrorist. we have taken out eight battalions of hamas. there are 2a, there are four left in rafah. if we don't, anyone who says we should not win the war, that is something the children of israel can't tolerate. the people you have managed to capture so far, how confident are you that you will find the leaders of hamas you still haven't captured? we are confident in our mission to destroy hamas, like the prime minister said, we are going for full victory. that doesn't mean half of hamas are three quarters, all of hamas are three quarters, all of hamas needs to be destroyed for the security of israel, the region and the world. we are going after them, we have killed in excess of 12,000

hamas terrorists. we have put out of action more than 20,000 hamas terrorists. that means killed, captured or injured. and we will continue forward because we have no option. we can'tjust sit and turn the other cheek and wait for hamas to do what they want to do, which is to do what they want to do, which is to commit genocide and the people of israel, to destroy the state of israel, to destroy the state of israel and then, as it says in their charter, to go afterjews worldwide. hamas's days have come and they will go soon. d0 hamas's days have come and they will no soon. ,, hamas's days have come and they will cosoon. , , hamas's days have come and they will cosoon. , go soon. do you accept there is a humanitarian _ go soon. do you accept there is a humanitarian problem _ go soon. do you accept there is a humanitarian problem in - go soon. do you accept there is a humanitarian problem in areas i go soon. do you accept there is a i humanitarian problem in areas like rafah and united nations has warned that in advance there would be devastating to civilians and risk exacerbating a catastrophe? tell us about what you are doing to help on the humanitarian side. we about what you are doing to help on the humanitarian side.— the humanitarian side. we are doing our utmost — the humanitarian side. we are doing our utmost. we _ the humanitarian side. we are doing our utmost. we have _ the humanitarian side. we are doing our utmost. we have learned - the humanitarian side. we are doing our utmost. we have learned how i the humanitarian side. we are doingj our utmost. we have learned how to deal better with the humanitarian situation and crisis that hamas brought upon the people of gaza when

it invaded our borders. we will do our utmost to work with the international community and organisations to ensure those safe corridors i described, to ensure a safe sounds, to take people of gaza, the civilians out in harms way and to go after the terrorists.- to go after the terrorists. thank ou ve to go after the terrorists. thank you very much _ to go after the terrorists. thank you very much for _ to go after the terrorists. thank you very much for talking - to go after the terrorists. thank you very much for talking to - to go after the terrorists. thank you very much for talking to us. and just to let you know, i'll be speaking to dr sabri saidam, deputy secretary general of the fatah's central committee in the next hour here on bbc news. and you can watch and follow the story on the bbc news website or bbc news app. 0ur live page will keep you updated with the latest developments as they happen. the second and third largest political parties in pakistan have confirmed that they are in talks about whether to form a coalition government, after a general election provided no clear winner. the move has angered supporters of the jailed former prime minister,

imran khan, who have been protesting the results, calling them �*forged'. independent parliamentary candidates affiliated with khan's pti party, won the most seats and courts are now hearing legal challenges. 0ur correspondent in islamabad caroline davies has more. we heard late last night that nawaz sharif�*s pmln and bilawal bhutto's ppp have now had these official, formal talks about potentially forming a government. now, the backdrop to this is that those two parties were in a previous coalition. theyjoined together and ousted imran khan in a vote of no confidence and that was in april 2022, so they have history of working together, but throughout the course of this electoral campaign, there has been criticism from both sides about the other. so that'll be interesting to see, whether or not they then find some form of common ground. but the videos they released last night showed a very warm welcome between the two sides — shehbaz sharif, nawaz sharif�*s brother and bilawal bhutto greeting one another at the ppp's headquarters to be able

to have these discussions. so, we are waiting to see whether they have come up with a solution and whether they are going to form a government. 0n the other hand, of course, we are also waiting to hear what will happen with imran khan's backed candidates. now, they have obviously got the majority. they have got 93 out of 101 of the independent seats were backed by imran khan supporters, according to our bbc analysis. but the big question is, what do they do now? so, independents, they are running as independents because in the weeks running up to this election, the electoral commission here in pakistan decided not to recognise them because they said that there were issues with the way they had held their own internal party votes and that meant that all of the candidates had to run as independents, not as a party. that now represents a new problem here, because do they stay as independents? which might mean they have issues with sort of party discipline, all voting in one direction, voting as a block. do theyjoin a smaller existing party and essentially come in and dominate that party? do theyjoin one of these other

larger parties that have got large amounts of votes, or would that be seen by their supporters as some form of compromise too far? or do theyjust continue to operate as independents? the option of trying to get their party to be recognised again might take some time, so those are the sort of options that are on the table for imran khan's party here. you mention imran khan's, the people who have actually won in the election, but what about his supporters? what has he been saying to them and how do we expect them to react? so, as you mentioned at the beginning, we know that the party have been talking about challenging a lot of these results in court. we know that there have been complaints lodged in lots of different constituencies where imran khan candidates did not win but think that their vote was rigged. that is obviously something that is denied by the authorities. but the question about what he is saying to their supporters, we have seen a call to have protests and we were at a protest yesterday that was happening in rawalpindi where protesters of maybe a few hundred or so were gathered outside the election

commission in rawalpindi and after about an hour and a half, the police dispersed them with tear gas. we have also seen similar sort of sized protests in lahore and in karachi. these are not mass—level protests at this stage but the big question is we are seeing growing anger and frustration on social media from a lot of imran khan supporters. is that going to tip over into bigger numbers or is this relatively contained at the moment? we don't know. right now, they have been talking about peaceful protests and these small numbers have been the reaction so far. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news here in the uk. executives at water companies could lose their bonuses in future if the firm they run causes environmental damage, like letting illegal sewage—spills pollute a beach or river. environment secretary stephen barclay said it was time water company bosses "took responsibility". campaigners and opposition parties said they had been calling for restrictions on water boss bonuses for some time.

a key parliamentary committee says the government's plan to send some asylum seekers to rwanda is "fundamentally incompatible" with the uk's human rights safeguards. thejoint committee on human rights said the legislation jeopardised the uk's international reputation. the bill will be debated in detail by the house of lords this week and faces substantial opposition. emergency services have been dealing with a major incident on the west side of shetland mainland. police scotland have confirmed that a woman was pronounced dead at the scene and a man was arrested in connection with the incident and taken to hospital. officers are not looking for anyone else in connection with this incident. you're live with bbc news. the men's world marathon record holder, kelvin kiptum, has been killed in a car accident. the kenyan athlete died along with his coach when their vehicle came off the road in western kenya late on sunday. kiptum set the world record

in the chicago marathon last year with a winning time of two hours and 35 seconds. the president of world athletics, sebastian coe, described him as an incredible athlete who'd left an incredible legacy. fellow athlete geoffery kamworor said he couldn't believe the news when he heard about what happened: it's a sad morning to be here, to hear about the tragic accident that has happened. personally, when i was called, i didn't believe it until i arrived here and i witnessed and saw it for myself. i would say it is really sad because we didn't expect this. i want to say sorry to the family, the athletics fraternity and the entire country at this trying moment, because i can say for sure we are still in denial. author of running with the kenyans: discovering the secrets of the fastest people on earth. give us an idea of the reaction. it

greek everyone is in complete shock. what is so tragic as he was only just beginning, he only ran his first marathon a year ago and he absolutely placed onto the scene. he has won three of the sixth fastest marathon is ever in his first three marathons and he was just phenomenal talent and barely begun, which is what is so tragic.— what is so tragic. huge achievements. - what is so tragic. huge achievements. he - what is so tragic. huge achievements. he was| what is so tragic. huge - achievements. he was only 24. what is so tragic. huge _ achievements. he was only 24. what achievements. he was only 2a. what did he have coming up for him? there is this big barrier— did he have coming up for him? there is this big barrier in _ did he have coming up for him? turf is this big barrier in marathon running, the sub—2 hour marathon, and it has been done in a controlled environment rather than an actual race but no one had ever broken two hours before and kelvin kiptum, the way he broke it before, because he did it so easily and without any real determination or specific attempt to break a world record, so

he was saying he was running the rotterdam marathon and he said he will break the two hour record and everybody believed him because he wasjust everybody believed him because he was just a once everybody believed him because he wasjust a once in everybody believed him because he was just a once in a everybody believed him because he wasjust a once in a generation talent and then after that there was the olympics coming up, the first time when he will be running against the greatest marathon runners of all time. so there were two very exciting prospect on the horizon. you have studied these runners a lot. what was his particular running style customer did he have a noticeable one? he style customer did he have a noticeable one?— style customer did he have a noticeable one? . , , ., noticeable one? he was unusual, he had a very punchy — noticeable one? he was unusual, he had a very punchy style _ noticeable one? he was unusual, he had a very punchy style and - noticeable one? he was unusual, he had a very punchy style and lurch . had a very punchy style and lurch from side to side which is quite unusual. marathon running has been getting faster and there is been a move away from the more traditional economical running style to almost this bouncy track style. but he took it to a new level. he really had this kind of driving, pumping style and at times he looked like he was

in mile race, he was going so fast. it was quite phenomenal. he did have an unusual style.— an unusual style. compared with under greek— an unusual style. compared with under greek other _ an unusual style. compared with under greek other runners - an unusual style. compared with under greek other runners in - an unusual style. compared with i under greek other runners in terms of the speed of his rise to prominence, how does it compare with other runners? it prominence, how does it compare with other runners?— other runners? it reminds me of usain bolt. _ other runners? it reminds me of usain bolt, complete _ other runners? it reminds me of usain bolt, complete paradigmsj usain bolt, complete paradigms shift. this guyjust this guy just turns this guyjust turns up out of the blue and breaks the record in much the same way, almost looking like it was easy for him, in almost the same way as a usain bolt rewrote what was possible in sprinting. but he was just beginning with this. it was like usain bolt after the first year and there we never saw a second and third year. so his rise was unheard of and the only person i can think

up of and the only person i can think up was samueljunior who had a similar rise in the early 2000 but not quite as dramatic as this. talking to us about the death of kelvin kiptum. thank you forjoining us. thank you forjoining us. the kansas city chiefs have clinched a narrow victory in the super bowl, after beating the san francisco a9ers by three points in the closing minutes. the a9ers were on the brink of victory twice during the game, but a last minute field goal by the chiefs pushed it into overtime, where a touchdown pass put them over the edge. cheering the chiefs on, from the vip box, was taylor swift, while rnb star, usher, put on an energetic performance during the famous half—time show. nestor mcgregor has more from las vegas. the kansas city chiefs back—to—back champions. the first time it has been achieved for almost 20 years. does this one feel any different? it does, it feels ten times better, man. adversity, what the team went through, the naysayers. but on top of that, man, just how much fun we have

coming in the building. you can see how we are enjoying this one right now. how will you and your lovely pop star girlfriend be celebrating? i'm sure vegas will roll out the red carpet — i will be elvis for the night. the champagne is flowing — my glasses are proof. the kansas city chiefs — back—to—back nfl champions. the day started with both sets of fans convinced it would be their team lifting a trophy at the end. some travelled across state lines, others a bit further — leeds to be precise. i was a0 this week. super bowl was always on the cards and wejust made it happen. we flew out wednesday and here we are. is it genuinely his team orjust to ruin his birthday? we are patriots fans. that's the funniest thing. we just chose teams on the day, nd got the jerseys and came to the game. most came to see the game. but the fact taylor swift might be there may have persuaded some.

and the pop star was in the stands to watch a nervy back—and—forth encounter. two touchdowns from the a9ers. the kansas chiefs with one of their own and their kicker making up the extra points.. 19—all at full—time, the chiefs eventually winning 25—22 in overtime. if the game itself made for a nervous watch, then r&b singer usher did his best to lighten the mood. the a5—year—old half—time show performer running through a string of hits in a 15—minute set that featured alicia keys and will.i.am. no team has ever won three super bowl titles in a row, but planning for next year can surely wait. after all, this is vegas and this party is unlikely to end anytime soon. labour says it will continue campaigning for its candidate

in the rochdale by—election. in a secret recording, azhar ali had reportedly said israel had "allowed" the deadly attack by hamas gunmen on 7 october. mr ali has apologised for the comments. the tories have called for labour to suspend its campaign and remove mr ali's party membership. let's speak to our political correspondent hannah miller. how are they justifying how are theyjustifying the decision? how are they 'ustifying the decision?— how are they 'ustifying the decision? . , ., ., , ., decision? the decision to carry on campaigning _ decision? the decision to carry on campaigning in — decision? the decision to carry on campaigning in rochdale - decision? the decision to carry on campaigning in rochdale for - decision? the decision to carry on i campaigning in rochdale for labour is one that they feel they have to do because there is, george galloway is another candidate in the election, a former labour mp, former respect mp and he is trying to turn it into an election over labour�*s stance on israel and what labour are doing, they are pointing to reaction from some members of thejewish

community, in particular thatjewish labour movement, who have suggested that it labour movement, who have suggested thatitis labour movement, who have suggested that it is for the greater good for the labour party to carry on campaigning rather than allowing a situation where george galloway may get in if they were to suspend their campaign. there were other candidates in the election as well. but for the labour party, they are saying, we need to carry on doing this, that is a mood within there and they are suggesting that mr ali had already shown he has apologised unreservedly. they said this morning that he understands the scale of the offence caused by his remarks and for that reason they feel like they can continue to back him. frankly, they have no choice at this point. it wouldn't be possible to remove him from there by the paper but the conservatives are keen to turn this into a situation where they can say that the labour party hasn't

changed, the labour party by pointing to reaction from that jewish community, trying to claim that they have changed but in this situation they are in a bind and they therefore want to carry on. thank you very much. you can always catch up with the stories by checking out our website. details of the israeli military rescuing two cottages on a raid in the gaza strip. stay by those. i will have the headlines for you in a couple of minutes. hello again. it's a chilly start to the week today and tomorrow, with sunshine and showers. but as we get to the middle of the week onwards, we start to see a bit of a change in the weather. wetter conditions come our way, but so do milder ones to all but the far north of scotland.

and you can see that quite nicely represented on the air mass chart. the blues are with us today and for much of tomorrow, and then they're replaced by the yellows and ambers, indicating the milder conditions to all but the far north of scotland. today, though, we do have a weather front in the northern isles moving away, taking its rain with it, the second one coming in, bringing in some heavier showers later in the day. and we're starting this afternoon with a few showers around. so you can see where we've got them across parts of western scotland and northern ireland. and you could hear the odd rumble of thunder in these, blustery around them, with snow above about 350 metres. possibly the odd shower in wales and the southwest, but for most it's going to be dry, but it's going to be a wee bit cooler than it was yesterday through this evening and overnight. those showers push southwards and eastwards, further snow accumulating above 350 metres, and then we start to see the cloud build in the southwest. whichever way you look at it, it's going to be a nippy night. temperatures in parts of scotland and northern england dipping down

to freezing orjust below. so a touch of frost and maybe some ice first thing. so tomorrow it's this weather front that's going to bring in the change. so initially it's going to bring in a fair bit of cloud ahead of it, and then we'll start to see some rain follow on as well across parts of southern england, the midlands, wales, into northern england, eventually northern ireland and eventually southern scotland. ahead of it, for the rest of scotland, it's sunshine and showers. here we're looking at temperatures 6 to 9. but behind the weather front in the south, we're starting to import some milder conditions, so tens and elevens. so as we move through the week, that weather front continues to push northwards overnight tuesday into wednesday. we've got another one coming in across the south. so basically we're looking at some rain across parts of southern scotland, northern england, and northern ireland. rain across south wales and southern england. in between something drier and brighter. and in the north of scotland, where we've still got high pressure, well, here it will be drier and brighter as well,

but turning milder from the south with highs potentially up to 15.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the israeli military has rescued two hostages held by hamas, during its raids in rafah. it follows the israeli strikes that killed more than 60 palestinians in the gazan city of rafah. the kenyan athlete and the men's marathon world record holder,

kelvin kiptum, has been killed in a car accident. labour's candidate in the rochdale by—election has apologised for remarks he made about israel in a community meeting. speaking of by—elections, and live in wellingborough, where voters will go to the polls on thursday in their by—election. join me later when we go over some of the issues mastering to the locals here. —— mattering. more on our top story — the israeli military says it has rescued two of the hostages abducted by hamas, during a raid in the gaza strip. the release of the hostages was announced shortly after israel carried out an intense aerial bombardment of the southern city of rafah. residents told the bbc there had been about 50 air strikes in the early hours of monday. dozens of palestinians are reported to have been killed. a doctor at a nearby hospital said it was unable to cope

with the number of injured.