hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm maryam moshiri. the israeli military has said its fighterjets, helicopters and artillery have struck over 500 targets overnight in gaza. the deathtoll since hamas launched its attacks on saturday has now reached 1,000 — 700 have been killed in israel, including 260 at a music festival. and nearly 500 palestinians have been killed in gaza, after israel launched retaliatory air strikes. the israeli military says the attacks launched by hamas on saturday are like the 2001 terrorist attacks on the us. "this is 9/11," a spokesman said. this is the scene live in gaza.

you can see a building that has been completely destroyed on the right—hand side of the shot. 0vernight, if you're watching the live scene, you would have seen flashes of light as israeli air missiles pounded gaza city throughout the hours of darkness. militants from the palestinian group hamas remain inside israel — fighting is ongoing at at least seven locations there — two days after the first mass assault on saturday. as many as 100 israeli hostages have been taken into gaza by the militants. 0ur middle east correspondnet yolande knell reports. explosions lighting up the night sky as israeli missile defence shot down incoming palestinian rockets. but not all. homes in southern israel were hit. and in gaza, israel has been striking back. the israeli prime minister threatening mighty vengeance. shouting. the scale and complexity of saturday's surprise attack is still becoming clear.

hamas released this footage of its armed men storming the main crossing for people from gaza entering israel. israeli rescuers have been collecting hundreds of bodies. it is by far the worst day in israeli history. never before have so many israelis been killed by one single thing — let alone enemy activity — on one day. if you are americans and want to compare this to something in american history, then this could be a 9/11 and a pearl harbor wrapped into one. hamas now says it's holding 100 israeli hostages — like this 85—year—old grandmother, yaffa adar, whisked away by militants in a golf cart. yoni asher is begging for the safe return of his wife and two small children after they were kidnapped by gunmen while visiting in—laws. i want to ask of hamas...

..don�*t hurt them. don't hurt little children. don't hurt women. if you want me instead, i'm willing to come. now in gaza most areas are without power after israel stopped supplying electricity. there are shortages of food and water. tens of thousands of palestinians have fled their homes — many seeking shelter in un schools. as israel hits back, the international community has rushed to support its right to defend itself, but there have been warnings, too, about a growing humanitarian crisis. israel keeps saying the blockade and repeated assaults on gaza are to destroy hamas military capabilities and ensure security. clearly and expectedly, its blockade and assaults accomplished neither.

and with palestinians killed in clashes with israeli soldiers in the occupied west bank, there are new signs of the violence spreading. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. let's get more from our correspondent anna foster who is in ashkelon. we've heard another barrage, the sounds of explosions in the sky here over ashkelon in southern israel. this is something that has been happening all through yesterday, through the night as well. these missiles that are being fired in large numbers from gaza, mainly being intercepted by israel's iron dome system, which catches them in the sky and actually explodes those missiles before it hits the ground. it has a success rate of more than 90%, but it doesn't catch every missile. and this apartment block in ashkelon, as you can see, was hit in the early hours of this morning, a direct hit right into the ground floor of the apartment block. you can see people's belongings,

the children's toys, furniture, everything just scattered here as people were trying to escape. this morning, i'vejust been talking to a woman who lives right above there in the next floor, and she was describing how actually when this happened, she and her husband were trying to get out, but the front door was stuck and she was trying to pull it. she said she eventually had to be rescued by firefighters who came and dealt with this here. but it is something that people in this area have been seeing. you know, there's been a couple of strikes. there's a shop right across here that was hit. there's an apartment building just up there, which was also just punched through with a missile. you can see right up on the top floors there, there's a big hole where a missile met its target. now, this is something that people here have been dealing with for quite some time now, but really not on the size and the scale that we've seen in the last 48 hours. and as well as seeing and hearing those missiles coming from gaza, of course, as you said, we are very close to gaza here and we can hear what is happening there. we can hear israeli defense forces

striking targets in gaza. they say that this morning and overnight that they managed to strike seven hamas command posts, one command post belonging to palestinian islamichhad. and crucially, they do say that there are communities here in southern israel where there is still fighting going on, areas that they're still trying to clear, perhaps seven or eight of them. they're looking to see whether there are tunnels underneath that are still enabling hamas militants to come in. and it really shows you that the size of this situation that still even now, more than 48 hours after it began, israel still is saying it doesn't quite have full control of these southern israeli communities bordering gaza. a lot of people have maybe friends or relatives in different parts of the country that they're able to go and stay with. some people are in hotels because they feel that the area that they live in is just not safe at the moment. some people are having to stick it out, especially in this area of ashkelon. it's one of the poorer areas and it is one of the places where,

as we were saying, there aren't necessarily shelters, but people don't always have a lot of choice about where to go in a situation like this. we know that the government is planning some evacuations, they are trying to take people out of these areas who maybe want to go after what they've seen over the last couple of days. but, you know, you're talking about big cities here around gaza. you're talking about large communities. you're talking about lots of people. a lot of this area has been sealed off by the military as well. now, there's a lot of talk about whether or not israel will now go ahead and launch a ground operation into gaza. it's impossible to predict, although israel have said and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said that israel's response will be significant. we've seen military hardware coming into this area. we know that large parts of it have been sealed off by the military. so there is still the potential that something like that might happen in the next few hours, in the next few days. but right now, israel is still really considering its response, trying to secure these areas, also trying to secure the release of those hostages, as many as 130,

perhaps 130, 150 hostages. we don't know exact numbers, but the fact that people are still being held inside gaza, again, is another concern for the israeli government. live now to westminster and the uk's chief rabbi sir ephraim mirvis. chief rabbi, thank you forjoining us. this must be an extremely difficult time for you.- difficult time for you. good morning- _ difficult time for you. good morning. this _ difficult time for you. good morning. this is _ difficult time for you. good morning. this is a - difficult time for you. good j morning. this is a dramatic difficult time for you. good - morning. this is a dramatic and horrific time. you know we havejust concluded a two—day festival, which is intended to be one of the happiest times on thejewish calendarfor happiest times on thejewish calendar for us, happiest times on thejewish calendarfor us, this was happiest times on thejewish calendar for us, this was a time of mourning, of deep grief and of enormous worry and emerging from the festival last night i've been inundated with messages of support and solidarity from right across the uk. and i know that every civilised

person cannot but be moved and deeply shocked by the images of what has been seen in israel. i know there are many people showing their full solidarity with ourjewish community and people in israel right now. when we make calls now to other jewish people in the uk the first question everybody is asking is, "how are you? how is your family? is everybody all right?" because there is hardly a jewish family in the uk not affected one way or another by what has happened. ichief not affected one way or another by what has happened.— not affected one way or another by what has happened. chief rabbi, what su ort are what has happened. chief rabbi, what support are you _ what has happened. chief rabbi, what support are you offering _ what has happened. chief rabbi, what support are you offering by _ what has happened. chief rabbi, what support are you offering by those - support are you offering by those who have been impacted by this in the uk? , ., who have been impacted by this in the uk? , t, a, , who have been impacted by this in theuk? , t, _ who have been impacted by this in theuk? , t, t, the uk? these are early days now. peole the uk? these are early days now. peeple are — the uk? these are early days now. people are rallying _ the uk? these are early days now. people are rallying together - people are rallying together enormous support, first of all through prayer. already some special services have taken place. this evening in north—west london there will be a major service of prayer hosted by the united synagogue, they will be a vigil in central london today, many other services of

prayer, people are giving charity, people are getting in touch and providing support and help to all who need it. providing support and help to all who need it— providing support and help to all who need it. . , who need it. looking at the number of --eole who need it. looking at the number of people impacted _ who need it. looking at the number of people impacted by _ who need it. looking at the number of people impacted by this - who need it. looking at the number of people impacted by this from - of people impacted by this from other nations, there were no pulleys, people from thailand, cambodia, two ukrainians, one french national believed to have lost their life as well. this is something that has hit so many countries around the world. �* , ,., , has hit so many countries around the world. , , a has hit so many countries around the world. , a , ., world. absolutely. as i said before no civilised — world. absolutely. as i said before no civilised person _ world. absolutely. as i said before no civilised person cannot - world. absolutely. as i said before no civilised person cannot but - world. absolutely. as i said before no civilised person cannot but be l no civilised person cannot but be moved by what has happened with terrorists literally going in some places from door to door yanking people out, taking sometimes whole families, the elderly and also the young, using them as hostages, parading them through the streets to the cheers of others, over 130 known incidents so far, and then there was the music festival just incidents so far, and then there was the music festivaljust outside of israel's equivalent of glastonbury. 260 people so far, the numbers are

rising, 260 innocent teenagers having good fun mode down by murderous terrorists. this is absolutely awful.— murderous terrorists. this is absolutely awful. murderous terrorists. this is absolutel awful. ., ,, ., absolutely awful. chief rabbi, how worried are _ absolutely awful. chief rabbi, how worried are you _ absolutely awful. chief rabbi, how worried are you about _ absolutely awful. chief rabbi, how worried are you about the - absolutely awful. chief rabbi, how worried are you about the future i absolutely awful. chief rabbi, howl worried are you about the future and what this now means for the region and what is going on within israel. 7 and what is going on within israel. ? the element we are extremely concerned and extremely worried. and we also reach out with sympathy to the families of innocent civilians who have been killed, regardless of where they might be. the loss of any innocent life is a tragedy. israel is fighting a war, it has to, it has the responsibility to protect citizens and guarantee their safety and security, and notjust now, but to ensure the long—term safety and security. and also it is important for people to recognise the extent of what is happening, the scale. no

two tragedies are comparable in some respects this is israel's 9/11 in respects this is israel's 9/11 in respect of the element of surprise, this is israel's pearl harbor. this is a terrorist outrage. i note that in the bbc there is a reluctance to use the term terrorist. if one doesn't use the term terrorist, one is providing a window of opportunity forjustification, nothing can for justification, nothing can justify forjustification, nothing can justify these actions. imagine if god forbid 1 million times terrorists attacked glastonbury and killed 260 teenagers in cold blood, what with the british public say if the bbc didn't call the perpetrators terrorists? let the bbc didn't call the perpetrators terrorists? ., ,~' the bbc didn't call the perpetrators terrorists? ., , ., ., ., terrorists? let me ask you one more auestion terrorists? let me ask you one more question about _ terrorists? let me ask you one more question about what _ terrorists? let me ask you one more question about what is _ terrorists? let me ask you one more question about what is going - terrorists? let me ask you one more question about what is going on - terrorists? let me ask you one more question about what is going on with this really is around the world. we heard two had been shot in alexandria in egypt. we are not 100% sure behind the motivation for that attack but how worried are you about the safety of the jewish community in london the safety of thejewish community in london and in the uk?

anti—semitism is a feature of life right around the globe. we have just witnessed one of the most awful terrorist outrages in living memory. ever since the conclusion of the second world war. we are of course worried. all steps need to be taken in order to guarantee safety. qm. in order to guarantee safety. 0k, chief rabbi _ in order to guarantee safety. 0k, chief rabbi sir — in order to guarantee safety. 0k, chief rabbi sir afremova this, good to talk to you, they appreciate you taking the time to speak to us on bbc news. thank you.— taking the time to speak to us on bbc news. thank you. as bbc news. thank you. thank you. as alwa s, bbc news. thank you. thank you. as always. more — bbc news. thank you. thank you. as always. more on _ bbc news. thank you. thank you. as always, more on this _ bbc news. thank you. thank you. as always, more on this story _ bbc news. thank you. thank you. as always, more on this story on - bbc news. thank you. thank you. as always, more on this story on the - always, more on this story on the bbc�*s website. but for now, around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. time to look at some other stories making headlines. thousands of villagers in western afghanistan have spent a second night in the open after a strong earthquake destroyed their homes. the un says more than 1,000 people were killed in herat province.

the president of ecuador has extended the state of emergency in the country by 30 days. it's been in place since the assassination — of the anti—corruption presidential candidate, fernando villavicencio. the extension comes after seven colombians, arrested over the killing, were found dead in prison. hong kong temporarily suspended trading at its stock exchange, and closed schools and daycare centres, after typhoon koinu brought heavy rains overnight. some parts of the territory saw more than 300 millimetres of rainfall since midnight on monday. the uk's supreme court will begin hearing the government's challenge to a ruling which said the policy of sending some asylum seekers to rwanda is unlawful. under the plan, blocked by the court of appeal, asylum seekers would be sent to the african country, where their cases would be determined. you're live with bbc news. you are alive with me maryam moshiri

watching bbc news. let us bring you more now on what is happening in terms of the conflict between israel and the palestinians. live now to new york and cbs news correspondent naomi ruchim. let me ask you this, what has been the us reaction over these events? good morning. across the country americans are reacting to the war in israel and gaza. manyjoint israel and gaza. many joint competing israel and gaza. manyjoint competing demonstrations over the weekend. here is a closer look now at the response. as war rages in the middle east americans with and without ties to the region are now gathering to voice their views. in los angeles and san francisco over night, city halls lit up blue and white in support of israel. it comes after a day of passionate protests in the bay area. duelling demonstrators faced off outside the israeli consulate, chanting, while also carrying flags and signs. barriers along with police officers in riot gear kept the groups apart. in new york city this weekend palestinian supporters rallied in

times square. the mayor and the state's governor both denounced that demonstration. and outside the united nations a separate rally showed support for israelis. new york is home to the largest population ofjews outside israel. in fort lauderdale tensions boiled on both sides. a nation thousands of miles apart from the middle east consumed and heartbroken by the war. demonstrations were also held outside the israeli consulates in atlanta and chicago, along with the white house. atlanta and chicago, along with the white house-— white house. there are concerns about potential _ white house. there are concerns about potential iran _ white house. there are concerns| about potential iran involvement, aren't there? we about potential iran involvement, aren't there?— about potential iran involvement, aren't there? we are now learning about how — aren't there? we are now learning about how hamas _ aren't there? we are now learning about how hamas may _ aren't there? we are now learning about how hamas may have - aren't there? we are now learning about how hamas may have been| aren't there? we are now learning - about how hamas may have been able to orchestrate such an unprecedented ambush on israel over the weekend. the wall streetjournal is reporting that iranians security officials helped hamas plan this surprise attack, while us officials do not confirm the report, thejournal reports that the green light was given at a meeting in beirut last week, making way for the scores of

atrocities in a region and now more than 1000 people dead on both sides. us officials say so far they haven't seen evidence that iran is involved in the war but the american government has designated hamas as a terror organisation and in the past has accused iran of directly funding and supporting the group.- has accused iran of directly funding and supporting the group. naomi, one more question — and supporting the group. naomi, one more question before _ and supporting the group. naomi, one more question before i _ and supporting the group. naomi, one more question before i let _ and supporting the group. naomi, one more question before i let you - and supporting the group. naomi, one more question before i let you go. - more question before i let you go. what is the pentagon's plans in terms of sending support to israel? defence secretary lloyd austin confirmed yesterday that the us will be rapidly providing the israel defence forces with additional equipment and resources, including munitions. austin said he had directed the uss gerald strike group to the eastern mediterranean including in aircraft carrier and the guided missile cruiser uss normandy. the guided missile cruiser uss normandy-— the guided missile cruiser uss normand . ., ., . ., the guided missile cruiser uss normand. . ., ., ~ normandy. naomi ruchim, good to talk to ou, normandy. naomi ruchim, good to talk to you. thank — normandy. naomi ruchim, good to talk to you. thank you _ normandy. naomi ruchim, good to talk to you, thank you for _ normandy. naomi ruchim, good to talk to you, thank you for that. _ normandy. naomi ruchim, good to talk to you, thank you for that. we - normandy. naomi ruchim, good to talk to you, thank you for that. we have - to you, thank you for that. we have some new lines coming in. this is

from iran. if you remember there has been much talk of iran's potential alleged involvement in the hamas attack. 0nly yesterday a hamas spokesperson said iran has given its support to the palestinian terror group to launch its multi—front attack. today we have had a line from the iranians and they reject any role in the hamas attack on israel, that coming from the iranians ministry. they say that they reject any role in the hamas attack on israel. yesterday we heard the president of iran celebrating the president of iran celebrating the attack by hamas and supporting it. so this is a new line coming into us in the last few minutes. let's bring you the live shot of what is happening in gaza city now. this is the scene today, the devastation really is everywhere. as you can see on the right—hand side of the screen the plumes of smoke above the city skyline. what has

been happening is that the israeli idf has confirmed that it has targeted many hundreds of hamas targets in gaza city. i think we can cross live to our reporter in gaza. rushdi abualouf. what has been happening there over the last few hours. the what has been happening there over the last few hours.— the last few hours. the latest air strike of five _ the last few hours. the latest air strike of five or _ the last few hours. the latest air strike of five or six _ the last few hours. the latest air strike of five or six rockets - strike of five or six rockets destroyed a mosque, as we understand from local sources, in the south—west of gaza city. it was a huge explosion with black smoke and dustin huge explosion with black smoke and dust in the skies. still we can feel and smell the dust out of this building. this was the latest air strike and a series of air strikes, over 500 air strikes the israeli army said this morning has targeted 500 places for a hamas militant group, in gaza they have been

targeting mosques, infrastructure for hamas, but also according to local authority here 11 houses have been targeted. they said they had their houses without warning killing many civilians. we understand that in southern gaza a funeral for 19 members of one family are about to start. hamas health officials in rafa said that they were killed by an israeli air strike and all of them from one family. the official health ministry figure about the number of people killed so far is 493 number of people killed so far is a93 people and about 3000 people injured, some of them in a very reticle condition according to a health ministry statement. they appealed for help, saying they need essential medical supplies that are running out in the hospitals. they said fuel is running out from the hospital generators and they said they are on the edge of a crisis.

they need urgent supplies either by egypt or israel who should allow the equipment and the fuel and medicine to come into gaza. we understand that since saturday when the hamas militants infiltrated in southern israel and killed 700 israelis, israel and killed 700 israelis, israel decided to stop all of the supplies to gaza and the main border crossing is shot so 80% of the people here don't have electricity or internet services for the last three days. or internet services for the last three days-— or internet services for the last three days. that must make life extremely _ three days. that must make life extremely difficult _ three days. that must make life extremely difficult for _ three days. that must make life extremely difficult for many, . three days. that must make life i extremely difficult for many, many people. what is happening with the missiles are falling? are people still getting warnings beforehand? and if so, where are they going? i would imagine those schools and hospitals where people are trying to hide are becoming very full indeed. in some of the buildings where the

israelis were warning them before attacking,, for example, the attacking, , for example, the 11—storey attacking,, for example, the 11—storey building in gaza city centre, the owner of the building was informed and the building was evacuated before being destroyed. but now we are talking about hitting places without warning where people like entire families were killed, yesterday we had the same situation where the local authorities said israel destroyed a two—storey building killing several members of one family without warning, and also saying that these are massacres. they said israel is not targeting hamas, israel is punishing the palestinian people. but in fact, yes, they are hitting hamas police stations, hamas infrastructure, hamas banks, they are hitting a lot of government offices, a lot of police stations, police checkpoints. so when we talk about 500 targets

within two or three hours you can imagine how the impact on the local people here is, in a place in a very small area, gaza city itself, about 200 air strikes, we are talking about 800,000 people living in this city, and i think no one has enjoyed any minutes of sleep last night. find any minutes of sleep last night. and before ou any minutes of sleep last night. and before you go. _ any minutes of sleep last night. and before you go, let me ask what the impact will be if the borders are not open, if supplies are not allowed into gaza.— not open, if supplies are not allowed into gaza. , ., allowed into gaza. there is a border between gaza _ allowed into gaza. there is a border between gaza and _ allowed into gaza. there is a border between gaza and egypt _ allowed into gaza. there is a border between gaza and egypt and - allowed into gaza. there is a border between gaza and egypt and people are hoping that egypt would open the commercial side of the border and allow medical aid into gaza. we heard from some egyptian local media that egypt is planning to send some aid in, but until now there is no

aid. underwarning aid in, but until now there is no aid. under warning from the health ministry and from the authority that within a8—72 hours maximum the fuel they have will run out and we will have gaza 100% without electricity and without any medical or food supplies for the last three days. rushdi abualouf, good to talk to you. you could hear in the background explosions as we were talking. let's take briefly the live shot of the gaza skyline. you can see the plumes of smoke rising in the background. the missile strikes rushdi abualouf was explaining to us about our still continuing. we have also heard from the idf spokesperson who has said that hamas gunmen are still in israeli civilian communities so the fight is still ongoing on the other side of the border with gaza in southern israel. but so far we know over 1200 people have been killed in this fighting between the two sides. back in just

a few minutes with plenty more on bbc news. stay with us. go anywhere. hello. 0ver hello. over the weekend we had a contrast with the weather north to south, in scotland we had torrential rain which led to some disruption and flooding. whereas as we pushed across england, wales and northern ireland this area of high pressure was very much in charge so it was settled and warm for the time of year. as it will be full today. we have a weak weather front across northern england, northern ireland and also parts of southern scotland. it has been producing some pantry light rain that will continue to fade and we have a lot of low cloud,

mist and murk close to the irish e coastlines. you can see here a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, warm across the far south—east, and it will feel fresher as we push further north but feeling much better in scotland today than it did over the weekend. through this evening and overnight at the low cloud, mist and murk in the irish sea will push a bit further inland and drift across the english channel coast as well. we will also have some more rain coming in across western scotland, the met office has a yellow weather warning out for this because the rain is falling on already saturated ground and it will be with us tomorrow courtesy of this weather front which is very slowly pushing southwards. tomorrow as you can tell from the isobars it will be breezy wherever you are, breezy in the north and the low cloud, mist an is pushed inland overnight and it

will start to retreat back towards coasts. but what you will find some of it will linger. temperatures tomorrow widely19—2a . 0n the other side of the weather front in the north it will start to turn that bit fresher. weatherfront north it will start to turn that bit fresher. weather front makes north it will start to turn that bit fresher. weatherfront makes it north it will start to turn that bit fresher. weather front makes it down into england and wales during the course of wednesday. behind it, brighter skies, still noticeably breezy. a few showers peppering the north and west. you can see the fresher conditions, 9—18 behind the weather front. fresher conditions, 9—18 behind the weatherfront. but fresher conditions, 9—18 behind the weather front. but ahead fresher conditions, 9—18 behind the weatherfront. but ahead of fresher conditions, 9—18 behind the weather front. but ahead of it still in the much warmer air, still in london 23 degrees. as we look beyond that, a weather front which has come south looks very much like on thursday it will push northwards again and we have another one slipping south. we could well see these merge during the course of friday, and still a bit of uncertainty about it. but what it does mean is that in the outlook period it does turn more unsettled with more of us seeing some rain. but behind the weather front in southern england as it moves north

it will get warmer.

this is bbc news. the labour pa rty�*s the labour party's annual conference is on the way in liverpool. the party wants to focus on plans to recover billions of pounds lost on for 0rd during the second day of the conference. shadow chancellor was expected to set out a plan in her speech to the conference later today. we will of course bring that speech do you live as it gets under way. this morning, we are waiting to hearfrom way. this morning, we are waiting to hear from the way. this morning, we are waiting to hearfrom the shadow way. this morning, we are waiting to hear from the shadow foreign secretary david who will be speaking. as we wait for that, we can now cross to liverpool and join our political correspondent nick eardley. 0f

our political correspondent nick eardley. of course the situation in the middle east is likely to dominate his speech. the middle east is likely to dominate his seech. ., ., dominate his speech. good morning to ou. it's dominate his speech. good morning to you- it's certainly _ dominate his speech. good morning to you. it's certainly the _ dominate his speech. good morning to you. it's certainly the backdrop - dominate his speech. good morning to you. it's certainly the backdrop to - you. it's certainly the backdrop to everything that is going on here in liverpool. the message we have been getting from the labour front bench is actually a pretty unequivocal one that israel has the right to defend itself that these are all actions of terrorists calling hamas terrorists, labour wants to describe hamas as a terrorist organisation and as you see, that will be something that i think he will have to address in his speech to the conference shortly. the backdrop would have been pretty uncomfortable for the labour party in the past given some of the criticism we had underjeremy corbyn's leadership that the party was equivocal when it came to some issues around anti—semitism. what is happening at the moment, we are still getting a lot of speeches from delegates. as i say in the past, a

lot of senior people in the labour party would have been nervous and it would have started to dominate the conference. we had jeremy corbyn yesterday asked by some journalists if he was going to condemn hamas and he didn't answer, he called for a ceasefire and talked about wanting for peace. some criticism of him for not using the opportunity to condemn hamas. in terms of what david lammy is wanting to talk about, i am sure that the situation in israel will feature. i think he wants to also try in contrast how labour would act in government with how the conservatives are acting in government. we are going to hear this argument from david lammy, under the conservative government the uk has taken a step back in the world stage. there will be criticism of things like rishi sunak not being in the un general assembly last month in new york for the first time in a decade, the first uk reader that hasn't attended that. criticism

of things like that. attempt to recast how labour would approach that. another thing that i think we can expect over the next few days in liverpool, i don't think there will be much radical policy. labour is not going to spend the next few days saying, this is a massively different perspective of how we want to contrast with the government, yes, they want to say that they are different in that they will do better but it's a pretty conscious approach at the moment given that labour are so approach at the moment given that labourare so farare approach at the moment given that labour are so far are pet in ahead in the polls and they all think that labour has a really good chance of being in government. what they don't want to spook the horses, do anything i attract controversy so i think it is going to be about steady as she goes. you think it is going to be about steady as she goes-— as she goes. you touched on this earlier, nick. _ as she goes. you touched on this earlier, nick. during— as she goes. you touched on this earlier, nick. during the - as she goes. you touched on this earlier, nick. during the 2018 - earlier, nick. during the 2018 labour conference, hundreds of members and felled palestinian flags. it's going to be a slightly

different approach, of course. we have already had the labour leader keir starmer condemn saturday's attacks and show support for israel. it is night and day in terms of how this is being approached. the word from kist army when he was on bbc one, he was saying that israel has 0ne, he was saying that israel has the right to defend himself that this wasn't an acceptable attack by hamas and that is a message that is being mirrored by other members at the shadow cabinet. this morning, the shadow cabinet. this morning, the one thing i heard from rachel, the one thing i heard from rachel, the shadow chancellor was assistance to any retaliation by israel had to be within international law. there was a slight caveat in care of what israel would be able to do when it comes to its retaliation. i think we are absolutely right, the big change that has gone on in the labour party is that keir starmer has said, we

need to approach israel in —— and accusations of anti—semitism completely differently. we've got it wrong. 0bviously, completely differently. we've got it wrong. obviously, the situation in israel is ghastly, there will be some in the labour party who will think that this is a chance to really cement how things have changed and make it absolutely clear to the public that labour's policy towards the middle east and international relations has changed completely. there will potentially be some uncomfortable moments over the next few days, backbencher who supporting stall yesterday. criticism of that, the conservative suggesting that not everything in the labour party have changed. i think the leadership is my approach to this has been unequivocal that israel has the right to defend

itself and that hamas is a terrorist organisation. they hope that will be enough to sway some of those conservatives before keir starmer came to the leadership about the party's approach towards the palestine israel situation. {iii palestine israel situation. of course, palestine israel situation. of course, we are likely to hear from david lammy about labour's approach to the ongoing war in ukraine as well. what is the party's overall position when it comes to that? i don't think it any different to the government because it's an interesting situation to be in. there has been a deliberate approach for the labour leadership to say that they agree on big issues of national security and international relations. in fact, national security and international relations. infact, keir starmer made a point at the weekend saying that he has chatted to rishi sunak about not being seen to be different on these big issues of national security. when we hearfrom david lammy in the next couple of minutes. i think he is about to take the

stage. i think it will be a message similar to the government saying,... here he is now. the similar to the government saying,... here he is now-— here he is now. the bravery and couraue here he is now. the bravery and courage of _ here he is now. the bravery and courage of every _ here he is now. the bravery and courage of every ukrainian - here he is now. the bravery and - courage of every ukrainian delegates we meet _ courage of every ukrainian delegates we meet is _ courage of every ukrainian delegates we meet is the dark cloud of putin's wore _ we meet is the dark cloud of putin's wore our— we meet is the dark cloud of putin's wore our raining bombs down on ukrainian — wore our raining bombs down on ukrainian cities for the second year~ — ukrainian cities for the second year~ 0ur— ukrainian cities for the second year. our message for every ukrainian _ year. our message for every ukrainian with us today is this, if labour— ukrainian with us today is this, if labour wins _ ukrainian with us today is this, if labour wins the next election britain's _ labour wins the next election britain's support for you will not waiver~ — britain's support for you will not waiver~ we _ britain's support for you will not waiver. we will support you until you win — you win. applause and when you win, we will support your right for a path to join nato.

applause conference, let me start by addressing the events of the past few days — addressing the events of the past few days. labour utterly condemns hamas's _ few days. labour utterly condemns hamas's appalling attack on israel. there is never, never a justification for terrorism. labour stands _ justification for terrorism. labour stands firmly in support of israel's i’ilht stands firmly in support of israel's right to _ stands firmly in support of israel's right to defend itself, rescue hostages and protect its citizens. the hostages so cruelly taken, including — the hostages so cruelly taken, including children, should be released immediately and her mass's indiscriminate attacks set back the

cause _ indiscriminate attacks set back the cause of— indiscriminate attacks set back the cause of peace. both israelis and palestinians paid a terrible price. there _ palestinians paid a terrible price. there will— palestinians paid a terrible price. there will not be a just and lasting peace _ there will not be a just and lasting peace until— there will not be a just and lasting peace until israel is secure, palestine _ peace until israel is secure, palestine is a sovereign state and both israelis and palestinians enjoy security, _ both israelis and palestinians enjoy security, dignity and human rights. applause — applause and though it may never have felt more _ and though it may never have felt more distant, we will not surrender. the hope _ more distant, we will not surrender. the hope of— more distant, we will not surrender. the hope of two states living side by side _ the hope of two states living side by side in — the hope of two states living side by side in peace. conference, all of us remember why

we joined _ conference, all of us remember why we joined the labour party. for me, growing _ we joined the labour party. for me, growing up — we joined the labour party. for me, growing up poor in the shadow of an estate _ growing up poor in the shadow of an estate the — growing up poor in the shadow of an estate. the moment came during thatcher's— estate. the moment came during thatcher's government. i saw what happened — thatcher's government. i saw what happened to communities like mine when _ happened to communities like mine when a _ happened to communities like mine when a prime minister acted only in the interests of a narrow group of wealthy _ the interests of a narrow group of wealthy supporters. i knew that only labour _ wealthy supporters. i knew that only labour can _ wealthy supporters. i knew that only labour can stand up for working people — labour can stand up for working peopte at— labour can stand up for working people. at home and on the world stage _ people. at home and on the world stage. today, the conservatives are missing _ stage. today, the conservatives are missing in _ stage. today, the conservatives are missing in action again. last month, rishi _ missing in action again. last month, rishi sunak— missing in action again. last month, rishi sunak became the first prime minister— rishi sunak became the first prime minister in — rishi sunak became the first prime minister in one decade to skip the un general assembly, while world leaders _ un general assembly, while world leaders gathered on climate change, rishi sunak stayed to scale back on

climate _ rishi sunak stayed to scale back on climate change and not make bids. keir starmer won't just turn up, climate change and not make bids. keir starmer won'tjust turn up, he will stand — keir starmer won'tjust turn up, he will stand up for britain in the world — will stand up for britain in the world. when the tories betray our children— world. when the tories betray our children on— world. when the tories betray our children on climate, we will stand up. children on climate, we will stand up when— children on climate, we will stand up. when the tories diminish britain's _ up. when the tories diminish britain's influence, neglecting international development and the global— international development and the global south, we will stand up. when the tories _ global south, we will stand up. when the tories threaten to take us out of the _ the tories threaten to take us out of the european confection on human rights, _ of the european confection on human rights, what — of the european confection on human rights, what would we do, conference? we will stand up. when the home _ conference? we will stand up. when the home secretary attacks lgbtq+ refugees, _ the home secretary attacks lgbtq+ refugees, what would we do? we will stand _ refugees, what would we do? we will stand up _ refugees, what would we do? we will stand up. and when they say that we can't work— stand up. and when they say that we can't work closely with our friends in europe — can't work closely with our friends in europe any more, what will we do, conference? — in europe any more, what will we do, conference? we will... in europe any more, what will we do,

conference? we will. . ._ conference? we will... stand-up. because--- _ because... applause because labour values do not stop at the english channel. brute because labour values do not stop at the english channel.— the english channel. we are the -a of the english channel. we are the party of internationalism. - the english channel. we are the party of internationalism. the . the english channel. we are the . party of internationalism. the party of nato _ party of internationalism. the party of nato and the united nations. labour— of nato and the united nations. labour will reconnect britain for our security and our prosperity because — our security and our prosperity because we know a strong britain is not lonety— because we know a strong britain is not lonely britain. a united kingdom, whose alliances give us strength — kingdom, whose alliances give us strength i— kingdom, whose alliances give us strength. i am kingdom, whose alliances give us strength. lam proud kingdom, whose alliances give us strength. i am proud that four years a-o strength. i am proud that four years ago i _ strength. i am proud that four years ago i made — strength. i am proud that four years ago i made vice chair of keir starmer's _ ago i made vice chair of keir starmer's leadership campaign. his transformation of our party offers our first _ transformation of our party offers our first real chance to win a

general— our first real chance to win a general election in a generation. but we _ general election in a generation. but we must be sober about the responsibilities that we hope to inherit — responsibilities that we hope to inherit. since i was last a minister. _ inherit. since i was last a minister, the world has become more dangerous _ minister, the world has become more dangerous. war on our continent, a climate _ dangerous. war on our continent, a climate emergency, dizzying technological change, rising powers. in technological change, rising powers. in this _ technological change, rising powers. in this new_ technological change, rising powers. in this new world, foreign policy has increasingly become industrial policy _ has increasingly become industrial policy. biden's reduction act, eu and china's_ policy. biden's reduction act, eu and china's industrial strategies are changing the balance of power. in are changing the balance of power. in only— are changing the balance of power. in only three years, china has become — in only three years, china has become the world's largest car e>

one is— germany has nine. and britain? just one is producing battery so far. the conservatives, laissez faire economics has made britain poorer. no plan _ economics has made britain poorer. no plan for— economics has made britain poorer. no plan for industry. no plan to secure — no plan for industry. no plan to secure critical materials. no net zero _ secure critical materials. no net zeroiust— secure critical materials. no net zerojust zero. with keir starmer's green _ zerojust zero. with keir starmer's green posterity, team gb will finally — green posterity, team gb will finally enter the race. we will champion his five missions and secure — champion his five missions and secure an— champion his five missions and secure an office on the world stage delivering — secure an office on the world stage delivering national, economic and climate _ delivering national, economic and climate security through diplomacy. tackling _ climate security through diplomacy. tackling the climate crisis and creating — tackling the climate crisis and creating jobs. when i visited kyiv with my— creating jobs. when i visited kyiv with my friend, anti—corruption campaigners told me that britain must _ campaigners told me that britain must stop putin's cronies laundering

their dirty— must stop putin's cronies laundering their dirty money in our capital. dictators — their dirty money in our capital. dictators stolen cash fuels crime on our street— dictators stolen cash fuels crime on our street and turns london... labour— our street and turns london... labour will— our street and turns london... labour will turn up the fight against _ labour will turn up the fight against kleptocracy that is why i am announcing — against kleptocracy that is why i am announcing a new whistle—blower scheme _ announcing a new whistle—blower scheme to — announcing a new whistle—blower scheme to reward those who is exposed — scheme to reward those who is exposed stolen assets, sanction breaches — exposed stolen assets, sanction breaches and help to recover misappropriated funds. under the tories, _ misappropriated funds. under the tories, britain became the money—laundering capital of the world _ money—laundering capital of the world. with labour, britain will be the anti—corruption capital of the world _ the anti—corruption capital of the world and —

the anti—corruption capital of the world. and foreign policy should be about— world. and foreign policy should be about trade, but the tories have forgotten — about trade, but the tories have forgotten that too. earlier this year. — forgotten that too. earlier this year. the _ forgotten that too. earlier this year, the conservative party press office _ year, the conservative party press office attacked me for saying that improving our relationship with the european _ improving our relationship with the european union would be a priority. conference — european union would be a priority. conference, i am european union would be a priority. conference, lam happy european union would be a priority. conference, i am happy to repeat it. if conference, i am happy to repeat it. if you _ conference, i am happy to repeat it. if you have _ conference, i am happy to repeat it. if you have forgotten that britain's trade _ if you have forgotten that britain's trade with— if you have forgotten that britain's trade with europe is a priority for our economy, you need to wake up. if you have _ our economy, you need to wake up. if you have forgotten that alliances with europe are a priority for our security, — with europe are a priority for our security, you need to wake up. and if you _ security, you need to wake up. and if you have — security, you need to wake up. and if you have forgotten that we need to work— if you have forgotten that we need to work with europe to tackle organised crime, you need to wake up. organised crime, you need to wake up if— organised crime, you need to wake up. if you _ organised crime, you need to wake up. if you have forgotten universities in the uk depend on our links with _ universities in the uk depend on our links with europe, you need to wake up.

an conference, if you have forgotten the french— an conference, if you have forgotten the french presidents is our friend and not _ the french presidents is our friend and not our— the french presidents is our friend and not our phone, you need to wake up. and not our phone, you need to wake up -- _ and not our phone, you need to wake up -- our— and not our phone, you need to wake up. -- ourfoe — and not our phone, you need to wake up. —— ourfoe. with labour, there will be _ up. —— ourfoe. with labour, there will be no — up. —— ourfoe. with labour, there will be no return to the single market — will be no return to the single market customs union but keir starmer— market customs union but keir starmer is _ market customs union but keir starmer is committed to improving our relationships with europe, delivering a much better deal than we have _ delivering a much better deal than we have got and delivering a new security— we have got and delivering a new security pattern to keep our country safe _ security pattern to keep our country safe the _ security pattern to keep our country safe. the first duty of any government is to protect its citizens _ government is to protect its citizens. the joy of having with us

has been — citizens. the joy of having with us has been profound. but it also been a sober— has been profound. but it also been a sober reminder that there are other— a sober reminder that there are other british nationals waiting for justice _ other british nationals waiting for justice. we will implement a new legal— justice. we will implement a new legal right to get assistance and a special— legal right to get assistance and a special envoy for britain's wrongly detained — special envoy for britain's wrongly detained abroad. conference, in the next general election our offer will be based _ next general election our offer will be based on hope not to fear. the hope _ be based on hope not to fear. the hope of _ be based on hope not to fear. the hope of ambition matched by a plant, the hope _ hope of ambition matched by a plant, the hope of— hope of ambition matched by a plant, the hope of a united team of ministers _ the hope of a united team of ministers waiting for green posterity. the hope of defeat of putin's — posterity. the hope of defeat of putin's imperialism and peace in europe — putin's imperialism and peace in europe. the hope of leading again on international development with my friend _ international development with my friend lisa mandy. the hope of a

britain _ friend lisa mandy. the hope of a britain reconnected four hour security, _ britain reconnected four hour security, for our prosperity these are the _ security, for our prosperity these are the winds of history only a labour— are the winds of history only a labour government can sail, and delegates, — labour government can sail, and delegates, i make this promise to you today, — delegates, i make this promise to you today, if we win, you will no longer _ you today, if we win, you will no longer be — you today, if we win, you will no longer be embarrassed by our leaders — longer be embarrassed by our leaders. labour's mission driven government will make you proud. and we must, _ government will make you proud. and we must, so _ government will make you proud. and we must, so we can say no more tory little _ we must, so we can say no more tory little england. great britain got its future — little england. great britain got its future back. we are a country that can — its future back. we are a country that can dared to hope once again. thank— that can dared to hope once again. thank you — that can dared to hope once again. thank you so much. thank you. applause _

so, there you have it, the shadow foreign secretary david lammy has wrapped up his speech to the labour party conference. let's bring in our political correspondent who is at the conference to die just some of that. david lammy covered a lot of different issues there. some of them that you predicted, for example highlighting the fact that prime minister rishi sunak did not go to the un general assembly this year. let's start by discussing his comments on the ongoing situation in the middle east. it comments on the ongoing situation in the middle east.— the middle east. it was pretty unequivocal. _ the middle east. it was pretty unequivocal, wasn't - the middle east. it was pretty unequivocal, wasn't it? - the middle east. it was pretty unequivocal, wasn't it? there the middle east. it was pretty - unequivocal, wasn't it? there was no sense of anything other than a strong message from the shadow foreign secretary there yesterday that labour, in his words, utterly

condemned what he called the appalling attack on israel. i think this is quite a deliberate strategy from labour to speak as publicly and loudly as possible as quickly as possible to stay that there is no room for debate in the party that they are completely against this. that's a different situation to what it might have been a few years ago. i'm trying to look over what he said there, labourstands i'm trying to look over what he said there, labour stands firmly for israel's right to defend itself and rescue hostages. trying to, as i say, leave no room for debate on that. it was interesting that david lammy started to talk about a longer term solution and that labour was absolutely still in of this to state solution. i suppose over the next few days, perhaps not now, over the next few days they will become more and more debate in political circles about the longer term solutions to the israel palestine situation. in terms of the attacks that we saw

over the weekend, labour are trying to say that we are unequivocal about this. labourstands to say that we are unequivocal about this. labour stands for israel's right to defend itself. 50. this. labour stands for israel's right to defend itself.- right to defend itself. so, are re right to defend itself. so, are pretty similar _ right to defend itself. so, are pretty similar position - right to defend itself. so, are pretty similar position to - right to defend itself. so, are | pretty similar position to what right to defend itself. so, are - pretty similar position to what we were hearing from the government. we saw number 10 downing street yesterday lit up with the israeli flag. yesterday lit up with the israeli fla., ~ , , yesterday lit up with the israeli flan. ~ , ,., , ., , yesterday lit up with the israeli flag. absolutely. there has been . uite flag. absolutely. there has been iuite a flag. absolutely. there has been quite a lot _ flag. absolutely. there has been quite a lot of— flag. absolutely. there has been quite a lot of agreement, - flag. absolutely. there has been l quite a lot of agreement, actually, in the last year or two about international issues, foreign policy. as i say, from a labour perspective i think that is absolutely deliberate. we had years of real debate betweenjeremy corbyn and the then prime minister boris johnson about some of the policies that were being acted by the uk government. clearly a lot of disagreement, labour wanted to be a lot more radical and a jeremy corbyn on the world stage. keir starmer is trying to get rid of that and saying we are the patriotically party, we believe in the armed forces, we

believe in the armed forces, we believe in the uk's position in the world is a moral act but also the one that stands with its historic international alleys. that is one that has been absolutely hammered last year and this year. it's part of a wider issue, keir starmer is trying to persuade voters that one that labour is very different to labour underjeremy corbyn and two, to try and get rid of some of the things that he thinks are doubts within the electoral that they are not going to take different positions when it comes to these key international issues. first maxing that word for word saying, if we are in power, the approach to ukraine is not going to change at all. we are still going to stand behind president zelensky and we are going to do it, in david lammy�*s words until they win. it's the message of

assurance that you are getting on internationals. i think we will see it later when it comes to the economy. all part of labour trying to say, we are not trying to be radical, we are at the centre of british politics. we are not trying to rock the boat, we want to present to rock the boat, we want to present to voters that we are sensible. you also mention _ to voters that we are sensible. you also mention that _ to voters that we are sensible. you also mention that david lammy talked about if labour won, support for ukraine would not waver. 0f about if labour won, support for ukraine would not waver. of course, this is a party conference that there is always an opportunity for there is always an opportunity for the party who is hosting that conference to highlight the divisions and differences that they have with the other parties. we did hear from have with the other parties. we did hearfrom david lammy as i mentioned earlier criticising rishi sunakfor earlier criticising rishi sunak for not earlier criticising rishi sunakfor not attending the un general assembly. what more did he say on that? said he wanted to reconnect britain with the rest of the world. are really interesting analysis from david lammy, actually, ithink are really interesting analysis from david lammy, actually, i think most people in westminster would agree that the uk's relationship with some

of its international parties has got better under rishi sunak, the whole brexit division when borisjohnson was in charge, liz truss's brief tenure was pretty dominant because she refused to say that france was an ally rather than foe. it feels like david lammy are still talking about that relationship. yes, rishi sunak was not at the un general assembly, he got a lot of criticism for that not only because he did it at a time when the un was talking about climate change and that it was that week that he and out some of the changes to the uk's net zero targets. there is a question about how the uk approaches international relationships after brexit. david lammy, one of the most interesting bits, i want to find what he said. he talked about the trade and relationship with europe being a priority for the labour party. it

feels like there's been a bit of a shift in labour�*s rhetoric over this. the ages, keir starmer wanted to say that, yes, i would back a referendum and that labour was anti—brexit, we accept how it has happened and we are not trying to have a rerun of that debate. we don't want that to be another referendum, we don't want to join the single market. it seems that labour has got a bit bolder in the last few months and saying, actually, we can't ignore europe. we need to rethink the brexit deal. we need to rethink the brexit deal. we need to rethink the brexit deal. we need to rethink the relationship that was negotiated by borisjohnson with brussels. we need to rethink rishi sunak�*s approach to brussels. labour isn't going to say they are going to rejoin, they are going to great pains to say this but they are being more forward about saying, we want to negotiate a closer relationship. there is no clarity on what that looks like but labour is

being bowled on saying that. thank ou for being bowled on saying that. thank you for bringing _ being bowled on saying that. thank you for bringing the _ being bowled on saying that. thank you for bringing the latest - being bowled on saying that. thank you for bringing the latest from liverpool. we will bring you the shadow chancellor rachel reeves's speech when it happens later in the day. now it's time for the weather. hello. over the weekend we had a contrast with the weather north to south, in scotland we had torrential rain which led to some disruption and flooding. whereas as we pushed across england, wales and northern ireland this area of high pressure was very much in charge so it was settled and warm for the time of year. as it will be today. we have a weak weather front across northern england, northern ireland and also parts of southern scotland. it has been producing some patchy light rain that will continue to fade and we have a lot of low cloud, mist and murk close to the irish sea coastlines. you can see here a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, warm across the far south—east, and it will feel fresher as we push further north but feeling much better in scotland today than it did over the weekend. through this evening

and overnight, the low cloud, mist and murk in the irish sea will push a bit further inland and drift across the english channel coast as well. we will also have some more rain coming in across western scotland, the met office has a yellow weather warning out for this because the rain is falling on already saturated ground and it will be with us tomorrow courtesy of this weather front which is very slowly pushing southwards. tomorrow as you can tell from the isobars it will be breezy wherever you are, windy in the north. and the low cloud, mist and murk is pushed inland overnight and it will start to retreat back towards coasts. but what you will find some of it will linger. temperatures tomorrow widely19—2a . 0n the other side of the weather front in the north it will start to turn that bit fresher. a weather front makes it down into england and wales during the course of wednesday. behind it, brighterskies, still noticeably breezy. with a few showers peppering the north and west. you can see the fresher conditions, 9—18 behind the weather front. but ahead of it still in the much

warmer air, still in london 23 degrees. as we look beyond that, a weather front which has come south looks very much like on thursday it will push northwards again and we have another one slipping south. we could well see these two merge during the course of friday, and still a bit of uncertainty about it. but what it does mean is that in the outlook period it does turn more unsettled with more of us seeing some rain. but behind the weather front in southern england as it moves north it will get warmer.

live from london — this is bbc news. following the hamas attack — it's thought more than 700 israelis have been killed, 260 were at a music festival. israeli officials have described saturday's attacks as their 9/11. 100 israelis have reportedly been taken hostage and moved to gaza. don't hurt little children, don't hurt women. if you want me instead, i'm willing to come. this is the scene live in gaza — where nearly 500 palestinians have been killed in air strikes — israel's prime minister warns of a long war ahead. showing its support — the us says it's moving warships closer to israel.

hello, i'm maryam moshiri. welcome to bbc news. the israeli military has said its fighterjets, helicopters and artillery have struck over 500 targets overnight in gaza. the death—toll since hamas launched its attacks on saturday has now reached 1,200, 700 of those have been killed in israel, including 260 at a music festival. reuters reports this includes 73 soldiers — that's according to the israeli military. and more nearly 500 have been killed in gaza, after israel launched retaliatory air strikes. the israeli military says the attacks launched by hamas on saturday are like the 2001 terrorist attacks on the us. "this is our 9/11," a spokesman said. iran says it had played no part in the attack by hamas.

a foreign ministry spokesman said that the palestinians had