hello, i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome. we begin with breaking news from the occupied west bank. israeli security forces have launched an operation in the north of the territory, with the palestinian health ministry reporting two deaths in the city ofjenin. an israeli army spokesperson said the country's forces are on the ground injenin and tulkarm. it comes two days after israel carried out an air strike on the west bank that the palestinian authority reportedly killed five people. earlier, israel said its forces have rescued a hostage from an underground tunnel in gaza after being held for more than ten months. 52—year—old qaid farhan al—kadi is a bedouin arab, and was found in the southern part of the strip. he was abducted in the hamas attack on october 7. israel says he was rescued in what they are calling a complex operation.

lucy williamson sent this report from the soroka medical centre in southern israel. 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. farhan al—kadi is the eighth hostage rescued by israeli forces since the start of the war in gaza. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he was working to secure the release of all the remaining hostages. but a group campaigning for those still held said that though this rescue had been "miraculous," military operations alone could not free the remaining captives and that a ceasefire deal was needed. the united nations says gaza aid operations are suspended following israeli evacuation orders monday. diseases have also spread in gaza as sewage contaminates

camps and coast and there are also concerns of a polio outbreak after a 10 month old baby was partially paralysed after contracting the illness. aid workers warn that with the humanitarian pause the rollout of vaccines could be hindered. i've been speaking with mara kronenfeld, the executive director unrwa usa. it would appear that hopes of a peace deal coming soon are crumbling somewhat. what does that mean a practical sense for the people in gaza? as you described, the situation is prophetic and right now our colleagues on the ground at unrwa have essentially been expelled from the area that humanitarian workers were in and the humanitarian infrastructure in the centre of gaza has been forced out along with some

250,000 people as israel has evacuated or expelled people from these areas. when humanitarian people are removed from the area, the services they provide are also removed. hospitals have to bring down our health centres as well as food distribution sites, shelters and more and more we are seeing a population of around 1.7 million, the vast majority of the population in gaza being pushed into an area which is about 11% of gaza, with population density of some 30—40,000 per square kilometre. we are extremely worried about polio and the outbreak of other disease in what is a situation on imaginable, where sewerage is building up everywhere and you cannot even

see any space on the ground, that is how dense the population is. you said your team have been expelled as part of that evacuation order and they ceased operations. would they have been able to reactivate operations in other parts of gaza? there are absolutely operations in other parts of gaza but these 250,000 people were being served in the centre of gaza by staff from unrwa as well as other agencies and right now those activities have had to stop because the humanitarian agencies cannot simply rebuild the health centres and the distribution of food and medical supplies and rebuild shelters. this is a sandy area along the mediterranean sea, there is no infrastructure there and with no sanitation, with raw sewage, trash piling up and now with polio, we are extremely concerned

for the population there and... and when you mentioned polio, just tojump in, we have seen the world health organization organising for the delivery of well over i million vaccines. what can you tell us about the progress of that programme? yes, so we understand there are over a million vaccines available, the problem is that vaccines have to be given twice. there are two dosages that need to be given and they need to be given in the midst of a relatively static population which means that there needs to be a ceasefire. there needs to be a disruption in the bombardment, populations need to be able to stay put so that 1000 aid workers can come to where they are and provide the vaccines. if there is no ceasefire than the chance of the vaccines getting to enough people to reach herd immunity is very unlikely. polio doesn't know borders, it's up to everyone's interest to a ceasefire so the vaccines can get to the children

who need them. how are you going to be able to deliver vaccines in that way in terms of keeping track of who has had a vaccine and has not had one? that's exactly the reason why the population needs to be static, so that these 1000 health workers can go and these are all workers from unrwa can go door—to—door, essentially tent—to—tent in one central area, khan younis, where those who are not in certain areas can go to the health centre. but there needs to be a stop in the bombardment, there needs to be no more forced expulsions and the population needs to be essentially reachable and accountable for this to work. here in the us, thejustice department has filed new charges against donald trump over his attempts to overturn the result of the 2020 election.

the former president has denied election interference allegations, though he's maintained — without evidence — that there was widespread voter fraud. the revised filing was made by special counseljack smith on tuesday and lays out the same four charges originally brought against him — though this time they relate to his status as a political candidate. that's after a landmark supreme court ruling injuly granted donald trump substantial immunity from criminal prosecution. our correspondent carl nasman has more on how the case has evolved. 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. kamala harris and tim walz are expected to give to their firstjoint tv interview on thursday after weeks of demands by political opponents to hear from the pair. republicans have repeatedly accused vice president harris of avoiding interviews since she replaced joe biden on the democratic ticket nearly five weeks ago. the two of them will speak to cnn's dana bash, while on a campaign stop in georgia. two employees at delta airlines have been killed and another seriously injured following an accident at the airline's maintenance facility in atlanta. local media are reporting that the pair were killed when a tyre on a plane exploded while it was being removed, although the airline has not official commented. the airline said it was co—operating with authorities who are conducting an investigation into what happened.

and ukraine's president has said the incursion into russia's kursk region is part of a victory plan he intends to present to president biden next month. speaking earlier volodymyr zelensky said his country's forces are reported to control at least 100 settlements in kursk. a region along the border with eastern ukraine. the us national security adviser is in china for talks with top diplomats in beijing as the two countries work to settle tensions. jake sullivan is holding talks with china's foreign minister wang yi — it's the fourth time in 16 months the pair have met. the last time was injanuary shortly after presidents joe biden and xijinping held their own summit to try and stabilise relations. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. to westminster now, where sir keir starmer given his first major speech since the general election, vowing to reverse what he's called a "decade of decline"

under the previous tory government. the prime minister warned the chancellor's budget in october will be "painful" and asked britons to "accept short—term pain for the long—term good" of the country. the conservatives have dismissed the pm's speech as an attempt to distract the public from promises they say the labour leader never intended to keep. i'll have to turn to the country and make big asks of you as well — to accept short—term pain for long—term good. the difficult trade—off for the genuine solution. and i know that after all that you have been through, i know it's a really big ask and really difficult to hear. that is not the position we should be in. it's not the position i want to be in, but we have to end the politics of the easy answer that solves nothing.

you're live with bbc news. it's been 500 days since sudan descended into civil war, but aid is still failing reaching those who need it. it's a situation the charity medecins sans frontieres describes as shameful. 10.3 million people have been forced to flee their homes. more than 25 million face acute hunger. the war began in april 2023, when the rapid support forces — a paramilitary group — launched an attack against the sudanese army. both sides have been accused of committing atrocities. for more on the conflict, and the prospects of peace, i spoke to tom perriello, the united states�* special envoy for sudan. it is 500 days since fighting began in sudan, can you realistically see any and to it coming anytime soon? you have to believe that that end is possible because the scale of suffering just shocks the conciousness so much. 20 million people have been displaced from their homes or are facing acute hunger, over a million facing starvation.

we made progress this week but the world has turned its back on this horrific scale of suffering and we have seen in the past few months more and more countries starting to step up and say we have to end the war, we have to end the famine and joe biden and antony blinken asked us to take that initiative over the past few weeks and we are seeing progress. is there is sufficient international focus on this crisis, given the wide scale displacement of people and the widescale hunger? we are not even in the ballpark of enough international attention on a crisis affecting 20 million people, who have been displaced and are facing acute hunger. many more millions have had to flee as refugees. we are seeing bombing and shelling on a daily basis, dams collapsing this week causing over 100 deaths. we need to see that international attention, we put together the initiative onjoe biden and antony

blinken�*s push to say we have to do more for the sudanese people and with the un, the african union and key regional allies we were able to get multiple humanitarian access routes open for the first time in months. today we got the last of 3 million pounds of food across in the past week and that is scratching the surface of what is needed to address the level of hunger. we are trying to get a third access route open through the south. we need more aid coming from the international community, more pressure both on the humanitarian access and action of civilians that is necessary from both the army and the rapid support forces and that is what we have been pushing forward this diplomatic coalition. what about outside involvement at the security council meeting the government accused the uae are piling the rapid support forces. the group claims the uae would have to completely reject but what is the role for

the us in limiting any outside involvement and pushing harder for that peace deal? unfortunately the most international attention we have seen is the negative guide where we see multiple countries and negative actors bringing more arms into the country and more arms into the country and more foreign fighters to the country, none of which have the interest of the sudanese people at heart of the people are incredibly united in wanting to see a silencing of the guns, wanting to see access for food and medicine of all 18 states and medicine of all 18 states and a return to the dreams of the revolution in 2019 of an inclusive democratic future. they have to remain the goals and we took very important steps with us leadership and key partners this week to open up key partners this week to open up some of these borders that have been shut down particularly into the area the us has supported the arms embargo. we to be further in force and extended in in the coming weeks. we need the international community sending food and medicine and not more

weapons into the crisis. fin food and medicine and not more weapons into the crisis.- weapons into the crisis. on top ofthat weapons into the crisis. on top of that conflict, _ weapons into the crisis. on top of that conflict, the _ weapons into the crisis. on top of that conflict, the hunger - of that conflict, the hunger crisis we saw at the dam breaking flooding 20 villages killing a large number of people, what is the broader long—term impact i click to be of that? long-term impact i click to be of that? ~ ., , , long-term impact i click to be ofthat? ., , , ,, ., of that? we really see sudan facin: of that? we really see sudan facing not — of that? we really see sudan facing not only _ of that? we really see sudan facing not only the _ of that? we really see sudan facing not only the imminent j facing not only the imminent horror of daily war and starvation but we are talking about damage to infrastructure, to state institutions, that could last for an entire generation. that's why we need to silence the guns now, we need international coalition to work with the army as well as pressuring the rs earth to get us to a peace deal because every day these dams are crumbling, we see roads being destroyed, kids not able to be in school learning. people in refugee camps without the basic services needed, we are losing an entire generation of sudan, we need to get the war stopped now and get the food and medicine in and that is why we appreciate joe medicine in and that is why we appreciatejoe biden�*s appreciate joe biden�*s leadership in appreciatejoe biden�*s leadership in calling this

group together with our partners to be able to expand that access and protection for the billions. we hope in the weeks building up to the un general assembly will continue to seek greater international coalition support for the kind of aid that is needed and finding a way to silence the guns in sudan and give them theirfuture back. social media mogul mark zuckerberg says meta is prepared to fight back against future political coercion to influence what content is viewed across its platforms. in a letter to the republican chairman of the housejudiciary committee, the facebook founder claims in 2021 the biden administration repeatedly pressured facebook to censor certain posts related to the coronavirus pandemic. mr zuckerberg concedes it was wrong to do so. he's also said it was a mistake to demote reporting from the new york post about hunter biden ahead of the 2020 election, after the fbi warned of a russian disinformation scheme. while congressional republicans welcome the letter, calling it a big win for free speech, the white house stood firm

saying it encouraged responsible actions to protect public health and safety. live now to politico reporter lara korte. she is in sacramento, california for us. why has mark zuckerberg chosen this moment to write this letter about the issues? i to write this letter about the issues? ~ . to write this letter about the issues? ~ , ., , issues? i think this moment is obvious, issues? i think this moment is obvious. we — issues? i think this moment is obvious, we are _ issues? i think this moment is obvious, we are heading - issues? i think this moment is obvious, we are heading into i obvious, we are heading into another potentially contentious election cycle, he has faced criticism over the past couple of election cycles about the content that appears on his platform, how his company managers that content and whether or not he is promoting things that are helpful to american democracy. for me i think this is an attempt for mark zuckerberg to get out had of those criticisms and set the stage on how facebook and meta will handle the election going into november. i5 will handle the election going into november.— into november. is there a suggestion _ into november. is there a

suggestion that _ into november. is there a suggestion that they - into november. is there a suggestion that they are i into november. is there a i suggestion that they are now not controlling any subject matter or there are still some things controlling?— things controlling? mark zuckerberg _ things controlling? mark zuckerberg said - things controlling? mark zuckerberg said in - things controlling? mark zuckerberg said in the i things controlling? mark i zuckerberg said in the past that they care about the kind of content that users see and they have quality control and fact checkers to make sure this information and disinformation are not elevated in people speeds. what mark zuckerberg trying to convey in the letter he wrote to house republicans is he does not want to be pressured by the government and in fact he will push back against a lot of that pressure. i think this is very much for him trying to legitimise what he has often defended in the past which is facebook�*s ability to moderate their own content he may be trying to push back against accusations that facebook leads one way or the other and trying to ensure people that they have it under control heading into november. does this further shop in the

case for the need for statutory regulation of social media? it's long been a contentious issue. ~ , ,., , it's long been a contentious issue. , , , , issue. absolutely. republicans would argue — issue. absolutely. republicans would argue this _ issue. absolutely. republicans would argue this is _ issue. absolutely. republicans would argue this is a _ issue. absolutely. republicans would argue this is a proof - would argue this is a proof point for why there needs to be rules and statute about the government not interfering and not acting with social media companies to do what they say is restricting americans first amendment rights. of course you mentioned are biden administration and how they stood behind their actions. there is absolutely lawmakers on the democratic side especially revealed that social media companies should be held accountable for the kind of content be distributed and the government has been increasingly trying to put pressure on social media companies, conversed with companies, conversed with companies and ask them to put safeguards in place to make sure that is not harmful content on their websites. everybody has a different definition of harmful and that is where you see some of the political dynamics becoming tense. ~ . political dynamics becoming tense. ~ , tense. mark zuckerberg can

write this — tense. mark zuckerberg can write this letter _ tense. mark zuckerberg can write this letter but - tense. mark zuckerberg can write this letter but is - tense. mark zuckerberg can write this letter but is there j write this letter but is there any way of truly knowing whether what he says is in fact what is happening with those algorithms? i what is happening with those algorithms?— algorithms? i suppose it is only the — algorithms? i suppose it is only the folks _ algorithms? i suppose it is only the folks at _ algorithms? i suppose it is only the folks at meta - algorithms? i suppose it is only the folks at meta who j algorithms? i suppose it is- only the folks at meta who know what is happening with the algorithms. mark zuckerberg and other titans have faced accusations for a long time from the right that their social media platforms have an anti— conservative bias. this very much is viewed by folks in both the tack and politics world as an attempt to buffer and stave off accusations that he is not, he is acting inventor of one side or the other. he also talked about his not going to donate any more to efforts to prop up election infrastructure. he said there was something he did in the last cycle and that was non—partisan and viewed by some sides is helping the other side and he is really trying to emphasise that there is an

approach from meta that the government will not interfere while also emphasising his team does take quality control measures and has fact checkers trying to scan those different algorithms. trying to scan those different algorithms-— algorithms. not the last we have heard _ algorithms. not the last we have heard from _ algorithms. not the last we have heard from as - algorithms. not the last we have heard from as i'm - algorithms. not the last we | have heard from as i'm sure algorithms. not the last we - have heard from as i'm sure but thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news. thank you so much for “oining us here on bbc news._ thank you so much for “oining us here on bbc news. let's look at other important news. us soldier travis king, who fled from south to north korea before being returned to america, will plead guilty to desertion and other charges, according to his lawyer. the us army filed 1a charges against mr king for the illegal crossing in july 2023. he plans to enter a guilty plea to five charges, including desertion and assault, as part of a plea deal. but he will plead not guilty to the other charges. australia is introducing a cap on the number of new international students, as it tries to reduce migration to pre—pandemic levels. the country has one of the biggest international student markets in the world, but will limit new enrolments to 270,000 next year.

australia hosts almost 720,000 international students, according to government numbers. some universities have called the move "economic vandalism". that is it for the moment. be duck shortly with more. thank you for watching. 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. 0ut 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 23 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 1 or 2 showers. that's it for me. bye— bye.

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