be facilitated in being able to do that. it must be able to defend itself against terrorism and that is that. it's clearly labour conference, and this wasn't a topic you were planning on talking about, what has been the mood and the sense here, when people have followed the headlines and watching and seeing what is happening? whoever i have spoken to about it, we are all appalled at what has happened. as i say, we see it too often. we saw terrorism with the manchester bombings in my constituency, we lost 13 people as a result of 7/7, we have to utterly condemn terrorism, and that is what this is. and moving on to the days ahead at conference, onto domestic affairs. what will be top of the agenda? we have been talking today about the importance of rewiring britain because we have a national grid which simply isn't up to it. it was fine during the days when we relied on oil

from the north sea and from gas that we were importing from around the world, but we need to move on and we need to move on to green electricity and green power, and our national grid is not up to it. there are days when we lose £63 million because the national grid simply can't step up and take the energy that is being produced. we are holding back, according to the bbc, £200 billion worth of potential investment either by people who want to supply to the grid or people who want to use the grid. and people wanting to use the grid are having to put in bids to have more power and they're being told they won't be able to get a connection to the grid or an upgrade to the grid until the late—2030s. this simply isn't good enough, there is no long—term thinking on this, and what we're saying is that we will invest in the national grid and we will make sure that it is fit for purpose.

this is bbc news. an update on another big story now. over a thousand people are reported to have been killed in afghanistan after a powerful earthquake hit the country yesterday. it devastated at least 12 villages near the city of herat in the west, close to the iranian border, with a magnitude of 6.3. thousands are now without shelter in an area already grappling with extreme hunger and poverty. the bbc�*s south asia correspondent yogita limaye reports. this is where dozens of small mud homes stood. fragile shelter in a bleak, barren landscape. crumbled almost instantly after the earthquake. "all 1a members of my family are under the rubble. "even my five—day—old baby. "oh, god, what should i do?" a man cried in zindajan district, the epicentre of the earthquake.

people who have barely anything, who don't know where their next meal will come from, are now homeless. translation: we came home and saw . that everything had turned to mud. i we worked with shovels and whatever we had to pull women and children from the rubble. 20 to 30 have died here and we are left with nothing — no blankets, as we sleep outdoors. in gushqaq village, men dug mass graves to bury the dead. most are women and children. for a country facing acute hunger and poverty, this is another devastating blow. yogita limaye, bbc news. let's go back to our main story now. the us secretary of state, anthony blinken, has been talking to the american sunday

morning shows about the attack on israel. here's what he said to nbc�*s meet the press. this is the worst attack on israel since the yom kippur war in 1973, almost exactly 50 years ago, but there's also a big difference. that was a state—on—state conflict, army against army, with clear front lines. this is a massive terrorist attack targeting israeli civilians. gunning people down in the streets of their towns. gunning them down in their homes. dragging israelis, men, women and children, across the border with gaza. a holocaust survivor in a wheelchair, women and children, all being taken hostage. so you can imagine the impact this is having in israel, and it should be revolting to people around the world. but, mr secretary, do you acknowledge that both israeli intelligence officials and us intelligence officials were caught off—guard here? this is an attack that i don't think anyone saw coming in the immediate. so was it an intelligence failure, mr secretary? do you acknowledge it was an intelligence failure? we will have plenty of time...

the israelis will have plenty of time to look into that. all of us will have time to look into that. the focus now has to be on making sure israel has what it needs to deal with this attack and, at the same time, israel has come to us and asked for some specific additional assistance — i'm sure you'll hear more about that probably later today — and we're responding to that, and we have the ability to do that. iran and hamas have a long relationship. hamas wouldn't be hamas without the support it's had for many years from iran. in this moment, we don't have anything that shows us that iran was directly involved in this attack, in planning and carrying it out, but that's something we're looking at very carefully and we've got to see where the facts lead, but we do know that iran has had a long relationship with hamas. long support. it's one of the reasons that we have been aggressively working to counter iran, including sanctioning more than 400 iranians, more than 400 companies, precisely for things like the support it's provided to hamas.

it's no surprise that those who are opposed to the talks, opposed to israel normalising its relations with its neighbours and with countries beyond the region, are hamas, hezbollah and iran. so it's entirely possible that one of the motivations for this attack was to try to derail these efforts to advance normalisation. something that is very hard, there are a lot of really challenging issues to work through, we're in the process of trying to do that, but the result would be, if we were able to get there, a much different path for the region and for the future. a path of greater stability, of greater integration, of people working together to better their lives. the us says its support for israel is "rock solid". our correspondent shingai nyoka explained what that support might look like. the details of that support emerged a few hours ago via the pentagon. essentially what they are saying is they are rapidly supplying the israeli defence forces with additional equipment

and resources, including munition, and that that munition is being airlifted to israel. we suspect that some of that support will start arriving today and over the next couple of days. the us has also said that it is deploying its aircraft carriers from the western mediterranean to the eastern mediterranean, a journey of about 1000 miles, as well as aircraft that will be deployed to bases in the middle east and that will be a deterrent, they say, to iran. what they are saying essentially is that its own deployments will be a deterrence position, that's what they are calling it, but clearly an escalation even as they make good on that promise to support israel. the latest from here in the uk. the

prime minister rishi sunak. the scenes we have seen in israel are horrifying. i want to express my solidarity with the people of israel. hamas and the people who support hamas are fully responsible for this appalling act of terror. for the murder of civilians and for the kidnapping of innocent people, including children. i spoke with prime minister netanyahu to ensure him of the uk's stud fast support. we will do everything we can to help. terrorism will not prevail. this is a dangerous and fast moving situation and i know there will be families anxious about their loved ones. the foreign office and government is in close contact with our israeli counterpart to establish the status of any british nationals on the ground. in the meantime, people should follow all the foreign office advice and the advice from

the israelis on the ground and contact the foreign office if you have any concerns or need any assistance. i have any concerns or need any assistance-— have any concerns or need any assistance. ., ., .,~ ., assistance. i want to take you to gaza city to _ assistance. i want to take you to gaza city to give _ assistance. i want to take you to gaza city to give you _ assistance. i want to take you to gaza city to give you a _ assistance. i want to take you to gaza city to give you a sense - assistance. i want to take you to gaza city to give you a sense ofl gaza city to give you a sense of what is happening there. our reporter rushdi abualouf was speaking to us live from gaza when a loud explosion was heard — it sounded very close by. i want to say straightaway that he is safe and did move but take a look. when i drove this morning... explosion that sounds like it was quite close to you, rushdi. rushdi, can you hear me? are you ok? that sounds quite close, yeah. that sounded very close. are you ok? do you need to go or are you ok to stay? that was very close, yeah. rushdi, can you hear me? yes, ican. ican. are you ok to stay where you are? or would you like to move? i don't know what is...

no, i think we should move. that gives you a sense of what is happening in the last few hours in gaza city. he did move and did confirm to us later that he is safe. i want to show you know some of the latest videos that bbc verify have authenticated. you may well have seen plenty of videos across social media over the last two macro days. some of them are distressing. we're getting reports that an 85—year—old grandma has allegedly been taken hostage by palestinian militants. you can see her wearing glasses and holding a pink bag. next a fierce gun battle on an israeli highway.

take a look. it shows a gunfight involving israeli forces on the route 4 highway between ashdod and the gaza border. we have these next pictures which is the aftermath of that same gunfight. again, just a warning that all these pictures are potentially distressing, but take a look. there they are, blurt out, bodies waiting to be identified and taken away to be laid to rest. we also have

pictures from gaza, people they're scrambling for cover during an israeli missile strike. this is a neighbourhood in north—west gaza, bbc verify have matched satellite images here. location is the northern side of shakes ahead square mosque area. let's get some analysis of the situation now. doctor laura jones is a senior middle east analyst for oxford analytical. we

a senior middle east analyst for oxford analytical.— oxford analytical. we are in an unprecedented _ oxford analytical. we are in an unprecedented situation. - oxford analytical. we are in an unprecedented situation. on . oxford analytical. we are in an i unprecedented situation. on the brink of a war that looks quite different from anything we have seen in recent years. you've heard a lot of coverage about how israel has to respond heavily and is going to come about how very vulnerable the people in gaza are and also about the problem of the hostages. that is remarkable, we haven't seen anything like hostagetaking on this scale. israel takes hostages seriously as a country and it's going to be very difficult for it to fulfil its aims of wiping out hamas while dealing with this hostage crisis. just exand with this hostage crisis. just exaand on _ with this hostage crisis. just expand on that _ with this hostage crisis. just expand on that the - with this hostage crisis. just expand on that the bid. is that because physically they will be in very close proximity and just trying some kind of air strikes or ground invasion when you are at one point trying to destroy military targets but also rescue hostages, those

things, doing them at the same time isjust challenging?— isjust challenging? precisely so and hamas _ isjust challenging? precisely so and hamas will— isjust challenging? precisely so and hamas will be _ isjust challenging? precisely so and hamas will be making - isjust challenging? precisely so and hamas will be making use | isjust challenging? precisely so | and hamas will be making use of isjust challenging? precisely so - and hamas will be making use of that challenge as for palestinian islamic jihad. this is going to be their major weapon going forward, surprises their first weapon, the hostages are the second weapon. given the challenges, we know we have heard from israel that they intend a significant military offensive now, the details of which clearly we don't know exactly, but given the challenges of achieving a specific aim, what do you think the benefits, costs of this? i specific aim, what do you think the benefits, costs of this?— benefits, costs of this? i think that the main _ benefits, costs of this? i think that the main goal— benefits, costs of this? i think that the main goal is - benefits, costs of this? i think that the main goal is going - benefits, costs of this? i think that the main goal is going to | benefits, costs of this? i think i that the main goal is going to be restored deterrence. it may not be stated exactly in those terms but this has been an absolutely devastating blow for israel and for the israeli government. and the aim,

whether or not it is achievable, and there have been many efforts to try and restore deterrence which had not done anything of the sort, i don't see why this would be different but the goal will be to say this is a knockout blow, nothing like this can happen again because hamas or other organisations like it will fear the consequences. the problem is that will be devastating for guys and problematic for the west bank and the rest of the region. [30 problematic for the west bank and the rest of the region.— problematic for the west bank and the rest of the region. do you have an kind the rest of the region. do you have any kind of— the rest of the region. do you have any kind of timescale _ the rest of the region. do you have any kind of timescale for— the rest of the region. do you have any kind of timescale for this? - the rest of the region. do you have any kind of timescale for this? i . any kind of timescale for this? i wouldn't want to speculate. it will be determined by military factors i am simply not well informed on. in terms of the hamas point of view, they will have factored in this kind of response. what was the tactic? the tactic i think has been to get these hostages as bargaining chips but there are certain things that hamas has achieved which can't be undone. firstly, they have shown

themselves as the prime mover here. they have launched a devastating attack that israel didn't expect, that nobody thought was possible. hamas is taking all the credit for this. in terms of competition for leadership of the palestinian people, hamas have made a strong move and now they have the hostages and whether they want to go for using them in the immediate conflict or using them as negotiating tools going forward, they have those tools and i simply don't see how israel could rescue 100 hostages in this gaza situation. israel takes hostages very seriously. one captured soldier was once exchanged for 1000 palestinian prisoners. the numbers are enormous. for1000 palestinian prisoners. the numbers are enormous. interesting. given where — numbers are enormous. interesting. given where we _ numbers are enormous. interesting. given where we are _ numbers are enormous. interesting. given where we are now, _ numbers are enormous. interesting. given where we are now, talk- numbers are enormous. interesting. given where we are now, talk of- numbers are enormous. interesting. given where we are now, talk of any| given where we are now, talk of any kind of dialogue, politics,

diplomacy, is that simply for another time now? i diplomacy, is that simply for another time now?— diplomacy, is that simply for another time now? i think that diplomacy _ another time now? i think that diplomacy is — another time now? i think that diplomacy is probably - another time now? i think that diplomacy is probably alreadyl diplomacy is probably already happening. the arab world again is mobilising. this is extremely difficult for most arab countries that have good ties with the united states, would probably like to improve ties with israel but had to deal with popular feeling that is very pro—palestinian. countries like egypt and qatar are certainly mobilising their talking to hamas, trying to change its incentives. they have back channels that will go through to israel and they're trying to see how this can be turned back into a negotiating situation, so that will be happening but at the same time, israel has not begun what it is going to do as the military operation yet. we have only seen the very beginnings of what israel is going to do and tomas certainly has plans for how things will proceed from here. the question is what is

going to happen in lebanon with hezbollah and how long the west bank and stay quiet. flan hezbollah and how long the west bank and stay quiet-— and stay quiet. can you put this into some _ and stay quiet. can you put this into some sort _ and stay quiet. can you put this into some sort of _ and stay quiet. can you put this into some sort of historical- and stay quiet. can you put this . into some sort of historical context for us? how significant is this? it is the most significant operation for the palestinians since 19118. it is the first time in a very long time the palestinians have appeared to be on the front foot militarily. it is also has shocked the world in a new way so i think this has changed a lot of existing paradigms. the things we thought were true about the israeli—palestinian conflict but the united states intelligence thought was true, that israeli intelligence thought were true are no longer true and that is going to have huge consequences playing out in the coming days. israeli tanks have moved along

the border with lebanon, as tension mounts between israel and lebanon's powerful armed group, hezbollah. the israeli military says it fired artillery into an area of lebanon where cross—border fire was launched. our middle east correspondent quentin somerville is in kfarchouba, on lebanon's border with southern israel, and has sent this update. hezbollah has a huge arsenal at its disposal. has some very sophisticated long—range weapons which can strike much further than israel's northern border but deep inside israel. there is a warning that came with the attack today that this was an act of solidarity with the palestinian people and the palestinian resistance, and later we heard from a senior hezbollah official who said the group would not remain neutral in this conflict. he gave a warning to the united states and israel to stop. he said if they continue to escalate this conflict that it could end up involving the entire region. of

course that is a very real threat but it doesn't seem that we saw an attempt of that here today. it's worth remembering that while hezbollah is a powerful militant group here in lebanon, it is not love them on, it does not represent all of lebanon and this is a country still suffering from an economic crisis, whether it is huge unemployment, there is political gridlock, this is a country that has suffered a series of crises and cannot face another. it has, of course, been a fast—moving situation over the last 48 hours, so we thought we would pause our reporter meghan owen has this timeline. here we have been looking at what happened and when it happened. at around 6:30am local time on saturday there were the first reports of rocket fire from multiple locations in gaza. there are explosions in

cities in israel such as tel aviv and ashkelon and sderot. at around 8am we heard from hamas, the palestinian armed militant group who claim responsibility and they say they launched 5000 rockets. this map here shows some of the areas affected by the attack. we have managed to verify these three many videos which have come in throughout the last couple of days. let's take a look at some of them. this is one of the missiles launched from gaza. if we take a look at this next video, we can see militants taking over a tank in israel. and this video is perhaps one of the more distressing ones. here we see a female hostage with signs of severe beating, dragged from the boot of a vehicle and full stint to the rear seat. at around 8:30am in the morning we hearfrom seat. at around 8:30am in the morning we hear from the seat. at around 8:30am in the morning we hearfrom the israeli defence force and they said, hamas

will bear the consequences of the attack. they then begin to carry out retaliatory air strikes in gaza. at around 11:30 a:m., isabel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu declared, we are at war. in a video posted. declared, we are at war. in a video osted. , , declared, we are at war. in a video osted. , ._ ., declared, we are at war. in a video osted. , ., ., , posted. the enemy will pay a heavy rice on a posted. the enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale _ posted. the enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale it _ posted. the enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale it has _ posted. the enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale it has never - posted. the enemy will pay a heavy price on a scale it has never known. meanwhile i call on all citizens of israel to listen to the home front, and instructions. we are at war and we will win. and instructions. we are at war and we will win-— we will win. afterwards at around half ast we will win. afterwards at around half past 12 _ we will win. afterwards at around half past 12 we — we will win. afterwards at around half past 12 we hear— we will win. afterwards at around half past 12 we hear from - we will win. afterwards at around half past 12 we hear from the - half past 12 we hear from the palestinian president mahmoud he says his people have the right to defend themselves against what you call settlers and occupation troops. now, as the death toll rises throughout the day there was lots of international reaction, including from western leaders such as prime minister rishi sunak. he says, i am shocked by this morning �*s attacks by hamas terrorists against israeli

citizens. he says israel has an absolute right to defend itself. we also hear from the absolute right to defend itself. we also hearfrom the french president emmanuel macron. he strongly condemns what he calls the current terrorist attacks against israel and express their solidarity with the victims and their loved ones. joe biden says israel has a right to defend itself and its people. more and more videos are emerging throughout the day. we see there are more casualties and the hospitals are getting overwhelmed in israel. hamas also claims it has captured israeli soldiers, including indie city of kibbutz. at around 11:30pm on saturday in a televised speech, benjamin netanyahu says the attacks have never been seen before in his country and he warned he would take mighty vengeance for what he

described as a black day. in the early hours of sunday morning, the israeli army tells residents in the gaza strip to shelter and this is because of strikes which happened overnight. you can see here some of the dramatic footage. the next morning we see what the damage has been. we see a mosque has completely collapsed in gaza, we also see several buildings have been destroyed. at around 7:30am on sunday lebanon becomes involved. this footage here is of some of the strikes launched by militant group hezbollah which fired missiles into three israeli military positions. the israeli military then launched strikes back to lebanon. and on sunday we saw air strikes continuing in gaza as israel desperately tries to regain control. let's take you back live two gaza city. these are

the live pictures currently as it is pretty late in the night there. we will continue to bring you all the latest details. this is bbc news. their weekend weather brought extremes to the uk. we have the wet weather in scotland and then on sunday it was exceptionally warm across so many other parts of the country. in northern ireland, 22.6 degrees, the warmest october day since the 60s, about 2k in wales, the warmest in over a decade and in london, nearly 26 degrees, about the warmest day in october since 2018. the rain from scotland is petering out, some areas have had about a months worth of rainfall recently and the overall weather pattern is still showing a dip in thejet

stream which is shunting that warm atmosphere from the south. once again it will be exceedingly warm, notjust here in the uk but across many parts of western and central europe this week. the headline is one of a warm start this week but not completely dry, some rain on the way, particularly where we don't want it, in western parts of scotland but that is not until tuesday. forthe scotland but that is not until tuesday. for the early morning, a lot of bright weather around, a lot of trips and jobs in the western isles. call in the north of scotland, 13 to 15 but northern ireland, wales, england, widely into the 20s, perhaps even the mid 20s in london and the south—east. a cold front will bring fresher whether but again rain to parts of scotland with the rain reaching the north—west. we are still talking about the low to mid 20s on tuesday, widely across

the uk. tuesday into wednesday we start to see a change coming in from the north. they weatherfront start to see a change coming in from the north. they weather front will spread southwards across the uk, it will bring some rain. stronger winds for scotland and much fresher, much cooler if not given colder conditions in the far north of scotland, temperatures are barely making 10 degrees in lerwick. but still warm with some cloud and rain on wednesday in the south, about 20 to 23 degrees. temperatures will return to post to the seasonal norm toward saturday, sunday but it is stilljust toward saturday, sunday but it is still just the other toward saturday, sunday but it is stilljust the other side of average, so warmer than average over the coming days.

welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm arunoday mukharji. lets get you the headlines... the number of palestinians and israelis killed during two days of intense fighting continues to climb. up up to 700 israelis are now feared dead and one of the darkest days in the country's history. among them, 250 were reportedly killed at an israeli music festival that came under attack. the israelis are retaliating with air strikes across gaza. more than

400 people have been killed, thousands injured. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's news day. —— it's newsday. welcome to the programme. our big focus remains on the conflict unfolding between israel and palestine. the number of those killed on both sides continued to climb, up up to 700 israelis are feared dead, the single largest loss of life in a single day in israeli history. in response, israel has carried out air strikes on the gaza strip, killing more than 400 and wounding over 2000 according to palestinian authorities. there is growing

concern for around 100 israeli civilians and