hello, this is bbc news. the suspect in the southport stabbings appears in the southport stabbings appears in court after being charged with the murder of three girls and the attempted murder of ten other people. sir keir starmer is set to meet police leaders after more rioting overnight. more than 100 people were arrested after disturbances in central london yesterday. also questions for the bbc over its handling of the huw edwards case. the corporation confirms police warned them its investigation did concern child abuse images. gps in england have voted overwhelmingly to take

industrial action which could see doctors limiting patient�* appointments. and in the olympics three more medals for team gb on the rowing, with possibly more to come. welcome to bbc news. we are turning our attention to events in the middle east were israeli military says it has received intelligence that confirms the head of hamas military ring, mohammed deif, was killed in gaza last month. mohammed deif was targeted in a strike on a compound in the khan younis area onjuly the thirtieth. the israeli army at the time said that another hamas commander was killed, but said it did not have final

confirmation on the fate of deif. these are idf pictures claiming to show the moment he was targeted. 0ur middle east correspondent has more from jerusalem. just after we�*ve had the news of these guys are targeted killings in the past couple of days, the israeli military putting out this short statement confirming that in this strike in the south of gaza two weeks ago, it did in fact kill this man, who was long at the top of israel�*s most wanted list, mohammed deif, and seen as an architect of the october the 7th attacks, the head of the hamas military wing in gaza. he had a leading role in the organisation for something like 30 years and had been very much involved in building up the network

of tunnels in which he was believed to have continued during the war to command to many of the hamas military activities. who was also very much involved in building up its bomb—making capabilities. he was someone who was very much a shadowy figure, he very rarely was seen and didn�*t appear in public. evenjust his voice. i know he was in the past subject to several israeli assassination attempts. i remember during the 2014 war were standing in the rubble of his home where his wife and two and children were killed but he survived. that was your land now. for more on this — here�*s our security correspondent, frank gardner well, i think it�*s pretty good news for ceasefire talks. it�*s very good news for israel. this is somebody who, as yolande says, that they�*ve been afterfor some time. mohammed deif is a hugely significant figure. he�*s been described by the israelis today, by israel,

as the 0sama bin laden of hamas. so i�*m not quite sure that that�*s an accurate description because he was a military commander, rather than the, sort of, necessarily the kind of intellectual brains, which was more yahya sinwar. but this is somebody who they�*ve been targeting for a very long time, as yolande says. he�*s been hiding in tunnels. he�*s somebody who they would have liked to have killed right at the beginning of the whole gaza retaliation operation for the october 7th raid. and along with yahya sinwar, he�*s right at the top of the tree that they�*ve been trying to cut down to try to dismantle hamas�*s military operation. mohammed deif was 58. he was born in 1965, in khan yunis, the same place that he has reported to have been killed in. and he�*s been leading the, what�*s known as the izzedine qassam brigades, which is the military wing of hamas. now, remember that hamas

is a proscribed terrorist organisation by many governments and therefore some people in israel, certainly, don�*t make any distinction between its military or its political wings. but nevertheless, he�*s very much... he was very much the military commander on the ground in gaza. while ismail haniyeh, who was killed in tehran in that airstrike, was the one shuttling around, based in doha, doing a lot of the negotiations, a lot of the talks. that was frank gardner the latest. the man accused of masterminding the september 11th attacks in new york, khalid sheikh mohammed, and two of his accomplices have agreed to plead guilty. the three have been held at the us navy base guantanamo bay, cuba, for years without going to trial. according to us news outlets,

the men agreed to admit to conspiracy charges in exchange for a life sentence, after a possible death sentence was excluded. the cases against the three have been mired in a decades—long controversy over whether their treatment at cia prisons compromised the evidence against them. 0ur correspondent jenny kumah reports. khalid sheikh mohammed has been described as the mastermind behind the deadliest attack on us soil since the attack on pearl harbor in the second world war. he and his co—accused have been held at guantanamo bay for nearly 20 years. the case has been bogged down by pre—trial hearings. defence lawyers had argued that the men�*s torture in prison had rendered the evidence against them unusable. now, the us department of defense has announced that a plea deal has been reached, but it hasn�*t given the details. us media are reporting that the

families have learnt about the development through the letter. in the letter the prosecutor is reported as having written that the decision to accept the deal was not reached lightly and was the best path to justice. reached lightly and was the best path tojustice. it reached lightly and was the best path to justice. it may be this was seen as a way of avoiding a lengthy trial and also that confessions are seen as crucial to the case, this was seen as a way of avoiding the possibility that those confessions would be thrown out. confessions would be thrown out. now in terms of reaction, the husband of a woman who was killed in the attack has told the new york post that he�*s disappointed that families won�*t have their day in court and that the accused, he has said, should receive the highest penalty. now, the national security council has said that the president�*s office had played no role in the negotiation. but the speaker of the house, mikejohnson, has tweeted that the biden—harris administration had done the unthinkable.

they�*ve agreed to a plea deal, he writes, and he�*s described it as a slap in the face for the victims�* families. we�*ll hear whether the bank of england will cut interest rates or not. today�*s decision could go either way. interest rates on the way of the bank of england keeping inflation and rates have been held at a 16 year high for the past year or so. the feeling is it could go either way today. on the one hand

the headline rate of inflation, that rate of price increases, it is at the bank�*s 2% target and has been for the past two months. unemployment is a little bit higher. the number ofjob vacancies a little bit lower. 0n the other hand, when you dig into the details of the inflation figures, if you look at core inflation so strip out the volatile things like energy and food, if you look at services inflation. that is price increases for things like restaurants, hotel stays, hairdressing bills. those two figures are proving a little bit sticky, a little bit stubborn. today�*s decision is likely to come down to a judgment on whether those sticky, stubborn inflation figures, in the details, whether they are sure torrent or whether there is the worry they could hang around a little bit younger. the mood music, the economist to make bets and pay attention to which way the bank will 90, attention to which way the bank will go, for the first time the music is suggesting we could get a cut.

potentially the banks�* members deciding there are one—off short—term inflationary factors here and now is the time for a cut. the reality is, until midday, we won�*t know for sure. pare reality is, until midday, we won't know for sure.— reality is, until midday, we won't know for sure. are we likely to see reaction from _ know for sure. are we likely to see reaction from the _ know for sure. are we likely to see reaction from the markets? - know for sure. are we likely to see reaction from the markets? is - reaction from the markets? is everything fairly stable? the expectation _ everything fairly stable? the expectation is _ everything fairly stable? tue: expectation is that everything fairly stable? tte: expectation is that we would get a rate cut. so if we don�*t there might be some disappointment. but i think because everything is so finely balanced, it could be a 50—50 call. unless the bank surprises us massively, we are likely to see a relatively stable reaction from the markets. we will have to wait and see. if we do get a cut then there could be an immediate impact, not on the markets, but on people who have those mortgage rates that track the bank of england�*s standard variable rates and we could have an immediate impact on savers. it was worth remembering that whenever we talk about interest rates, plenty of people rent, plenty of people own

outright and aren�*t impacted directly by interest rates. it could have an impact on the government�*s growth figures. they will be hoping for a bit of a cut in interest rates so they can push forward with their plans to try to grow the economy. let�*s return to our top story and the attack in southport. two children who were wounded in the stabbing attack at a dance class in southport have now been discharged from hospital. three young girls were killed in that attack and ten were killed in that attack and ten were injured. as we have been reporting the incident has prompted a reaction across the country, including violent classes in southport on tuesday night and into wednesday as well. merseyside police said more than 50 police officers were injured and five people were arrested. 0ur reporter has been to southport to hear how the local community there is dealing with the

aftermath. once again, this community is responding. just hours after they stood shoulder to shoulder in silence at monday night�*s vigil, they came together once more, just as determined to help a neighbour. i�*m just clearing these. sound, no worries. i think everyone�*s just coming together and trying to help everyone out. i think it�*s been brilliant, the last couple of days. it�*s just not what southport�*s about, what last night was. and i don�*t think half of the people here rioting last night were from southport. volunteers from the building trade were going from house to house, offering their time and expertise. walls that has been torn down by the mob being rebuilt by the community. we heard about what had been going on and obviously saw the state that people have caused to the area. we got in contact this morning, cos i�*m from 0rmskirk branch, claire works in the southport one, so we just wanted to come

and donate some of our stock that will help clear up the area for them, bring the community together. what sort of stuff have you got in there? just gloves, bags, rubble sacks, tubs, things to help carry and move the stuff away. there are three families devastated and they're organising funerals for their loved ones, and we should be grieving and we should be left alone. and they come from various parts of the north west and they behave like that, and ijust think it'sjust awful, it really is. they need to look at themselves and say, should i really be honouring a child's memory by smashing up somebody's house? well, no, not really. it was terrible. the rioters had used social media at its very worst but the response from locals shows its best side, as calls for supplies and help were answered. it really was humbling.

i came, i�*ve seen it, it brings tears to my eyes because, although i know the people of southport and i know how beautiful they are, this was still a moving experience. i will pray for the whole of southport, i will pray for the victims of the awful attack on monday and i will pray for the police and i will pray for the whole community to stay as beautiful as they�*ve always been. police officers, described as heroic by the mother of one of monday�*s young victims, walked the streets that the night before they had fought to defend. above, firefighters help to repair the mosque�*s shattered windows. and everywhere, random acts of kindness — pizzas donated and then offered around, a small gesture of appreciation. just saw you drop off some pizzas? yeah, i�*m from the dog grooming shop down the road. ijust think it�*s horrific,

the depths that people will sink, man�*s inhumanity to man, i can�*t fathom it. i cannot understand. i drove past when the mob was gathering yesterday and i cannot possibly understand how people can hate other people because of religion, colour, creed, whatever — we�*re alljust people. and i think it�*s been amazing to see the show of solidarity between all of the residents here, showing all the support to the people at the mosque, people at the minimart in the corner, everyone who�*s been affected. itjust breaks my heart. not far away, near the scene of the attack, the tributes continue to build. families with young children, just like those who were killed. southport has endured the worst times imaginable but despite those who have set out to destroy, there are many more are here

prepared to stop them and prepared to help and support each other.