hello, i'm carl nasman, thanks forjoining us. the number of israelis and palestinians killed in spiralling violence continues to climb, more than a day after hamas militants stormed into israeli territory from gaza. and in the past few hours, we have learned that several american citizens are also among the dead in israel. that's according to a us national security council spokesperson. let's ta ke let's take you live to gather city. ——gaza city, we've seen israeli air strikes lighting up the night sky and rolling blackouts in gaza have made it challenging for hospitals to treat the wounded. and overnight in israel, palestinian militants targeted southern towns like ashkelon with a barrage of rocket attacks. here's more of what we know, at this hour. the israeli military says more than 700 israelis have been killed. 260 bodies have been found dead at the site of a music festival in southern israel.

the gaza ministry of health says 413 palestinians have been killed by israeli air strikes in gaza, including 78 children and 41 women. israel says it is still trying to regain full control of eight areas where hamas militants infiltrated following saturday's attack. the number of israeli civilians and soldiers taken hostage has been put at 100 by the israeli embassy to the us, though some have been freed. in northern israel, hezbollah rockets targeted three military positions, with israel responding with barrages of artillery into southern lebanon. 0ur correspondents have been tracking developments from across the region. here's our international editor, jeremy bowen in jordan. israel right now is going through this most extraordinary, awful national trauma. and as you've been hearing, the military response has already started, and it's going to be considerable. now in the past, when there have been flare—ups,

there sometimes has been pressure on israeli leaders, including benjamin netanyahu, to "deal with hamas once and for all," to get in there, to kill their operatives, get their leaders, smash their infrastructure. but actually, he's resisted doing that and others have too. and the reason is they thought they had a better way, which was effectively to contain hamas inside gaza. and they've done that since hamas took over there in 2007. the way they've done that is to keep it under a pretty tight state of siege, helped by egypt — which doesn't like hamas either — and also have confidence in their intelligence services and military capability. and the events of yesterday have shown very clearly that all those assumptions were wrong, and that paradigm has been shattered. so what happens next? well, a large military operation — israel is a very powerful country, very powerful military, and perhaps he can go in and deal, as they say, once and for all with hamas.

but assuming they do that, i think the really big question longer—term is what happens on the day after? how is gaza going to be governed? do israelis and palestinians need to talk to each other again? the last attempt at a peace process, sponsored by the americans, failed ten years ago. so i think longer—term, in the end, they'll have to try and deal with the roots of this century long conflict — and that isn't just military, its political. well, as we have been reporting, it's thought that the 260 people killed in israel by hamas militants were young people attending a music festival in the southern israeli desert. videos posted on social media showed hundreds fleeing the supernova festival which was held near the small settlement of re�*im — a kibbutz near the gaza strip — as caroline hawley reports.

moments before, at a festival that brought together young people from across israel. a carefree crowd. they have no idea of the horror about to erupt. images posted on social media show people running for their lives. witnesses say that after rockets were fired, palestinian gunmen began attacking from several directions. "don't kill me," she pleads, as noa argamani and her boyfriend, avi natan, are both taken captive. both are still missing, thought to have been taken into gaza. today, noa's father spoke through his anguish to israeli media. translation: i asked to see the video and then i saw - that it was definitely her. she was so scared, so frightened. i always protected her and, at this very moment, i couldn't.

noa is 25, with a passion for travel. she'd been messaging a friend just before she was kidnapped, and then the live location ended. it's just us waiting and hoping, really hoping and praying that everything is good, that she will come back home safely, her and her boyfriend and everyone that is in captivity now. also taken from the festival, shani louk, a tattoo artist from germany, pictured here on holiday in mexico. herfamily recognised her in a video of palestinian gunmen celebrating her capture on a pick—up truck. the images of shani herself are too upsetting to show. translation: we were sent a video in which i could - clearly see our daughter unconscious with the palestinians and them driving around the gaza strip. i ask you to send us any help or news. jake marlowe's family and friends are also desperate for news.

he's a 26—year—old british man who was working at the festival. he's reported to have told his mother he loved her and promised to keep her updated, before his phone began ringing out. 0n the road next to where the festival was taking place, the aftermath. we don't yet know what's happened to all those who came in these cars to party, to celebrate. shellshocked reunions with those who survived. but the brutality of the attack, the terror of it, will now be seared into the psyche of a nation. caroline hawley, bbc news. as the conflict escalates, the us has stepped up its support for israel, deploying an initial emergency military assistance package. the us navy is moving several aircraft carriers, guided missile cruisers, and destroyers to the eastern mediterranean. it is sending additional equipment and resources, including munitions, that will arrive in the coming days. defense secretary lloyd austin maintains that this is merely a measure to bolster regional deterrence efforts. the united states provides

israel more than $3 billion in security assistance each year. the hamas militant group told reporters that the us providing an aircraft carrier is "actual participation in the aggression against our people". well, lawmakers on capitol hill are calling forfurther us action, adding more pressure on the house of representatives to quickly choose a house speaker. chair of the house foreign affairs committee, michael mccaul, is demanding his colleagues quickly bring a resolution to the floor condemning hamas with or without a speaker in place. with no speaker in place the house is unable to bring any legislation to its floor, including requests for emergency funding for israel. however, the chamber is entering uncharted territory under acting speaker patrick mchenry when congress returns on tuesday. republicans are expected to begin closed door deliberations over who they

will pick as their nominee. a short while ago, i spoke to axios senior contributor and director of syracuse university's institute for democracy, journalism and citizenship, margaret talev, about that us response to the conflict in israel. thank you so much for being here. we are hearing that us navy ships, aircraft, are being located closer to israel. what do you think that move signals in terms of us involvement in what is taking place in the region? what is taking place in the reuion? , , �*, what is taking place in the reuion? ,, " region? this is israel's 9/11 is how many _ region? this is israel's 9/11 is how many in _ region? this is israel's 9/11 is how many in the - region? this is israel's 9/11 is how many in the region | region? this is israel's 9/11 i is how many in the region are talking about it. the us is extraordinarily concerned. what president biden was hoping in the next months would be the normalisation of saudi and israeli relations and now what we are looking on is the actual

possibility of notjust a war between israelis and palestinians but a full—scale war potential in a conflict for the run backed groups —— iran getting involved. the run backed groups -- iran getting involved.— getting involved. how big are the risks of — getting involved. how big are the risks of this _ getting involved. how big are the risks of this conflict - the risks of this conflict becoming much broader and seeing other groups getting involved? it seeing other groups getting involved? , ., ., seeing other groups getting involved? ., . involved? it is a real concern and exactly _ involved? it is a real concern and exactly because - involved? it is a real concern and exactly because of- involved? it is a real concern and exactly because of the l and exactly because of the warming of relations between the saudis and israelis, and the saudis and israelis, and the notion that notjust donald trump and joe biden wanted this but that saudis and israelis wanted it and it is a threat to the balance of power for iran. some of this may depend on israel's actions against palestinian civilians in the coming days. some may be a broader strategy than that. it comes in a moment in the us

weather has been all kind of chaos on capitol hill with currently no speak of the house. how much could that affect the ability of the us to respond to what is taking place? respond to what is taking lace? ., ., . , place? there are real concerns about that- _ place? there are real concerns about that. in _ place? there are real concerns about that. in that _ place? there are real concerns about that. in that short - about that. in that short administration and the pentagon has provided resources and dollars authorised but that is not a permanent situation because there is no house speaker, congress cannot do anything. senators are in a recess, others have been engaged in this circus over who they want to lead their party. those next elections are supposed to happen on tuesday and the ousted house speaker kevin mccarthy is now saying that act of decentralisation has weakened the us ability to respond. i do think there is an

understanding now uniformly that they need to move quickly to choose the next speaker. the third candidate has dropped out. it is now a contest between jim out. it is now a contest betweenjim jordan out. it is now a contest between jim jordan and steve scalise and that they are both saying israel needs us support. 0ne saying israel needs us support. one of the dividing lines inside the republican caucus has been whether the us should continue backing ukraine financially, sending ukraine money and training to protect itself against russia and i think what we're seeing in this case is a republican party uniformly together around the idea of siding with israel and protecting israel and giving israel the resources it needs. but even so, having said that, this is a party that is in chaos. the us ambassador to israel needs to get confirmed and can i get confirmed until it happens. a memberfrom the republican side has been

holding out nominations. all of this us political drama coming into focus and i think the republican party internally saying to itself, we need to wrap this up after this crisis. you mention this saudi deal between the us and israel, that that could be effective, what options are on the table, not only for long—term solution in the region of peace but even for something more short termed?— for something more short termed? ~ , ., termed? when it comes to something _ termed? when it comes to something like _ termed? when it comes to i something like normalisation termed? when it comes to - something like normalisation of relations between saudis and israelis, really the entity that can act on that are the saudis and israelis. former president trump, president biden hoped to seal the details. but i think you're going to see a lot of arab nations and the region be very careful and very measured in

how much they rushed to israel's defence right now or how much they want to protect at least palestinian civilians. all of this now could complicate any agreement and for benjamin netanyahu, who has been such a divisive figure internally because of his efforts overriding the judicial system to strengthen himself, he is now at least momentarily going to have support of most of the world around him because it civilians have been attacked and killed. margaret talev. axios senior contributor and director of syracuse university's institute for democracy. thank you for your insights, as always. thank you for your insights, as alwa s. . ~ thank you for your insights, as alwa s. ., ~ around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. indian officials say that at least 77 people are now known to have died in the floods which struck the north eastern region on wednesday. more than a hundred others are still missing and thousands more have been trapped because bridges have been destroyed. the authorities are struggling to evacuate residents, leaving more than 3,000

people still stranded. germany's far right and conservative parties major made gains in this sunday's regional election — a test for the country's shifting political landscape. the wins in the key states of bavaria and hesse are seen as a sharp rebuke of chancellor 0laf scholz�*s fractious centre—left coalition, and follow mounting frustration over key issues including inflation, immigration, and climate policy. pope francis has called for an end to attacks in israel and gaza during his weekly address in saint peter's square on sunday — saying that terrorism and war bring no solutions, but only death. the pope also said he was praying for "all of those who are experiencing hours of terror and anguish." you're live with bbc news. the united nations security council held an emergency meeting on sunday afternoon to discuss the crisis in israel. 0ur correspondent nada tawfik has been following developments from the un headquarters in new york and sent

this report. the un's middle east envoy briefed council members behind closed doors, giving them an update on the latest on the ground, and also what the un is doing through their humanitarian operations in gaza. he also, according to a un official, really pleaded with countries who are able to do so to exert diplomatic efforts to try to restore calm in the region. he said that he's been in touch with both parties, and that he is urging maximum restraint. now council members didn't even attempt to reach a statement on this unprecedented attack, but according to one diplomat, there was a real sense that this was a game—changing moment. in fact, the uae�*s ambassador came out and told reporters that the briefing had been sobering, and that there was a concern about regional spill—over and inflammation, and that the concern

at the moment — the priority is about the safety of civilians, and also the unconditional release of hostages. 0n the issue of resuming peace talks, the two state solution, she said that there was a real understanding that that was needed to prevent further violence, but that at that point, talks to resume hadn't been concluded yet. before these consultations, these briefings got under way, we did hearfrom both israeli and palestinian ambassadors to the un. the israeli ambassador said that this was israel's 9/11, and he showed graphic photos of civilians being dragged off into gaza, and he said that those images would be seared in his mind. the palestinian un ambassador said that he would be calling for an emergency meeting of the league of arab states in the coming days in cairo, and he urged the security council to try to address the root causes of this

conflict, and to end the israeli occupation of palestinian territories. he said that was the only way to ensure peace in the future. one of the major concerns is that the conflict could draw in other players in the region. 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. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin somerville sent this update from lebanon's southern border with israel. hezbollah, which is a militant group, but a very powerful militant group has a huge arsenal at its disposal. some very sophisticated long—range weapons that strike much further than just israel's northern border but deep inside israel. there is a warning that came with the attack today this was an act of solidarity

with the palestinian people, hezbollah said. later in the day 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 continued to escalate this conflict then it could end up involving the entire region. that is a very real concern, but it does not seem we have seen an attempt of that here today. it is worth remembering while hezbollah is a powerful group in lebanon, it is not lebanon. it does not represent all of lebanon and this is a country that is still in chaos and still suffering from economic crisis, whether it is huge unemployment, there is not a president, political gridlock, this is a country that has suffered a series of crises and cannot face another. a short while ago,

i spoke to president of the middle east policy council and non—resident senior fellow at the atlantic council, gina abercrombie winstanley. i want to ask you first of all about this moment. given the scale of the attack and the casualties on both sides, can you put this into perspective? could this now be the start of an even larger period of violence? well, i have to begin as everyone does with expressing deep condolences for israel and this heinous attack. it absolutely has the possibility to spread much more throughout the region, beyond gaza. west bank and your recent report with regard to lebanon. least available right now and most in need is time and wisdom. the first responsibility

of a state is to protect its citizens, that is what the government of israel has to do and needs to get in place again so people have confidence in their ability to do so. so that means holding hamas fighters to account and means getting their hostages released. in the coming days and weeks we need to find a day to support israel by finding a way to get to the core issues which are at the bottom of all of this. we have talked a lot about the potential intelligence failures that may have led up to the attacks we saw in israel. in your mind was there not also a broader failure of diplomacy? no. diplomacy has been ongoing throughout the last months and years. it has been quiet diplomacy. i believe at this point people

might argue the focus of it might have been in the wrong direction, certainly all the efforts the administration has made to expand a number of countries that are at peace with israel were for the benefit of israel and the region in general. trying to build a region of peace. however, the focus on the state of the palestinians was not certainly, not publicly first and foremost. although conversations have been having, discussions have been held, i think secretary of state antony blinken mentioned israelis and palestinians were brought together in sharm. it is not that the diplomacy was not being tried and pursued. however, the core issues remain the core issues. the fact that every day palestinians have these grievances which might set

an atmosphere where hamas might have found more support than they should have because to carry out an attack in this way again is to set one's humanity aside. that is not the experience of many who have worked with palestinians and certainly not in the gaza strip, that is not what is generally found. what options do you think now may be on the table? the first responsibility is to protect citizens. prime minister benjamin netanyahu's government has to put in place a sense of safety and security. that is where his focus is going to be. they have been a number of statements throughout the world within the united states certainly that this is a non—partisan statement that the standing with israel in the face of such incredible

attack is unquestioned. when you think about the number of deaths in israel and compare them to the number of people who were killed in 9/11 in the united states, it is thousands more proportionately. you have to keep that in mind when we think about what our reaction was and how we would react to the government of israel, trying to hold these people into account. turning to afghanistan, where thousands of people have been displaced after an earthquake reduced entire villages to rubble. the un's humanitarian agency says more than 1,000 have been killed and more than 500 are still missing. 0ur afghanistan 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. "all1li 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 i turned to mud. 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.

we will leave you now with live images from gaza where we are continuing to monitor the situation, the total number killed his surpassed 1000. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. the weekend weather brought some extremes to the uk. we had the very 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 celsius — the warmest 0ctober day since the �*60s. about 2a in wales — that's the warmest in over a decade. and in london, nearly 26 celsius — about the warmest day in october since 2018. now the rain from scotland is petering out, some areas have had about a month's worth of rainfall recently. and the overall weather pattern is still showing a dip in the jet stream here, which is shunting that warmer atmosphere from the south.

so once again, it will be exceedingly warm, not just here in the uk, but across many parts of western and also central europe this week. so the headline is one of a warm start this week — but not completely dry, there is some rain on the way — particularly where we don't want it in western parts of scotland, but that's not until tuesday. so here's the forecast, then, for the early morning. a lot of bright weather around little dribs and drabs perhaps in the western isles. still relatively cool in the north of scotland, around 13—15, but look at that — northern ireland, wales, england, widely into the 20s, perhaps even the mid—20s, again in london and the southeast. now a cold front is approaching and will bring some fresher weather, but again, rain to parts of scotland on tuesday. look at that rain reaching the northwest first, then it spreads into central scotland. but still very mild, 17—18 here, snd we're still talking about the low—to—mid—20s on tuesday widely across the uk. and then, tuesday into wednesday,

we'll start to see a change coming in from the north. so a weather front will spread southwards across the uk. it will bring some rain, stronger winds for scotland and much fresher, much cooler, if not even colder conditions in the very far north of scotland — temperatures here barely making ten degrees in lowick, 11 in stornoway, 1a in newcastle, but still warmth with some cloud and rain on wednesday in the south, about 20—23 celsius. the temperatures will return to close to the seasonal norm, at least towards saturday, sunday, but it's stilljust the other side of average. so warmer than average, i think, over the coming days.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. hello and welcome to this edition of unspun world from the bbc�*s london headquarters, new broadcasting house. it's a tricky time for western supporters of ukraine. the lack of any knockout blow

in the war so far makes it more likely it'll just stretch on and on — a hugely expensive slogging match — and some of ukraine's european friends seem now to be having second thoughts. is this turning into a critical moment for ukraine? at a time when we know that populations in europe, they're worried about the cost of living, that is putting pressure on governments, it's putting pressure on european unity as a whole. what's life like in post—coup niger at present? the bbc�*s just had extraordinary access to this difficult and war—torn country. if there are more civilian casualties, then ordinary nigerians will start to wonder if this was the right decision in backing them. and will next year's global weather prove even worse than this year's storms, heatwaves and fires? we're expecting next year — 2024 — to be even hotter.

we'll have to wait until the effects of climate change