and the news oasis fans have waited 15 years for. the gallagher brothers confirm they'll reunite next summer for a world tour. "uk ——uk and european tour. we start newsday in the middle east, where the israeli military says it's rescued a 52—year—old man who had been held hostage by hamas in gaza since october last year. qaid farhan alkadi, an arab israeli, had been working as a guard at a warehouse when he was abducted. he's now recovering in hospital and has been reunited with his family. here's our middle east correspondent lucy williamson. surrounded again by sunlight, by the sound of hebrew. farhan alkadi, a 52—year—old bedouin israeli, snatching a second chance at life.

crouched on the floor of a military helicopter, after 326 days in captivity, a smile. the start of his journey back home. at israel's soroka hospital, his last few moments in hiding. a wall of israeli soldiers shielding him from the world he left ten months ago. from a tunnel in gaza to an israeli ambulance in a couple of hours. his family racing the last few metres to greet him. thin and pale but staff said in a good and stable condition. translation: it is difficult to explain how it feels. - it is better than having a newborn. we thank god and we thank everyone and hope to see him healthy. we're very happy, very happy.

israel's prime minister called to welcome him home, keen to be part of his release. we cannot go into many details of this special operation but i can share that israeli commandos rescued qaid farhan alkadi from an underground tunnel following accurate intelligence. the army has described this as a complex operation based on precise intelligence but there are persistent reports here of a more nuanced story, even that farhan alkadi may have escaped his captors himself. tonight, a senior military official confirmed that troops had found him in a tunnel, alone. last week, israel brought back the bodies of six other hostages. the funeral of one, haim perry, was held in israel today. the joy of one family and the grief of another. a trickle of hostages returning as more than 100 others,

and a ceasefire deal, remain stubbornly out of reach. lucy williamson, bbc news, soroka hospital, southern israel. prosecutors in the us have filed a revised indictment of donald trump on charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 us election after losing tojoe biden. the new indictment retains the same four charges against trump, but takes into account the recent supreme court ruling that a former president has broad immunity from criminal prosecution. our correspondent in washington carl nasman gave me more details on this latest indictment. what we thinkjack smith is doing here is trying to revise this case. make sure that it can be something that can hold up to that supreme court ruling that you mentioned. it's changed a bit. so if you want to see the physical results of this, this used to be a 45 page indictment. this is the new one. it's a bit thinner, only 36 pages. so what's missing? well, what's been taken out here are allegations about former president donald trump's official

acts in office. remember that supreme court ruling about a month ago or so said that presidents, including donald trump, enjoy this broad immunity for things that they do in office related to their official acts. so some things have been taken out here. anything related to donald trump's conversations or actions with the us justice department. those could be considered acts as a president. those are now gone. and when you really read this indictment, it actually is interesting to see that some of this has been recast. the narrative is a bit different here. jack smith now talking about the fact that donald trump used his private twitter account, for example, it talks about private acts. it talks about political acts, saying that he was discussing and meeting with his political running mates, of course, his vice president, mike pence at the time. so no longer about his official acts, talking about private acts, talking about political acts. and this is now going to be part of what moves forward. we'll see whether or not this is something that will wrap up or even begin before the november 5th elections —

likely won't get started by then. and of course, we all know if donald trump is re—elected, it's very likely he could just take these charges and tell his justice department to wipe them aside and clear the deck altogether. yeah, we'll have to see how this one plays out. in the meantime, vice president kamala harris has come in for some flak for not speaking to the news media in america. but that seems about to change? yeah, that's right. she has scheduled this long—awaited sit down interview with cnn. this is expected to be on primetime on thursday. so a bit later this week. it's something that republicans, especially the trump campaign, have been criticising herfor, saying that she hasn't really sat down with the media. she hasn't faced some tough questions since she took over at the top of the ticket with the democrats. we've seenjd vance, the running mate of donald trump, really kind of counting up every day that goes by. you know, he'll add another you know, he'll add another number to that tally saying number to that tally saying that she hasn't faced that she hasn't faced the media, but, you know, the media, but, you know, she'll get a chance with a running mate she'll get a chance with a running mate to to answer some questions. to to answer some questions. we've seen some policy we've seen some policy being rolled out here in this campaign already talking being rolled out here in this about tackling what she calls

price gouging, trying to tackle price gouging, trying to tackle the high price of housing the high price of housing in the us. in the us. but it's been a truncated but it's been a truncated campaign, hasn't it? campaign, hasn't it? it's not been a very long time for kamala harris to really get policy out there, to sit down policy out there, to sit down for a lot of interviews. for a lot of interviews. she's been she's been on the campaign trail. on the campaign trail. the democratic national the democratic national convention just wrapped up. convention just wrapped up. so i think a lot of people will be looking forward to this interview to get a sense of maybe a bit more about who she is as a candidate about who she is as a candidate and what she might do starmer has delivered a major and what she might do as president. as president. donald trump has announced donald trump has announced he has reached an agreement he has reached an agreement to participate in a september to participate in a september 10 debate with kamala harris, 10 debate with kamala harris, noting that "the rules will be noting that "the rules will be the same as the last cnn the same as the last cnn "debate, which seemed to work "debate, which seemed to work out well for everyone." out well for everyone." the rules will largely mirror the rules will largely mirror the terms used by cnn the terms used by cnn for itsjune debate, for itsjune debate, including that microphones including that microphones will be muted as the other will be muted as the other candidate speaks and no studio candidate speaks and no studio audience will be present. audience will be present. trump's announcement follows a period of negotiations between his and harris�* campaigns, which had reached a stalemate over specific debate protocols, particularly regarding the muting of microphones when candidates are not speaking.

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to end the politics of the easy answer that solves nothing. sir keir starmer is spending sir keir starmer is spending the night in berlin ahead the night in berlin ahead of a summit with the german of a summit with the german chancellor olaf scholz. chancellor olaf scholz. he was greeted by the british he was greeted by the british ambassador and took a brief ambassador and took a brief tour of the brandenburg gate. tour of the brandenburg gate. on his agenda — migration on his agenda — migration and a potential re—set and a potential re—set of the uk's relationship of the uk's relationship with its former partners with its former partners in the eu. in the eu. our chief political our chief political correspondent henry zeffman correspondent henry zeffman sent this update of mr sent this update of mr starmer�*s busy day — starmer�*s busy day — and what we can expect and what we can expect from him in berlin. from him in berlin. for this new government, for this new government, for this new prime minister, for this new prime minister, their economic inheritance their economic inheritance is the essential precondition is the essential precondition to understanding why to understanding why they are making decisions, they are making decisions, which they concede, mean that which they concede, mean that some things will get worse some things will get worse before they start to get better. before they start to get better. we heard the last conservative we heard the last conservative government talk about government talk about the infamous, "there is no the infamous, "there is no money note" for 14 years. money note" for 14 years. i wouldn't be surprised to hear i wouldn't be surprised to hear labour politicians talking about what they perceive as the conservatives black hole for a similar period of time, and as there is a theme on the economy, so there is a clear theme when it

comes to diplomacy. labour politicians talking

change in the region, affected by global temperature rises. our australia correspondent katy watson is at the pacific islands forum — she has more on what the un secretary general has told delegates in tonga. this is the second time that the secretary—general has been to the pacific island forum. five years ago he came with the same message that the sea levels are rising and that it is an existential threat to the pacific islands. the message is the same except that the urgency is even more. there were two reports that basically said the sea level rises are quickening in pace and the people here in the region are facing an ever bigger threat. but what he did do is put the responsibility, squarely on emitters, both countries and companies saying they need to do more.

the time is now and that, in fact, more needs to be done. cutting fossil fuel emissions is clearly a priority — one he was keen to hammer home. but those largest emitters you are talking about are not at the summit? australia is the largest regional emitter and everyone has put criticism on australia saying it is a friend of the pacific islands but decided to ramp up gas expansion to 2050 and beyond and people hear of criticised it saying if you are not willing to bring down the fossilfuel use, then what are you going to do to try and help the situation. yes, you also have got the likes of delegations slightly more on the sidelines, but certainly there is an awful lot of interest in big emitters

also saudi arabia here come people who want to invest in the region so there is an awful lot of interest in the region from those who are emitting and the feeling here is very much that much more needs to be done. with that in mind, what else has been discussed beyond issues. climate finances is a huge issue that is something antonio guterres talked about, unless you have access to finance, you are going to have huge problems in trying to fix the issue of climate change, from adaptation to resilience. that is what this week is very much about. it's about transformative resilience, trying to make sure people here in this part of the world are ready and that they can adapt to the change and they can carry on living here, despite the grave concerns with the climate. there's talks on new caledonia,

that is a big topic here. so huge topics, but certainly climate topping the agenda. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

you're live with bbc news. ukraine has said its forces are advancing in russia's kursk region, taking more territories and russian soldiers prisoner. the number of controlled settlements is now 100. almost 600 prisoners of war have been captured — according to the head of ukraine's military. it's also warned that the situation on the eastern front was difficult, with russia transporting more troops and now controlling another village near the strategically important town of pokrovsk. meanwhile, moscow conducted another missile and drone attack on several regions of ukraine, killing at least seven people. president volodymyr zelenskyy has said newly arrived f—i6 fighterjets — provided by the west — had been used to shoot down drones.

already in this huge attack of russians, we destroyed already some missiles and drones, using f—i6s. i will not share how many but we did it, thanks to partners, that they gave it, gave us f—i6s provided to us. but, again, it's not enough. we have a small number of f—i6s and we need to do wider training mission and etc. we have propositions to the united states. it depends on their permission. they have to be positive on it. they have to look at this real. with the details of what happened today in the war in ukraine — here's our correspondent in kyiv, abdujalil abdurasulov. the ukrainian air force as overnight moscow used more than 80 drones and a dozen missiles in order to target cities across ukraine. they say that they managed to intercept almost all drones and five

missiles which suggest they failed to shoot down the remaining five missiles. we know one of those targets that they managed to hit was the hotel in the city of kryvyi rih at least three people were killed. rescue operations are continuing and emergency workers are trying to find another missing person. overall, the scale of today's attack was much smaller than yesterday's when russia launched more than 200 missiles and drones. but ukraine still had to use almost all its resources in order to repel the attack. today, volodymyr zelensky announced kyiv had to use newly arrived f—i6 fighter jets in order to intercept some of those russian missiles. he also said ukraine has managed to design and successfully tested its first ballistic missile. this shows you that kyiv is trying to design and

develop its own military technology, but of course they are still heavily dependent on western weapons. they keep telling their partners in the west that they need more missiles, more ammunition and tanks and air defence systems in order to protect the territory and retake all of the territory and retake all of the territory that was seized by russia in the east. they keep insisting that it is western partners should lift all stringent on the use of western weapons. at the moment ukraine cannot use long—range missiles to hit deep inside russia and they want those restrictions to be lifted so they can target airfields from wet russian bombers and fighterjets take off and target ukrainian cities. police in india have fired tear gas and water cannon, to disperse protests in kolkata — over the rape and murder of a junior doctor in the hospital where she worked earlier this month. the incident has sparked outrage across the country. a man — a police volunteer — has been arrested. at the weekend, doctors across india walked out of hospitals as part of a nationwide strike,

called by the indian medical association, with only emergency patients being seen. medical staff have called for greater protection for female hospital workers. the paralympics opening ceremony takes place in paris on wednesday and will be held at the historic place de la concorde, marking the first time the paralympics curtain raiser will take place outside of a stadium. the french capital is preparing to welcome some 4,400 athletes and many of the venues utilised at the recent olympics will also stage paralympic events. for more on what it takes to host the paralympics games, joining us now from bali, indonesia is james walton. he's the sports business group leaderfor asia pacific at deloitte, and has served on the singapore committee for disability sports. great to speak to you about this. give us an understanding of the main things to know about the logistics and finances it takes to hold such an event?—

finances it takes to hold such an event? , ., , , an event? obviously coming so soon after _ an event? obviously coming so soon after the _ an event? obviously coming so soon after the olympics, - an event? obviously coming so soon after the olympics, a - an event? obviously coming so soon after the olympics, a lotl soon after the olympics, a lot of the sporting menus have been renovated although they do need some customisation to make them suitable in some cases for the paralympic sports. the single biggest challenge of the paralympics is always mobility and paris is no different in that regard, we are talking about a city where the metro is historically not the most accessible, it is believed only about 29 of the 300 or so stations are accessible to people with the. so the regional government has gone to great lengths to lay on disabled friendly buses and other infrastructure to make it easy as possible for athletes and spectators alike to move around the city in a way that is fully accessible.— around the city in a way that is fully accessible. beyond the -h sical is fully accessible. beyond the physical infrastructure, - is fully accessible. beyond the physical infrastructure, what l physical infrastructure, what about the human factor like staff being trained to accommodate needs or fostering accommodate needs or fostering a feeling of empathy or

challenging preconceptions? there were fears in france about how the population would take in terms of where they are interested in disability sport and initially ticket sales were low but it has picked up. it is not an easy time because this is the kind of time when french schools are going back, businesses are going back to work whereas the olympics have been during the traditional closure for the holidays in france. we now estimate around 300,000 tickets sold compared to just over 300,000 tickets sold compared tojust over 500,000 for 300,000 tickets sold compared to just over 500,000 for the olympics and in recent days they have been increasing the size of the venues but it is an extra challenge in terms of the volunteers needing to know how to communicate and engage with people who may be deaf, blind, may have mobility challenges whether it is wheelchairs or other challenges. what has been happening is a lot of training behind the scenes, teaching volunteers about how to

particularly address these issues as well as a new smartphone app specially designed for the paralympics to help guide people around the city in the most efficient manner. it city in the most efficient manner-— city in the most efficient manner. . , , ., manner. it really is a good learning — manner. it really is a good learning opportunity - manner. it really is a good learning opportunity for i learning opportunity for everybody when it comes to disability as well. talk to us about the paralympics and how it can inspire others with perhaps other similar disabilities to get into sport and how important that is? what and how important that is? what we found in _ and how important that is? what we found in singapore _ and how important that is? wiat we found in singapore and other places in as asia is when you look at the abici have people who decide they want to be an athlete, they decide they want to take part in a particular sport and you hear about athletes going on to reach steel in bits and achieve that dream but it's a different message with the paralympics. the most inspiring piece of all is how many young children with disabilities, people who have been told they cannot do things may be when they go to school, they are not allowed to take part in the sports lessons at school because they simply are

not able to join in. they are suddenly seeing role models of people like themselves competing and achieving these incredible things and i think the most inspiring agassi in that regard is the number of people with the have always been told they cannot do things but do not taking up a sport and become more independent, get out there and make more friends and really aspire to achieve something that they just did not even believe was physically possible. it is . uite physically possible. it is uuite a physically possible. it is quite a remarkable - physically possible. it is quite a remarkable thing to see these changes take place. james, thank you so much for speaking to us, sports business group leaderfor speaking to us, sports business group leader for asia—pacific and delete. after years of bad blood and barbed comments, one of music's biggest feuds appears to be over — with the announcement that brothers noel and liam gallagher are re—forming oasis for a series of uk and european concerts next year — the first time they'll have played together in public since 2009. tickets go on sale on saturday in what's expected to be a multi—million pound pay day for the boys from burnage. colin patterson reports from manchester.

me and him were, like, telepathic, you know what i mean? i know my brother better than anybody else. this is how oasis announced they were back, the brothers finally confirming a series of huge shows next summer. always famous for their feuding... we don't like each other, man. he's swinging this guitar around and he kind of... you know, he nearly took my face off with it. today's news might help explain why noel gallagher had recently been so complimentary about liam. if songs were drinks, right, liam's is a shot of tequila, right? and mine's half a guinness. # maybe i don't really wanna know... it's exactly 30 years this week since the release of their debut album, definitely maybe. oasis are being hyped as the best band around at the moment... when they were interviewed by zoe ball, who wore an extraordinary cap. you are being hyped as the best band around at the moment. is all the hype true? yeah.

it is? yeah, we're the best band about today, on the planet. it's a fact. and, despite splitting up 15 years ago, there a strong argument that they remained the biggest band in britain. not surprisingly, in manchester's northern quarter, it wasn't hard to find people with opinions on the reunion. when did they make up? how has this happened? what's your theory? oh, a money grab. you can't say that! i can, it's too late, sorry. people are already reserving parking spaces, apparently. | and hotels are at £800 already. everyone's over the moon, aren't they? fingers crossed they don't fall out again, you know what i mean? in two minutes. you know what i mean? you know what they're like, don't you? eh? and, across the city, there was much excitement at the microdot gallery, a stop on the oasis walking tour. we're very lucky to have the original fireplace from the front cover of definitely maybe. if this can be the catalyst to give people a bit

of happiness, you know, who better to drag us out of the doldrums than liam and noel, at the end of the day? this is a posterfor oasis's famous shows at knebworth, and have a look at the ticket price. £22.50. it's going to be rather more than that when they go on sale on saturday. # it's a crazy situation... the band have said they will not be playing glastonbury, there is no word on any new music and no confirmation on which other members of oasis will return. thanks to those rows, there are plenty of them to choose from. colin paterson, bbc news, manchester. that's all for now. stay with bbc news. hello. the weather's looking fairly promising for most of us on wednesday, with some prolonged spells of sunshine, but it won't be dry everywhere. in fact, farfrom it. we are expecting a few showers and in the morning across one or two areas it actually could be pretty wet. let me show

you the big picture. here's the forecast for wednesday. a couple of weather fronts bringing showers into northern ireland and western scotland, and this one here also in the north of england, wales and stretching to southwestern areas. but whether you've got the sunshine or the rain in the morning, it's actually going to be quite warm first thing — 17 in london, about 15 around merseyside and similar values there for glasgow and edinburgh. so showers reaching northern ireland and western scotland. and here's that weather front stretching from northern england through the lakes, into lancashire, wales. maybe the west midlands, could be some spits and spots further south, too. so for a time some of us will catch some rain here, showers there moving into scotland. and big temperature contrasts on wednesday. eastern england, east anglia and the south—east, mid—high 20s. out towards the west, it's a lot fresher — temperatures of around 18 in belfast and for glasgow. now this is fresher air that's arriving off the atlantic. in fact, the fresher air will spread right across the country during the course of thursday. so no longer is it going to be so warm in the east and the southeast. temperatures here will be closer to say, around 22 or 3

celsius out in the west around 18 degrees, with that atlantic breeze coming in. just a few showers for scotland. here's a look at the end of the week. high pressure is building off the atlantic. this azores high. showers are kept at bay across france, far away. so it's a day of light winds and sunny spells. really a very pleasant day. and for some of us, a perfect summer's day. neither too hot and not particularly cool either. and the temperatures will be around the high teens across western areas, maybe nudging up to 2a in london for the end of the week. so that's friday. how about the weekend? well, the high pressure is still with us weather fronts are trying to push in, but it's a substantial high so it's keeping things dry. maybe the weather going downhill a little bit with a few showers towards the south and towards the west as we head into next week. so here's the outlook, then. friday and the weekend looking pretty decent for many of us, with spells of sunshine looking quite warm too. and then into september, it does look as though we could catch i or 2 showers.

that's it for me. bye— bye.

alibaba's big move in hong kong. we'll look at what lies ahead for the chinese e—commerce giant. plus: the gruelling training and controversy behind the esports world cup in saudi arabia.

hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. let's begin in hong kong, chinese e—commerce giant alibaba upgraded its listing in the city to a primary status matching howard shows are listed in new york. it is suspected to help the company attract investments from mainland china. timing wise, thatis mainland china. timing wise, that is happening as alibaba is facing multiple headwinds including a slowing chinese economy and intense competition from a very crowded e—commerce industry. gary from the investment firm the blueshirt group said the primary listing would help alibaba. i think it's a fantastic move. here is what i think is the rationale behind it. when these companies are dual listed, and they are not the only one, there are a number of chinese companies that have adr in the us and are traded in hong kong. but the adrs are still the driving force behind