this is bbc news, the headlines... the israeli military says a hostage has been rescued alive from southern gaza, after a "complex operation". here in the uk, the prime minister says he's inherited an "economic black hole" and warns future tax and spending decisions will be "painful". oasis fans rejoice as the band announces a reunion after 15 years apart.

we'll be speaking to a journalist who knows the gallagher brothers well and a photograher who designed iconic artwork for the band's albums. let's catch up with the sports news. olly stone will replace mark wood in the only change to england's 11 for the second test against sri lanka at lord's. england have begun their preparation, after a five wicket win at old trafford last week. stone was in the squad for that one but comes in to start forjust his fourth test cap, following wood's withdrawal due to an injury and he's hopeful he can make an impact. this year, especially, i havejust tried not to look too far ahead, enjoying my cricket and go out there, whether it was from nottinghamshire or club cricket or whatever, i said i would go out there and enjoy it. i love playing the game, and i knew if i had gone out there and put those performances together, then this call might come

and, thankfully, it has, and i am going to go out there and enjoy every moment, and play with a smile on my face. heather knight leads a is—player engalnd squad selected for the women's t20 world cup in the uae in october. england have named wicketkeeper—batter bess heath and spinner linsey smith in their squad with lauren filer the only player missing from the side that whitewashed new zealand earlier this summer. as expected, there is no place for opener tammy beaumont or pace bowler kate cross. defending us open champion novak djokovic came through his opening round match against radu albot in straight sets as the final grand slam of the year got under way at flushing meadows in new york. play restarts shortly with the rest of the big names in action including carlos alcaraz, who's looking to add to another title after winning here in 2022. he faces li tu. returning to the court is world number one jannik sinner, who plays for the first time since being cleared of fault or negligence by an independent

tribunal last week after he returned two positive tests for an anabolic agent. his opponent is mackenzie mcdonald. on the women's side of the draw, 2021 champion emma raducanu gets her tournament under way against american sofia kenin. however, the 21—year—old has failed to win a match at flushing meadows since her triumph three years ago but says she is "feeling good." the 2024 paris paralympics is nearly upon us, as athletes continue to arrive in the village ahead of the opening ceremony at place de la concorde on wednesday. paralympics gb have named theirflag bearers as seven—time para wheelchair basketballer terry bywater and wheelchair tennis athlete lucy shuker, who herself will be competing at her fifth games. it is mind blowing, to be a paralympian is one thing, to be a five—time paralympian and a flag bearer is just insane. it is a career i have to look back and be very proud of. everyone is arriving

at different times, but every time you arrive, it is heartfelt, people are proud we have all qualified and we exist in our team sports so much that when we all come together it is a huge team and we are so proud to represent our country. manchester united have agreed a 50 million euro fee with paris saint—germain for midfielder manuel ugarte. this includes a further 10 million euros in add—ons, with the uruguayan flying to manchester today for a medical, as the deal looks to move at the same time as scott mctominay�*s potential transfer to napoli. ugarte is reported to have agreed personal terms with united injuly. joao cancelo looks to finally be on his way out of manchester city who've agreed a £21.2 million pound deal with saudi pro league club al—hilal. the portugese defender is expected to sign a three—year contract, ending his five—year stay at the etihad. crystal palace are closing

in on the signing of arsenal striker eddie nketiah in a deal worth £30 million. nketiah who came through the arsenal accademy, had been linked with a move to nottingham forest and marseille and that's all the sport for now. thanks very much. let's return to our breaking news from the middle east, the hostage release we have heard about. these are the pictures of that 52—year—old qaid farhan alkadi, in his hospital bed, rescued, the israeli authorities said, after a complex rescue operation. big smiles from him in his hospital bed but also the family and medical teams him, his hospital bed but also the family and medicalteams him, his his hospital bed but also the family and medical teams him, his condition is described as stable and we heard more from the hospital itself. we heard a statement in the last little while from the ceo of that hospital.

i am ceo of the medical centre, i am happy to inform you that today in the afternoon we received mr qaid farhan alkadi, who was returned captive from hamas tunnels, and was released from captivity, arriving by helicopter. he underwent an initial evaluation in our emergency department. he appears to be in general good condition but will require another day or two of medical tests to make sure he is still ok. we are ecstatic watching him unite with his children and brothers. we him unite with his children and brothers. ~ . ., ~ , ., ., brothers. we are taking you live to daaenham brothers. we are taking you live to dagenham where _ brothers. we are taking you live to dagenham where the _ brothers. we are taking you live to dagenham where the commission | brothers. we are taking you live to i dagenham where the commission of brothers. we are taking you live to - dagenham where the commission of the london fire brigade is giving a statement about the fire at the block of flats there. i statement about the fire at the block of flats there.— block of flats there. i am the london fire _ block of flats there. i am the london fire commissioner, i j

block of flats there. i am the - london fire commissioner, i would like to make a statement on the dagenham fire on the 27th of august 2024. dagenham fire on the 27th of august 202a. really i would like to start by offering our sincerest sympathies to all those affected by the fire here in dagenham yesterday. not only have they suffered the most dramatic experiences, but so many have lost their homes and their properties. it was very important for me to visit the scene today, not least to meet with our firefighters and other staff and residents, but also to thank the deputy prime minister for taking the time to come and listen to the stories of the firefighters who responded first on the night. i am immensely grateful to our crews and officers who operated in the most dangerous conditions you can imagine to rescue people and to bring the incident under control, despite being faced with a very certificate building failure. a full song to evacuation of the building was immediately carried out and a

significant search and rescue operation took place, and very, very high risk circumstances for firefighters. despite that challenge, the personal risk to their own lives, they helped evacuate more than 80 people, and most importantly carried out 20 biscuits. this included using fire escape heads, which provide 50 minutes of clean air in smoke—filled environments, a very important change since the terrible fire at grenfell tower. the b grade control officers are to commended. —— brigade. they took 16 calls to the virus, including a number of charging via survival calls where they provided at advice to those colours camera and professionally using ourfire colours camera and professionally using our fire survival guidance app which allows information to be exchanged in real time between control and the incident ground. i cannot thank them enough for there

calmness, compassion and professionalism as this building began to fail. obviously in respecting to the —— responding to the fire, we use new equipment such as drones and our turntable ladders to provide incident commanders with a vantage point to assess the scene and put water on top of this building. london fire brigade officers and members of our dedicated to community support team stand with the community and have been stationed at the best centre to support those residents alongside partners. we will be here for many days to ensure the site is left safe as it possibly can be. i have to take the opportunity to publicly thank our crews, control officers, fire safety officers and support staff who have worked so incredibly hard to resolve the incident and to ensure everybody was safe in the face of honest unbelievable challenge. we have commenced a full

and detailed investigation into the cause of this fire, and we are working closely with police colleagues in doing so. however, as you can see, due to the extensive damage to the building, with parts of it being declared unsafe to access,itis of it being declared unsafe to access, it is difficult to make entry into the today that investigation. that means it is likely to be distracted and our fire safety officers and specialists are likely to be on scene for many days. we know there will undoubtably be concerns around potential fire safety issues and this investigation will be a priority for our offices over the coming weeks. if i perhaps may end where i started by saying the residents, as well as the wider local community, are in our thoughts today in the face of what they have lost in this terrible incident and you have my promise as london fire commissioner that we will continue

to support them over the coming days, weeks and months ahead. thank you very much for your time. i have time for a couple of questions. what time for a couple of questions. what if ou time for a couple of questions. what if you made — time for a couple of questions. what if you made of— time for a couple of questions. what if you made of the _ time for a couple of questions. what if you made of the accounts the residents— if you made of the accounts the residents have given about not hearing — residents have given about not hearing the fire alarms? to residents have given about not hearing the fire alarms?- hearing the fire alarms? to be clear, i have _ hearing the fire alarms? to be clear, i have 1300 _ hearing the fire alarms? to be clear, i have 1300 buildings. hearing the fire alarms? to be clear, i have 1300 buildings in| clear, i have 1300 buildings in london that are under mediated and must be as a priority, this is one of very many of them. it is the responsibility of building owners and managers to make sure the systems inside their buildings function properly, and actually perhaps at number it gives the idea of a challenge we face as a service to help them to account. —— hold them to account. i can imagine, because i have been in charge of many incidents, but the residents faced the worst night. all i can tell you is we are engaged fully

with government to look again at the legislation, to bring forward the changes that must be made and we stand with the community and we will do that with an energy and transparency.— do that with an energy and transparency. do that with an energy and transaren . ., . ~ ., transparency. you talk about fire safety concerns, _ transparency. you talk about fire safety concerns, can _ transparency. you talk about fire safety concerns, can you - transparency. you talk about fire safety concerns, can you expand| transparency. you talk about fire i safety concerns, can you expand on what _ safety concerns, can you expand on what they— safety concerns, can you expand on what they were? it is safety concerns, can you expand on what they were?— what they were? it is far too early to sa , what they were? it is far too early to say. all — what they were? it is far too early to say. all i _ what they were? it is far too early to say. all i can — what they were? it is far too early to say, all i can tell— what they were? it is far too early to say, all i can tell you _ what they were? it is far too early to say, all i can tell you is - to say, all i can tell you is restarted in action in 2023. you can see the scaffolding is up and the cladding is starting to come off. but we are aware there were no fire safety issues and that will form a fundamental part of what i think will be a complex investigation taking some time, a dollar that will be considered in the of it. —— scope of it. be considered in the of it. -- scope of it. ~ ., be considered in the of it. -- scope of it. . . , , , of it. what did the deputy prime minister have _ of it. what did the deputy prime minister have to _ of it. what did the deputy prime minister have to say, _ of it. what did the deputy prime minister have to say, and - of it. what did the deputy prime minister have to say, and what l of it. what did the deputy prime l minister have to say, and what did you say— minister have to say, and what did you say to — minister have to say, and what did you say to her? to pressure companies to get this work quicker. to the _ companies to get this work quicker. to the credit of the deputy prime

minister she has demonstrated commitment to that process and i look forward to working with her and her office and how we might move this situation forward with both industry and all the other relevant stakeholders. in the testimony she heard from firefighters, powerfully about what they experienced on the night, she is very clear in her intent to try and improve this situation. thank you so much for your time, situation. thank you so much for yourtime, take situation. thank you so much for your time, take care. studio: that was the commissioner of the london fire brigade paying tribute to the work of his crews who attended in the early hours of monday morning to this block of flats that was alight in dagenham and expressing his sympathy to all of those affected, and understanding how traumatic the experience has been when they have lost their homes and property. he referred that to the deputy prime minister angela

rayner who has been visiting the site. she is also the housing secretary and she spoke to reporters earlier. i secretary and she spoke to reporters earlier. ., ~' secretary and she spoke to reporters earlier. ., ~ ., ., ~ earlier. i would like to say thank ou to earlier. i would like to say thank you to the _ earlier. i would like to say thank you to the fire _ earlier. i would like to say thank you to the fire service _ earlier. i would like to say thank you to the fire service and - earlier. i would like to say thank you to the fire service and to i earlier. i would like to say thank| you to the fire service and to the councillors and the emergency services that put together and made sure everyone got out of the building safely, and to see the scenes here, and here the descriptions of what was a fireball in essence, when the fire brigade turned up is incredible that we were able to make sure everyone got out of there safely, and the council stepped in really quickly to ensure that people had emergency accommodation and are priority is to make sure people are safe and have somewhere to go and a roof over their heads at what is such a horrific set of circumstances. you have been _ horrific set of circumstances. you have been meeting _ horrific set of circumstances. you have been meeting some of the firefighters who were on duty in the early hours of yesterday, can you tell us a bit about what they have told you about their experiences. it is the selflessness in the way they instantly respond. you can have huge

amounts of training, we have got lots of procedures in place but it falls on those individual firefighters who first responded to immediately assess the situation, put themselves in harms way and deliver emergency evacuation procedures to ensure everybody gets out of the building safely, and i think you can see the firefighters here in london did a tremendousjob in making sure, one of them spoke about a 15—year—old who was on their own and who he managed to get out of the building. it is incredible nobody was seriously injured or there was any fatalities, and some of that goes to the firefighters who responded on the scene in the early hours of a bank holiday weekend and were able to get people out safely. we have spoken to a number of residents who are in the flats at the time, the majority of them are asleep at the time. we have had stories about no fire alarm being heard by some people. your government is now in charge. what are you planning to do to resolve

what our safety concerns and so many buildings across the country? must have been horrifying _ buildings across the country? must have been horrifying for the people in the early hours of the morning to wake up to what is an incredibly scary situation, and the work that has been ongoing, on making sure remediation has to be sped up, i have been in the posting number of weeks and the thing for me is that remediation work is still too slow and we need to continue that. i am meeting with the building safety regulators and the health and safety executive this week to really press home the urgency to make sure that work is done, and there is responsibility on leaseholders, on freeholder people who own the buildings, but also work we have put in to make sure there is the funds available to get this remediation work done, and we need to make sure the regulators are pushing that agenda because we still have far too many buildings that have got this cladding on that needs to be removed, and there is a responsibility to make sure that is

removed as quickly as possible. remarkably no one died here in dagenham. the report into the public inquiry in that is due to be published next month, but seven years since that happened, it appears things are moving incredibly slowly. is there a timetable you can give in terms of the urgency for the government to sort this out? there is action already _ government to sort this out? there is action already being _ government to sort this out? there is action already being taken, - government to sort this out? there is action already being taken, but i | is action already being taken, but i have been in contact with the families and survivors of grenfell and this must have been dramatic of them to see the scenes of the bank holiday weekend. there has been slow progress that work has to speed up. we have got the second phase of the inquiry report due on the 11th of september, lots of work has been undertaken but there is still far too much cladding on these buildings and people who are living in these buildings fearful of what might happen or an incident like this, and i am acutely aware of that, and that is why i will meet with the building

safety regulator and the health and safety executive and make sure we are working with authorities like the councils and london fire brigade and other areas across the uk to make sure that work is at speed. you will be meeting some of the residents to talk to them? it is important _ residents to talk to them? it is important to — residents to talk to them? it is important to hear _ residents to talk to them? it 3 important to hear from the residence important to hearfrom the residence and give them the assurance that the council and the government will be there for them, to make sure they have a safe home that they can go to and i looked after in what has been and i looked after in what has been a very traumatic weekend for them. the deputy prime minister angela rayner who is also the housing secretary. speaking to our correspondent in dagenham. helena said it has been seven years since the grenfell fire in west london in which 72 people died and which led to a change in the rules about the kind of building materials that can be used. as we heard her say, there are 1300 buildings which still need

to have remedial work done on them. this block of flats in dagenham, where the fire started in the early hours of monday, is just one of them. thankfully there were no casualties. we heard from the commission of the london fire brigade ofjust how high—risk the environment was for his crews when they were carrying out search and rescue operations, managing to evacuate more than 80 people in the early hours of monday morning, including 20 people who had to be rescued. we heard angela rayner saying the government is very keen to quicken up the process of having this remediation work done, and she will be pressing home the urgency of it to organisations such as the health and safety executive and others who are involved in trying to quicken up that timetable. there is also a statement we have received from the local council, barking and

dagenham council. they point out that the building is privately owned, but they said they are deeply saddened by the fire that took place at a block of flats yesterday, i thought so with everyone affected and we are believe there is no loss of life and grateful that everyone is safe and accounted for. more than 80 people had to be evacuated and in these situations, the council's primary role is to provide emergency support to those affected, which they have done, offering essential services and emergency accommodation. they go on to say they have set up a rest centre and are providing food and supplies and well—being support. they also commend the london fire brigade for their bravery and thank the other charities and emergency services, like the british red cross for their support in difficult times. also, as we often see, in new circumstances, they say many residents have come forward to help and donate items to

those who have lost everything. this say they are not having to accept any more at the moment because they have so many donations. as we heard, the london fire brigade has begun a full investigation into the fire and its cause. we did hearfrom full investigation into the fire and its cause. we did hear from andy rowe, the commissioner of the london fire brigade. that he thinks this investigation is going to take quite some time, partly because what is left of this building is in places on the safe to access. our correspondent is in dagenham —— unsafe to access. a lot of tributes being paid to the bravery of the fire crews who attended on that night. fire crews who attended on that niuht. , fire crews who attended on that niiht, , , fire crews who attended on that niuht. , , ., , night. yes, absolutely, we have been here yesterday _ night. yes, absolutely, we have been here yesterday talking _ night. yes, absolutely, we have been here yesterday talking to _ night. yes, absolutely, we have been here yesterday talking to a _ night. yes, absolutely, we have been here yesterday talking to a number. here yesterday talking to a number of residents who were in the building, that had to make that very

quick escape. many were asleep at the time when the fire broke out, a number of them have told us they didn't hear the fire alarm activated, what we have heard to date this afternoon from the commissioner of the london fire brigade in that press statement, who has praised the firefighters who responded to what was a devastating fire, and where we are standing, this is the first chance we have had to come into the cordon and the building behind us, the back of the building, the first time we have been able to see it. and you can see just how devastating the fire was. it rips through the building clearly and it is charred and blackened on the outside, but the firefighters who responded had very much been paced this afternoon by the commission of the london fire brigade, those who initially first

responded, the call went in to the london fire brigade at 2:4aam in the early hours of yesterday morning. the crews responded, the first crew responded within five minutes and he talked about how he is immensely grateful to all of those firefighters and those on the command centre who had to deal with what was an incredibly difficult situation that they faced. he said they had to face the most dangerous of conditions and there was a significant building failure. when they arrived, the priority was to carry out a significant search and rescue to make sure they got everything, and bear in mind the time of day this fire broke out, people would have been asleep. residents we spoke to said they did not hear a fire alarm and there was

not hear a fire alarm and there was no warning, one of the residents had to knock doors of his neighbours to alert them to what had happened. firefighters did rescue and got 80 people evacuated from the building some of them were given a fire escape hoods that give them a 50 minutes of clean air to breathe, as they came out and made their way out of the building. we have heard accounts from residents of thick smoke coming through into the rooms, and as they may be me down the stairs. of the london fire brigade this afternoon, praising those firefighters and everyone involved in that difficult operation which was an incident yesterday in the block of flats behind us, and he also touched on the fire safety concerns at this building and at many other buildings across london

as well. yes this afternoon be meeting the deputy prime minister angela rayner who has visited the building site here and she is no way now to speak to some of those residents who were caught up in what is devastating fire.— is devastating fire. thank you very much. is devastating fire. thank you very much- there _ is devastating fire. thank you very much. there is _ is devastating fire. thank you very much. there is still _ is devastating fire. thank you very much. there is still coverage - is devastating fire. thank you very much. there is still coverage of. much. there is still coverage of this story, including drone footage and pictures of the damage this fire caused on the bbc news website and app. we have got a mixture of other across the country today. dry and relatively sunny weather, temperatures as high as 26 this afternoon, not like this everywhere, we have the slow—moving weather front affecting parts of wales, northern england and parts of scotland too.

under the cloud and rain, temperatures for some pegged back into the upper teens with the rain coming quite heavily early on in crieff, perth and kinross. later a rain in scotland, bursts in the far south. heaviest rain likely across northern areas of england this afternoon, quite steady for western wales, sky is bright enough for northern ireland, the best of the sunshine across eastern areas of england, temperatures set at 26. these fronts weaken further overnight as they try to run into this area of high pressure over the continent, the next weather system making its presence felt tomorrow. overnight tonight, the rain light and patchy across wales, northern england, a few mist and fog patches around the coasts and hills, the next area of rain approaching northern ireland towards the end of the night, a mild night, temperatures 13—14 c. tomorrow that weak weather front brings the threat of rain for parts of northern england and wales, the next more substantial area of rain moving into northern ireland and western scotland through the day

on wednesday with heavy bursts. east anglia and south east england with the best of the dry sunny weather, if anything a bit hotter, temperatures in the warmer spots 27 celsius. for thursday, the slightly cooler and fresher air will work into east anglia and south east england. staying dry, temperatures coming down, close to the average for the time of year, some showers, blustery for the west of scotland, some showers for northern ireland. temperatures for many areas running quite close to average for the time of year. then we see another change in the weather pattern, friday into the weekend, a new area of high pressure set to settle the weather down, bringing many of us a fine end to august. that means lots of sunshine through friday, saturday and sunday, feeling warm in the sunshine with just a small chance of a few showers running into the far south of england, goodbye for now.

live from london, this is bbc news. the israeli military says a hostage has been rescued alive from southern gaza — after a "complex operation". russia launches a second day — of mass drone and missile strikes on cities across ukraine. here in the uk , the prime minister says he's inherited an "economic black hole" and warns future tax and spending decisions will be "painful".

i will have to turn to the country and make big asks of you as well, to accept short—term pain for long—term good. the head of the un warns — that pacific islands are in danger of being wiped out by rising sea levels. and the news — oasis fans have waited 15 years for — the gallagher brothers confirm — they'll reunite next summer — for a world tour. we start with breaking news from the middle east — where israel says its forces have rescued a hostage in the southern gaza strip. an israeli government spokesman said qaid farhan al—kadi —