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this is bbc news. the headlines: israel pounds gaza for a fifth day as gaza's only power station runs out of fuel. palestian officals say over 1,100 people have been killed 60 % of the injured are women and children. israel says 1,200 people are now known to have died in the attacks by hamas as shocking details continue to emerge of a massacre in the kfar aza kibbuttz. the israeli embassy in london confirms the death of uk national jake marlowe in israel.
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we will have more on those stories in a moment or two. let's go to the north of israel, to the borders with lebanon. anna foster is our correspondence there. we have seen more shelling and more activity. what has been going on where you are? �* ., ,., . are? i'm right on the border. we have spent— are? i'm right on the border. we have spent the _ are? i'm right on the border. we have spent the day _ are? i'm right on the border. we have spent the day trekking - are? i'm right on the border. we l have spent the day trekking along the border where there have been various incidents over the last few days. this morning, hezbollah fired an anti—tank missile into israel, fighterjets from israel an anti—tank missile into israel, fighter jets from israel then responded by striking at hezbollah bit of infrastructure inside lebanon. i am speaking from a shelter because as we were driving along the sirens went off here and we are sheltering with the local
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security team, because a lot of these border communities, they don't always have large numbers of soldiers here, so normally men who are armed will come together and act as local security. we are inside the shelter. they are receiving various communications on their army radios. it is very unclear what is happening at the moment. these tyrants went up along the northern israeli lebanon border. there are suggestions of an infiltration by hezbollah. all kinds of suggestions at the moment, people are talking about drones, but none of that is confirmed. i have heard the sound of some very large flyers that are being released from here and are being sent across the border. that is flares, not artilleryjust border. that is flares, not artillery just to border. that is flares, not artilleryjust to be clear, released across the border into lebanon. we
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are watching and waiting. this team is watching local israeli tv channels. something specifically confirm that it sat there looking at a suspected aerial incursion into northern israel. we are waiting and watching to see what the facts of that might be. watching to see what the facts of that might be-— that might be. describe for us in terms of the _ that might be. describe for us in terms of the people _ that might be. describe for us in terms of the people you're - that might be. describe for us in i terms of the people you're talking to, we know in the south of the country so much alarm, concern about how safe things are as we speak. that is clearly the case also in the north with so much attention about what hezbollah are doing, and are concerned that they potentially get drawn into all of this. you concerned that they potentially get drawn into all of this.— drawn into all of this. you are riuht. drawn into all of this. you are right- that — drawn into all of this. you are right. that is _ drawn into all of this. you are right. that is why _ drawn into all of this. you are right. that is why people - drawn into all of this. you are| right. that is why people here drawn into all of this. you are - right. that is why people here are so jumpy and so anxious, because if this were to extend to a new france, if this was to extend to the
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northern border, it would be a huge escalation if hezbollah were to be involved, this would be a whole new level of weaponry, a whole new level of sophistication and firepower, you're talking about a new country getting involved, essentially. that is why there is anxiety because that would have a crippling effect across the middle east, that is why you have world powers like the us paying particular attention to what is happening here because that kind of escalation to take things to a new level. i have been looking on social media because at times like this all sort of things start to be talked about. already people are saying on social media this could lead to a bigger war, social media this could lead to a biggerwar, but social media this could lead to a bigger war, but everything you've seen i should be taken with a pinch of salt. we note that the israel defense forces are looking into this. we know that they suspect a
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possible aerial infiltration. we don't know if it is one drone, it could be several. that is why this create so much anxiety, is the geopolitical fallout that would be caused from lebanon, in the form of hezbollah, entering this war. we are seeinu hezbollah, entering this war. we are seeing some — hezbollah, entering this war. we are seeing some of— hezbollah, entering this war. we are seeing some of the _ hezbollah, entering this war. we are seeing some of the pictures - hezbollah, entering this war. we are seeing some of the pictures around i seeing some of the pictures around and about where you are on that border territory, and about where you are on that borderterritory, but and about where you are on that border territory, but we have seen so many picture in the south of the country, and you there yourself. we have been saying the military build—up in the south. we know that 300,000 reservists have been called up, that returning from around the world back home, but how stretched are the israeli military at the moment with that going on in the south, and all of this happening where you are? our day evident in terms of their presence where you are in the border area? this
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terms of their presence where you are in the border area?— terms of their presence where you are in the border area? as we have been moving _ are in the border area? as we have been moving around _ are in the border area? as we have been moving around today, - are in the border area? as we have been moving around today, a - are in the border area? as we have been moving around today, a lot i are in the border area? as we havej been moving around today, a lot of those reservists you have mentioned have been arriving here. we have been seeing car parks filled with people who have been told to mobilise. buses, coaches have brought people here. at one point we went past a bus stop and there were eight or ten soldiers sitting by the sight of the road. a lot of troops are being moved up to this northern border because of the security issue here. as you rightly say, at the other end of the country, right next to the border with gaza, there have been troop build—up there. particularly armoured vehicles, military hardware. in terms of how stretched they might be, it is a good question. israel has a huge number of reservists that they can call on at any time because so many
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israelis spend their time in the israelis spend their time in the israel defense forces and once they leave they can be called a beginners reservists. a lot of people i have spoken to, even though they haven't been mobilised yet, they might spend their time trying to take supplies to places who need it. it is an excellent point. if a new front were to open up, that would undoubtedly stretch israel's military capability and they would be looking to their allies for some kind of support if there were to happen.— allies for some kind of support if there were to happen. anna foster there were to happen. anna foster there on the _ there were to happen. anna foster there on the border— there were to happen. anna foster there on the border between - there were to happen. anna foster there on the border between israel and lebanon. thank you for the latest. clearly a very fluid situation where allah is. if there are developments we will return to it. let me return to one of the lines we heard from antonio
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gutierrez, who said it is crucial that life—saving supplies, including food and water must be allowed into gaza. interesting because as he made that call, the egyptian security officials have been talking to the bbc and also pushing for a humanitarian corridor to be opened. clearly a lot of focus on that. they want some sort of humanitarian truce to allow aid into the gaza strip, but its real announcing that complete siege only a couple of days ago. that clearly is becoming a focus of international attention. more on all of those developments in a moment or two. let's break away from that for a moment or two. let's head to the bbc sport centre. captain rohit sharma was ther star of the show as he hit 131 from 84 balls as the hosts inidia cruised to an eight wicket victory over
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afghanistan at the cricket world cup. afghanistan were 63—3 when captain hashmatullah shahidi and azmatullah 0marzai put on 121 for the fourth wicket, but jasprit bumrah's 4—39 reduced them to 272—8 in delhi. india reached their target with 15 overs to spare. it is a second defeat in two games for afghanistan, two wins from two for india. wayne rooney says he wants to take birmingham city to the next level after being named the new manager of the english second tier side. rooney left dc united in the mls at the weekend after they failed to make the play—offs and he replacesjohn eustace, who had guided birmingham to sixth in the championship after 11 games. the former england striker says previous challenging environments have prepared him for the opportunity. it's been 12 years since birmingham last played in the premier league. it's the international football break right now with wales taking on gibraltar in a friendly in wrexham later. aaron ramsey and brennanjohnson are missing, which means reading midfielder charlie savage, son of robbie, could be in line for his debut.
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england face australia on friday. england defender harry maguire says a phone call from david beckham meant everything after he was jeered by scotland fans last month. maguire scored an own goal in a 3—1 win, but says he's been encouraged by beckham, who suffered plenty of abuse himself after being sent off at the �*98 world cup. about three weeks ago after the scotland game he got in touch with me. it was really nice of him and i really appreciated that. throughout my career david bateman —— david beckham is someone who lived up to and watched as a young boy. he reminded me of the career i have had to date, the big moments i have had in my career, what i have reached in terms of being captain of the biggest club in the world for 3.5 years. he has been in that position and he knows what it is like. i watched the documentary and i couldn't believe how much he went through at the time. the good news for ireland ahead
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of saturday's rugby world cup quarterfinal against new zealand is that their wing mack hansen will be fit. he injured his calf in last week's win over scotland, but has recovered in time to start against the all blacks at the stade de france. ireland coach andy farrell has named an unchanged 15. we arejust we are just trying to get better as a team and so are they. grow in the competition. i suppose what would be at the forefront of both teams is the mutual respect of where both teams are sitting right now, but also at the same time the competition is where it should be as important —— as a quarterfinal, i'm sure about that. important —— as a quarterfinal, i'm sure about that. carlos alcaraz has suffered a surprise exit at the last 16 stage of the shanghai masters. the world number two was beaten in three sets by grigor dimitrov. he'll play chile's nicolas jarry next. the 22nd seed reached his first masters 1000 quarterfinal with victory against diego schwartzmann, and on his 28th birthday too.
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having watched novak djokovic surpass his grand slam tally, rafa nadal looks set to return to grand slam tennis at the australian open injanuary. that's according to tournament chief craig tiley. the former world number one, who's now 37, has been sidelined since january this year. nadal says he expects to retire at the end of next year and has also expressed a desire to play at the paris 0lympics. tournament organisers in melbourne have said he's committed to playing in the first grand slam of the year. you always get your hopes up because you want people like him to be here and he particularly is someone who loves australia, he is very well liked, led by all the staff, too. 0bviously liked, led by all the staff, too. obviously there is a bit of time between now and january, but if he stays healthy, that is important, but so far the signs of being really good. that's all the sport for now.
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israel has said up to 150 people were taken captive when hamas launched its surprise attack on the 7th of october. hamas has said it has hidden them in "safe places and tunnels" within gaza, and threatened to kill hostages if civilian homes are bombed by israel without warning. the bbc has a team ofjournalists looking at what the situation is like now and who the hostages could be. frankie mccamley has this analysis. the bbc are trying to build a picture of who the hostages could be. we are looking at videos like this online. we are also speaking to family members. in the case of karen, herfamily say family members. in the case of karen, her family say they spoke to her. she said she broke a leg, fell over and now they simply don't know where she is. she
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over and now they simply don't know where she is— where she is. she explained to us that there was _ where she is. she explained to us that there was a _ where she is. she explained to us that there was a lot _ where she is. she explained to us that there was a lot of _ where she is. she explained to us that there was a lot of bombs - where she is. she explained to us that there was a lot of bombs and shooting — that there was a lot of bombs and shooting everywhere. you could hear the yelling. _ shooting everywhere. you could hear the yelling, the crying and the shooting — the yelling, the crying and the shooting above their heads. let�*s shooting above their heads. let's head to norway. _ shooting above their heads. let's head to norway. this _ shooting above their heads. let�*s head to norway. this grandmother has spoken to norwegian journalists. after four days, spoken to norwegian journalists. afterfour days, she has not heard from her son or grandson and in this interview you can see she is clearly distraught. translation: i distraught. translation: ., �* ~ ., translation: i don't know if she has -- he has had — translation: i don't know if she has -- he has had any _ translation: i don't know if she has -- he has had any food _ translation: i don't know if she has -- he has had any food because - translation: i don't know if she has -- he has had any food because he i —— he has had any food because he has been captured by mad men. i don't know if they have fed him, given him close. it was cold yesterday and it did not they have given him a jacket. i'm worried about my son but he has big, he can handle it, but a young child camp. a danish woman said this is her two daughters captured.
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translation: we will do anything to net ou translation: we will do anything to get you back- — translation: we will do anything to get you back- to _ translation: we will do anything to get you back. to which _ get you back. to which hostage—takers tell you. be strong, your heroes, the whole country is with you and anybody else who has been taken hostage.— with you and anybody else who has been taken hostage. everybody loves ou. there been taken hostage. everybody loves you- there are _ been taken hostage. everybody loves you. there are people _ been taken hostage. everybody loves you. there are people that _ been taken hostage. everybody loves you. there are people that we - been taken hostage. everybody loves you. there are people that we have l you. there are people that we have not been able to contact yet. have a look at this facebook page from the charity fair planet. it says their founder has been missing since the 7th of october. they believe she has been taken by militants. it is important to note when we do see footage like this, disturbing footage like this, disturbing footage of people being taken, we don't know what has happened to these people or what condition they are in or where they are. the complexity of this has been highlighted in this case. she was reported to have died following on from this footage that appeared to show her body in the back of this
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truck, but since this footage and that reporting, her mother has spoken to german media to say that she believes she is alive. if you do want to follow the story online, we have correspondence from across the world updating our loud page. just head to bbc news to find out more. king charles has been reacting to what has been happening in the middle east. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more on this. yes, a very robust statement from britain's head of state, king charles iii. his spokesman this afternoon has said that, "his majesty is appalled "by and condemns the barbaric acts of terrorism in israel." the spokesman goes on to say, that this is a situation which his majesty is "extremely concerned about" and he's asked to be kept "actively updated". "his thoughts and prayers are with all of "those who are suffering, particularly those who have lost "loved ones but also those actively involved as we speak."
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we know that king charles as prince of wales has had a long—standing interest in spiritual matters, in the interfaith relations between the great faiths of this world. i think this is certainly a robust statement. i don't think it would be construed as a political one. it is the statement of an appalled citizen which reflects the feelings of many millions of people. it just so happens that this appalled citizen is king and head of state of the united kingdom. but it is certainly a strong statement, in which he says he is "appalled by and condemns the barbaric acts of terrorism in israel."
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lunchtime in bristol city centre and you would think this was the only sandwich shop in town. business is brisk and they are queueing out of the door. it's not hard to see why. oh, it's so good. value for money oh, it's so good. value for money wise, what's that, eight quid for a sandwich like that? h0 wise, what's that, eight quid for a sandwich like that?— sandwich like that? no one in this rueue sandwich like that? no one in this queue needs _ sandwich like that? no one in this queue needs convincing _ sandwich like that? no one in this queue needs convincing about - sandwich like that? no one in this queue needs convincing about the sandwiches, but in case they did, this business is now officially the best, crowned the winner of the restaurant of the year award, presented to josh restaurant of the year award, presented tojosh and his family at a star—studded event in london by prue leith and monica colletti. it was fantastic. watching monica colletti and prue leith on the tv when i was younger. it was an experience, everyone was so welcoming, so lovely.- experience, everyone was so welcoming, so lovely. when we are normally reporting _ welcoming, so lovely. when we are normally reporting on _ welcoming, so lovely. when we are normally reporting on closures - welcoming, so lovely. when we are normally reporting on closures in i normally reporting on closures in the hospitality industry, this is a refreshing change.
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you're live with bbc news. it has been confirmed that jake marlowe has died in israel. his family released a statement. repatriation plans are being put into place and more information will
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follow. the family say please respect our privacy at this most devastating time. the 26—year—old is believed to be missing after attacks tjy believed to be missing after attacks by hamas on saturday. he was working as security staff at a music festival near the border with gaza when he disappeared. thejewish representative council of greater manchester are staging a rally in st peter's square condemning the attacks on israel. let's head there to manchester and corresponding to fiona trott is there. fiona come over to you. tell us a little bit more about the scene and the mood there. �* ., :: :: :: , .,, , there. around 2,000 people here this evenin: , there. around 2,000 people here this evening, doubled _ there. around 2,000 people here this evening, doubled the _ there. around 2,000 people here this evening, doubled the amount - there. around 2,000 people here this evening, doubled the amount that - there. around 2,000 people here this evening, doubled the amount that the organisers were expecting. this is a peaceful vigil. speakers have been taking to the stage behind me. the chief rabbi spoke a few moments ago.
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he sets that these are dark days, but we are united. the mayor of manchester, andy burnham, has also spoken to the crowds here, saying that this is a city that is all standing together. nothing justifies taking people from their homes, like nothing justified the attacks we had here in manchester a few years ago. that is what a lot of people have been saying here today, that this city really does have that feeling of togetherness. you can see some of the placards behind me that say i stand with israel. earlier, i spoke to a young man called josh who had a placard of his own. it had a photograph on it. it was a photograph on it. it was a photograph of his friend who died in the music festival at the weekend. he was talking about how difficult it was to just manage things on a day—to—day basis. he lives in london but he came up here in manchester so
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he could be with his family. he said work had given him time off, that they were very understanding. i spoke to a nurse who is from manchester, she was in tears, even though she doesn't have any friends or relatives in israel, she said the point is we are all connected. they are my brothers and sisters. i spoke to seek manner earlier, and he said we a moral responsibility to make sure the bet —— the world is a better place for everybody, whether you are a due, muslim, your child to smile child. these are the sorts of people that are coming here this evening, just being here together to show solidarity. —— my child. 0rganisers say that is the point, just to bring people together. events like this in the north of england and across the country remind us that the middle east
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doesn't feel that far away. the events there are still affecting their daily lives. this events there are still affecting their daily lives.— events there are still affecting their daily lives. as you say, so many people — their daily lives. as you say, so many people in _ their daily lives. as you say, so many people in this _ their daily lives. as you say, so many people in this country - their daily lives. as you say, so | many people in this country and around the world knowing people who have lost their lives or have been injured in those terrible attacks over the weekend, so is shock waves from that but the shock waves keep coming with the horrific details we were learning about from that kibbutz only about 2k hours ago. we seem to have lost that lying to fiona trott in manchester. we will keep an eye on that vigil and returned in the next little while. in the last few minutes president biden has been speaking, saying his commitment to israel is unshaken. this attack has brought to the
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surface the painful memories, discards left by a millennium of anti—semitism and genocide against thejewish people. we have to be crystal clear, there is no justification for terrorism, no excuse, and the type of terrorism exhibited here isjust beyond excuse, and the type of terrorism exhibited here is just beyond the pale, beyond the pale. 0ur pale, beyond the pale. our commitment is to israel's security is unshakeable. the united states has israel's back and we will be working on this all through the day and beyond. president biden repeating a fundamental message that the events of the weekend are beyond the pale. yesterday he described them as evil. as we come to the end of verified life, it is worth taking stock. let me show you some pictures from gaza. this is day five and we have seen continued attacks from israel on
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gaza. they say they are targeting hamas positions. a lot of the attacks on a specific area of gaza city, this is some of the aftermath, the impact, with so much destruction. 200 attacks over night but many more through the course of today. of course we have seen rockets being fired out of gaza by hamas on ashkelon. a direct hit at this hospital unit earlier in the afternoon. those rockets continuing to be fired out of gaza and of course the death toll is huge, i200 israelis we know about, course the death toll is huge, 1200 israelis we know about, 1100 people in gas at being killed, and this only day five. we have heard from the un secretary general, urging that food and life—saving supplies to be allowed into gaza and urging
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for all hostages to be released. hello. for some of us over the last few days, it has felt as if summer has been trying to cling on deep into 0ctober. but autumn is going to be arriving over the next few days. in fact, already feeling quite autumnal in the northern half of the uk. here some sunshine, but some rather cool air working its way in from the north—west. conversely, south—westerly winds bringing warm and muggy air down towards the south, and the dividing line between those air masses is this weather front bringing some outbreaks of rain across parts of wales, the midlands, into east anglia and lincolnshire. particularly heavy rain i think across parts of west wales with the risk of some flooding and some disruption. to the south of that, often quite murky but warm and humid. further north, something cooler and fresher. 12 degrees, for example, in aberdeen and glasgow, some sunshine, scattering of showers, the wind slowly easing a little bit in the north of scotland. now, overnight, ourweatherfront
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moves a little bit further southwards and then tends to stall across southern counties of england, parts of wales and the midlands, very mild here, 16 degrees in plymouth overnight. compare that with two or three degrees for many spots further north. but here we will see some sunshine to take us into tomorrow morning. a scattering of showers, particularly in the northwest of scotland. this band of cloud never really clearing the south of england or south wales. we could see some pockets of rain and drizzle at times. some warmth trying to cling on here, but for most a cooler feel. 17 degrees there for london, 13 for belfast, 12 degrees in glasgow. but instead of clearing through, that weather front actually tries to push northwards again during thursday night into friday, looking very wet for parts of england and wales. at the same time, this cold front pushes its way into scotland and northern ireland. so quite a complex look to the weather chart on friday, but we will see some outbreaks of rain, particularly across england and wales. but across scotland and northern ireland we see sunny spells and some showers. some of those showers could start
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to turn wintry over the very highest ground as some colder air starts to dig its way in. and that's the story for the weekend. we finally lose all of these weather fronts, all of us get into this cold north—westerly wind. if anything, temperatures by day will be a touch below the average for the time of year. and at night we've got the chance for quite a widespread grass frost. bye for now.
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at 6pm, we're live in israel, as the airforce continues its heavy bombing of gaza. much of the besieged territory is now a mass of broken buildings and rubble. more than 1,000 people have died, many more are injured. is the beds are full of patients who have been injured and the continuous stream of injuries has not stopped. with the number of israeli debt now at 1200, -- with the number of israeli debt now at 1200, —— is really dead, we talk to some of those who've come back to israel from all over the world to defend the homeland. i didn't even think that i would say
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something like that ever, that there is something in the world which is more important

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