was last seen on the greek island of symi on wednesday. politicians are out again this weekend vying for support as the general election draws closer. now on bbc news, newscast: electioncast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it's adam in the newscast studio. and it's laura, also in the studio. and it's henry, also in the newscast studio. i'm trying to work out, which one of you is orwell, which one of you is kafka? that's a big question. or which one of you is jilly cooper or...?

anyway, so just before we dive into this episode of newscast, just a little moment to explain what we actually do. so, we and some of our other kind of bestjournalistic pals in the bbc get together every night, chew over what's happened in the election that day, and then publish it as a podcast, which is newscast. and you can get that every night wherever you get your podcasts. and it'sjust, for me, as a journalist, it's really kind of fun, but also kind of in—depth way ofjust processing what's happened in this big, crazy news event, which is the general election of 202a. that's right. and i think what we also try to do is open up our notebooks and give people more of the kind of conversations that you have with politicians, advisers, staffers, privately — and some of the things, frankly, that you can't necessarily fit into a news bulletin when you've got 60 seconds or two and a half minutes to explain a story. and we also want to hear from you and you in the next half hour can get in touch with us. newscast@bbc.co.uk if you're that way inclined. we love to hear people's views as we chew through the stories about what's going on. and my goodness, it has been a very,

very newsy election campaign in general so far. but in the last 48 hours, it has been a terrible, terrible time for the prime minister. yeah, rishi sunak�*s d—day, where he was in france for all these big international commemorative events for the 80th anniversary of d—day. he went to the british events in the uk the day before. he went to the british event that was in normandy on on thursday that was in normandy on thursday morning at lunchtime. but then he left. and actually, henry, it was interesting because we all saw the pictures on the news of the german chancellor, the french president, president biden from the us, and then lord cameron, the foreign secretary. and at first it was just a sort of... it felt like it was a bit quirky and it wasn't a massive, massive pr disaster at first, was it? no. and i think we should be candid that it was completely missed by rishi sunak's, campaign strategist in the conservative party. i'm told there wasn't someone in there saying, "0h, "we should go to this. "we should make sure he goes to this," and others saying, "no,

of course not, let's get back for an interview." it wasn't like that at all. i think no one really particularly raised it. but we should be candid. journalists knew in the hours, at least beforehand, that lord cameron was going to be deputising for rishi sunak at that event. but it was only really as the photos came through and the footage — and this is often the case actually with political scandals — you know, i remember the downing street party scandal, partygate, as it's come to be known, was a bit of a slow burn until suddenly, boom, you step back a bit and you realise, "0h, hang on, that was a disaster." and in this disaster, i don't think i have a thesaurus big enough to do justice to how disconsolate, frustrated, furious conservative candidates are, because they really do think that this isn'tjust rishi sunak's biggest error of this election campaign, this is the biggest error of his political career, and yet it's come at a crucial point in an election campaign. and they think, also people have been speaking to, notjust since last night, when someone said to me, this shows its the worst political operation in modern number ten history, which is quite something to say.

yeah. but in the last sort of 2a hours, that's tipped also into something else, talking about how this campaign is not being well run, talking about the arrogance of some of those around rishi sunak, talking again about his own lack of capability as some of his critics see it, in terms ofjust judging the politics. i mean, as henry says, this was a decision that was taken in advance. this is different to some of those other electoral gaffes that you see — you know, gordon brown being caught off mic, being terribly rude about gillian duffy, that voter in 2010. other things that happened by mistake — rishi sunak doing his opening election salvo in the chucking down rain. this was something that was the product of a deliberate decision taken some time ago in downing street that the imagery of him being missing from that ceremony would somehow be ok. and there's an added element to this as well, the kind of loss of opportunity. the conservatives are trying to run an election campaign with one of the themes being, "trust us on security, "trust us on defence. "keir starmer?

"oh, well, he's a bit risky, he's a bit of a danger." so to miss the opportunity of being pictured alongside president biden, we interrupt that briefly to take you to israel and listen to the families of the hostages who have been rescued from dazzled by the israeli military. let's have a listen to that news conference. translation: i’m listen to that news conference. translation:— listen to that news conference. translation: �* ., , _ ., , translation: i'm so happy that my dear son almog _ translation: i'm so happy that my dear son almog has _ translation: i'm so happy that my dear son almog has returned. - translation: i'm so happy that my| dear son almog has returned. almog asked to tell everyone that we have asked to tell everyone that we have a strong people, a strong nation. thank you very much. our strengths to all the soldiers, and i wish her

all the hostages to return home safely, and i would also like to add, thank you to our military, our amazing soldiers. thank you so much to our nation, this wonderful nation, which holds on to its spirit. ifeel how nation, which holds on to its spirit. i feel how everybody is overjoyed, all the people who have supported us are now out there to cheer us. thank you so much everyone. i would like to thank god as well. i would like to thank everyone. of as well. i would like to thank everyone. of course, we as well. i would like to thank everyone. of course, we do not forget the hostages who are still in gaza. we are going to continue with the struggle for all of them to return, those who are alive, and the bodies of those who have been

murdered. may they all return. i would like to extend my condolences to the family of a man who was killed. he is from the border police unit, and i would like to say, the jewish people lives, and we are truly delighted. together with our families. thank you very much. translation: i am the mother of shlomi ziv, _ translation: i am the mother of shlomi ziv, and _ translation: i am the mother of shlomi ziv, and i _ translation: i am the mother of shlomi ziv, and i wish _ translation: i am the mother of shlomi ziv, and i wish to _ translation: i am the mother of shlomi ziv, and i wish to birth - shlomi ziv, and i wish to birth mothers of all the other hostages, make their dream come true as well. i would like thank god, i would like to thank our country and our nation, our government, our military. we can

only win this together, god willing, and with the help of our amazing soldiers. may god bring them all back safely in peace, in one piece, and healthy. i do not have enough words in order to thank the entire people of israel. i would like to thank each and every of you. i usually don't like to speak too much, and i wish such good news and good tidings to everyone. may everyone be as happy and excited as i am. thank you very much. i would like to add one more sentence. by the way, today is my birthday, and i never believed i would get such a birthday gift, so thank you very much everyone.

translation: i will say this in enalish as translation: i will say this in english as well. _ thank you to the idf, thank you for saving our loved ones. what else can iadd? inaudible and we wish that all the loved ones will come back home safe and sound. and there will be a deal soon. we wish for a deal. we are very happy, and we feel very blessed, and we sent a lot of strength to the idf, thank you very much. thank you. for bringing my son to

me _ thank you. for bringing my son to me to— thank you. for bringing my son to me to us — thank you. for bringing my son to me. to us. i'm so excited i could i'iul me. to us. i'm so excited i could hug him — me. to us. i'm so excited i could hug him today. we have a strong... inaudible — studio: if you have justjoined us,

we are _ studio: if you have justjoined us, we are listening to a news conference given by the families of the israeli — conference given by the families of the israeli hostages who were rescued from— the israeli hostages who were rescued from gaza in a daylight operation. _ rescued from gaza in a daylight operation, who _ rescued from gaza in a daylight operation, who are _ rescued from gaza in a daylight operation, who are now- rescued from gaza in a daylight operation, who are now back i rescued from gaza in a daylight - operation, who are now back inside israel, and they have been in hospital in israel, and the families there have been talking about their gratitude to the military. let's just listen in a bit more and see if we get some translation on this bit. we want to deal now. we want them to come _ we want to deal now. we want them to come back_ we want to deal now. we want them to come back home as soon as possible. thank_ come back home as soon as possible. thank you _ come back home as soon as possible. thank you for— come back home as soon as possible. thank you for the army, thank you for the _ thank you for the army, thank you for the government, thank you for everyonem — for the government, thank you for everyone... to our people. long live israel. l

studioz israel. - studioz we israel. - studio: we are lsraer. — studio: we are listening in to the press conference of the israeli hostages who have been rescued from gaza. interestingly, a couple of the family members they have said that they want a deal, referring to the hostage deal that is being backed by the us president biden, but also expressing their gratitude to the israeli military for rescuing the hostages, one saying we are so happy that has returned, we are strong nation, but we also wish for the return of all the hostages, and one of them was also paying tribute to the family, and the border police officer that was killed in a rescue operation. that was confirmed by the israeli military earlier today, that one of their officers died during that military operation. just to remind you, for hostages have been brought home. they were taken during the music festival. they were noa

argamani, almog meirjan, andri kozlov, shlomi ziv. the israeli military has said it was a joint operation between the israeli military and the police in nuseirat in central gaza. we have heard acclaim from hamas that 210 palestinians were killed and at least 400 wounded during the israeli strikes that were part that operation. we havejust heard strikes that were part that operation. we have just heard from the past few minutes or so from the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, who has called for an emergency un security council of what he called the bloody massacre that was carried out at the refugee camp in central gaza. reaction coming in from all fronts. gratitude from the family of the hostages who have been brought home. some tributes from president biden, saying he is glad to see the

hostages back, but urging that they continue to make progress in getting a deal that would bring more hostages home, and we have also heard from president macron as well that he was pleased that these hostages were released. and some anger from the palestinian side about the civilian toll that was incurred. palestinian president, met amid a bass, calling for an emergency un security council session of what he called the bloody massacre at the owl nuseirat refugee camp. let's hearfrom a political analyst who spoke to me earlier on and give his reaction to the rescue of the israeli hostages. the and give his reaction to the rescue of the israeli hostages.— of the israeli hostages. the good news today _ of the israeli hostages. the good news today is _ of the israeli hostages. the good news today is that _ of the israeli hostages. the good news today is that four _ of the israeli hostages. the good news today is that four israelis i of the israeli hostages. the good | news today is that four israelis are back home, and we all must know them personally, we know their relatives,

and we're very happy that they are back on. said that, there are almost 10 million israelis... that been held hostage for eight months. we marked an anniversary of the six days war. they really army and the special forces to get the four hostages back home, this is something that we should celebrate. but it doesn't solve any problem, and at the same time there are 60,000 israelis and 2.5 million palestinians in the west bank that are hostages. they are not able to go back to their homes, and these

palestinians are not able to work for the last eight months. so, the question that i'm asking myself todayis question that i'm asking myself today is what will happen tomorrow? what will happen to the... ? i'm sure that netanyahu is very happy. he was, in a way, obsessed with the success of his brother, jonathan, to release the hostages, and now, maybe hollywood will produce a film on the release of these for israeli hostages by benjamin netanyahu. it is a hollywood movie. find hostages by benjamin netanyahu. it is a hollywood movie.— is a hollywood movie. and you can follow the story _ is a hollywood movie. and you can follow the story live _ is a hollywood movie. and you can follow the story live on _ is a hollywood movie. and you can follow the story live on the - is a hollywood movie. and you can follow the story live on the bbc . follow the story live on the bbc news website and read the latest from bbc verify, who are looking at video and images of the destruction in central gaza following that raid by the israeli military.

back in february, dave myers, tv presenter and one half of the cooking duo the hairy bikers, died at the age of 66, two years after revealing he had been diagnosed with cancer. to celebrate the popular tv chef's life, thousands of bikers will ride from london to dave's hometown of barrow—in—furness today — in what is being dubbed "dave day". jayne mccubbin has more. today is being renamed. and for britain's bikers, all roads lead to one place. it's going to be dave day. when we say we're havin g a great day or having a good day, we're not going to say that any more. we're going to say, "i'm having a dave day." dave day, bring it on! dave myers was one half of tv�*s hairy bikers, along with best mate, si king.

thousands of bikers have set off from london this morning, all heading to barrow in furness, the hometown of one half of the much—loved hairy bikers, dave myers. it's pretty amazing, isn't it? and everybody�*s got that lovely dave sartorial elegance about them, ie, dodgy shirts. some of them have had them specially printed. it's remarkable. i've never seen anything like it. i was only passing and ijust had to stop. it wasjust gobsmacking. hi, everyone, i'm from durham! there are bikes as far as the eye can see down here. they are going to have an amazing day, an amazing day. and cumbria, when they arrive there tonight, won't know what's hit it. there is so muchjoy here today, isn't there, and that is what it is all about, but it's going to be emotional? of course. it's a celebration of my best friend that we've lost. and, yeah, it is, it's very emotional. dave day, let's go! along the way, they will stop to collect dave's widow, lili, and escort her into dave's hometown. we have people coming from all over the country. from texas, from malaysia, from all over europe. itjust helps me go through my process of grief,

because itjust makes me feel that i am not on my own with all this. this one's for you, dave. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. restrictions on carrying liquids over 100 milliletres in hand luggage are being temporarily reintroduced at some regional airports in the uk from midnight tonight. the change is being made so that improvements can be made to new scanners that had been installed, but it's unclear how long the measure will be in place. katy austin reports. for years, people have only been allowed to take liquid items in containers of 100 millilitres or less through airport security in their hand luggage, put in a clear plastic bag. new high—tech scanning equipment should spell the end of that tiny toiletry limitation. the government has told all uk airports to install the machines but many, including the biggest, have kept the old rules for now after being allowed to miss the deadline for getting them all in place. however, some smaller airports had made the change. then, yesterday evening,

came the announcement they would go back to the restriction of 100 millilitres from sunday. newcastle, leeds bradford, london city, aberdeen, southend, and teesside airports are affected. the department for transport said this temporary move is to enable further improvements to be made to the new checkpoint systems. it did not give further detail other than calling it a routine measure, not in response to a specific threat. i think itjust adds another layer of confusion right before the busiest time of the year for the travel industry. you've got people going on holiday not knowing quite what they should be packing. and when we've had this roll—out of a new, exciting system delayed with variations, notjust between different airports, but within different airports and, depending on what queue you are in, is actually annoying that we have got this extra level of confusion and so, really, we need simplicity for travellers. teesside airport said the removal

of the 100 millilitre limit had been widely welcomed by passengers, but it would comply with the government announcement. it added, "we hope this nationwide issue is resolved "as quickly as possible". newcastle advised passengers to put all liquids in their hold baggage and said it was working to keep disruption to a minimum. birmingham airport had installed the new scanners, but kept the liquid limits place for now. the department for transport told passengers to continue to check security requirements with their departure airports before travelling. katy austin, bbc news. the mother of a man who died after being punched at a music festival has issued a plea on the 10th anniversary of his death. 26—year—old robert hart died from his injuries days after he was struck by an unidentified attacker in a row at parklife in manchester. our correspondent graham satchell has more. it's been ten years since robert hart was killed at a music festival in manchester.

for his family, every day since has been devastating. so, so heartbreaking. every year when it comes to anniversaries they all bring back all these memories and questions and the heart breaking. the bbc programme crimewatch featured a reconstruction of the moment robert got into an argument with another man. he was punched once and died a few days later in hospital. robert! police have offered a £50,000 reward for information that leads to a conviction. there may have been people who have been holding information who may have known who was responsible, even the person themselves and they haven't come forward, so it's that fresh renewed appeal. robert's family remain determined to find the man who took their son's life. it would be justice for robert and that's something i've promised —

that hopefully one day we will get justice and find out what happened and why. ten years on, robert hart's family are still desperate for answers. graham satchell, bbc news. us superstar taylor swift has played the first leg of her eras tour in the first leg of her eras tour in the uk. �* , . the first leg of her eras tour in theuk. the uk. are music correspond was at the uk. are music correspond was at the concert- — buzzing! fans from all over the world, as far afield as america and australia gathered in edinburgh for the biggest stadium show in scottish history. almost 73,000 people, all here to see the current queen of pop. cheering. # but i keep cruisin'. # can't stop, won't stop movin'. # it's like i got - this music in my mind # sayin' it's gonna be all right!#

taylor swift playing the first of 17 gigs on the uk leg of her eras tour. she played for three—and—a—half hours as fans danced and sang, and in one case made a proposal of marriage. and swift was careful to thank her scottish fans. edinburgh, look what you've done. you've gone and made me feel so amazing! . before now, no tour in history had $1 billion at the box office. but by the time taylor swift wraps up these concerts in december, she'll have made 2 billion in ticket sales alone. taylor's pulling power was so strong that even those who couldn't afford a ticket gathered outside just to be part of the experience. after the show, the lucky ones who'd made it in gave us their review. so excited, and my voice after this is really sore cos of that much singing. and mum's excited too? mum's very excited. mum's lost her voice as well! it was amazing.

incredible. amazing. once in a lifetime. yeah, definitely. best thing in my life. oh, my god! she's amazing! she's so beautiful. yeah, but she travelled from melbourne all the way here. yeah, look, it's. .. she's too good. the costumes, she's beautiful, the music... such a talent. bloody gorgeous. love tay—tay! the uk tour culminates with eight nights at wembley stadium, beating a record set by michaeljackson nearly 40 years ago. before then, taylor swift will play another two nights in edinburgh as well as dates in cardiff and liverpool. mark savage, bbc news. a quick reminder you can catch up of all the stories we are covering on our website. there is also a live page running at the moment of the latest details the four hostages

have been returned to israel after being held, kidnapped by hamas on the 7th of october. doomsday weapons and bbc news. i will be back with more after a short break. it has been a pretty decent start to the weekend, there's been a bit of sunshine around. a bit of cloud, a few showers in the north. part two of the weekend is in the quite as good. it was not sunny, quite chilly, but we are a couple of weather fronts that will increase cloud throughout the day were some splashes of rain. we have this weather front approaching the north—west of the country. showers merging together to produce longer spells of rain for the north—west of scotland. unsettled, breezy, showery in the north. clear skies for large

parts of england and wales with lighter winds here. it will turn chilly from us. single digits for most of the country. will be more cloud across northern ireland, and will fall to about 10 degrees in belfast. we have pressure towards the north eastern sea, bringing westerly winds and the country. we have quite a bit of sunshine in scotland, england and wales. cloudy skies from northern ireland. that cloud with splashes of rain will spill south—eastward through the day. they will turn cloudy across much of england and wales. best of the sunshine across the far south—west. northern half of scotland doing pretty well with sunny spells, but there will be showers here. a cooler day to come because of more cloud around. temperatures of about 12 to 17 degrees. as you move through sunday night, that area of rain splashes across the irish sea into much of england and wales. it becomes confined to southern and eastern areas by the end of the night. where we have a cloud in the rain, ice cold plate here. ten to 12 degrees.

clear skies for the north. it will turn chilly. we start to pick up a northerly wind as we come into monday. the rain slowly there is a way to the south and east. it may take awhile to clear the east of england. eventually it will do, and it is a bright date for most. sunshine and showers, most of these across the northern half of scotland, where it will be quite bluster the and actually northern wind at that. temperatures ten to 14 degrees in the north, 15 to 17 further south, given some sunny spells. we hold onto this chilly northerly went through tuesday, even into wednesday's wealth of top before a low pressure starts to move on from the south—west. that will cut out the chilly northerly, and temperatures will slowly recover towards the end of the week. be a fairly unsettled and cool week to come, with a little bit of sunshine here and there.

live from london. this is bbc news. the four hostages rescued from nuseirat in central gaza hug in an emotional reunion with family and friends they haven't seen since october 7th. thank you. for bringing my son home. to us. i'm so excited. the israeli military has released these images as the raid got under way. one special forces officer died.

this operation required ingenuity and courage of the highest degree. our soldiers performed in an unimaginable way. hamas media says more than 200 civilians were killed in the area during the operation. the bbc obtains new video footage believed to be one of the last two sightings of missing tv and radio presenter michael mosley. he and a 100—year—old d—day vet ties the knot with his 96—year—old fiancee near the beaches where the allies landed 80 years ago. hello, i'm lauren taylor. four israeli hostages have been rescued in a daylight operation deep in central gaza. they were kidnapped by hamas from the nova music festival during the october 7th attacks. meanwhile, hamas officials claims more than 200 palestinians were killed in israeli raids in a densely populated

area of the strip.