in an air strike on vehicles leaving northern gaza — on an israeli—designated route south. a un relief agency says nearly a million palestinians have been displaced in gaza over the past week — nearly half its population. people trying to leave gaza, wait at the crossing with egypt. they include foreign nationals. like really in fear and every time ijust have to have the thought of me dying in a bomb in gaza. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu visits israeli troops on the border of the gaza strip, and tells them, �*the next stage is coming'. hamas and israel continue to target each other with rocket fire. the israelis say a senior hamas commander has been killed in an air strike. we will dismantle and destroy hamas�*s ability to do this all the way up to their kingpin and leader who is

a dead man walking. we will get them, every single one of them. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. the bbc has confirmed that young children were among those killed in an air strike on a convoy of vehicles leaving northern gaza of friday — along a route designated by israel. our team at bbc verify analysed two videos of the strike on the vehicles heading towards southern gaza. both videos have been verified, these first images show a lorry carrying at least 30 civilians, on the move, moments before it was hit. and these are still images taken from a subsequent video from the aftermath of the strike. the full video is too

graphic to show in detail. the video shows men running to a lorry, part of the same convoy, trying to help those who've been hit. there are at least 12 visible dead bodies in the video. we will be talking to our bbc verify team on that in the next few minutes. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has visited troops near the border with gaza. speaking to the soldiers, he asked them, "you ready for the next stage? the next stage is coming." the un relief agency, unrwa, says hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in the past day, and nearly a million — that's almost half the territory's population — over the past week. people were told on friday — to relocate before the expected ground offensive. more rockets have been fired into israel, and israeli air strikes are continuing across gaza. military sources in israel say, a senior hamas commander is among those killed.

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is in saudi arabia on the latest stop of a tour of the middle east. jordan's foreign minister has accused israel, of flagrant breaches of international law and warned the displacement of civilians in gaza was pushing the whole region towards conflict. this is the scene live from gaza — the latest information is that more than 2,200 people have been killed in gaza — with 9,000 wounded. light night has fallen. there is no —— power or water, there is a siege. there is a warning that conditions have been getting worse. those are the pictures. 200,000 people have been killed —— 2000 people have been killed inside gaza.

at least 1,300 israelis were killed by hamas gunmen last weekend. from southern israel, nick beake sent this report. the reality of another night of israeli air strikes on gaza. chaos in the rubble. a scramble for survivors. more casualties ferried to overrun hospitals, and yet more civilians killed, as israel insists more than a million people in the north of gaza move out. translation: this is| a genocide, not a war. it's genocide and it's an attempt to displace the people of the gaza strip, but this will not happen. israel says this is a legitimate response to the hamas�* atrocities exactly a week ago. the israeli military said this footage shows the elimination of hamas commanders who'd masterminded the mass killing. a few miles away, just a fragment of the build—up of israeli troops, amid anticipation of a full—scale land incursion into gaza. israel continues to fire on gaza with its artillery and its fighter jets. in it insists it's targeting

hamas and not civilians. today, the israelis have given a limited window for palestinians to move south. they're being told they will be safe, but as we've seen over the past 2a—hours, civilians have been killed trying to move away. this convoy of vehicles was hit in the north of gaza yesterday, attempting the journey to safety. the circumstances are still not clear. israel says a significant number of people have now followed their ultimatum to leave northern gaza. we have seen people listening to our warning, understanding that they are doing the clever thing, moving out of a dangerous area and that they are doing the right thing for their families and their own safety. america's top diplomat, who's in the middle east, stressed once again that civilian life must be protected. as israel pursues its legitimate right to defending its people, to try to ensure that this never

happens again, it is vitally important that all of us look out for civilians, and we're working together to do exactly that, in particular, working on establishing safe areas. hamas continues to attack israel. this, footage of unmanned so—called kamikaze drones. they, along with rockets, are still being fired to civilian areas in many parts of israel. the united nations has called for food, fuel and aid to be sent to gaza. for now, it's only bullets and bombs heading that way. that of course ended with some of the destruction in gaza. i want to show you some of the pictures we got in the last few hours from the reuters news agency in terms of some of the strikes overnight in gaza. you can see the emergency crews

responding. these are the first few seconds after that strike. the flames, everything that they are dealing with. you will see that as these pictures progress, as those medics and other emergency staff respond, there is another explosion coming up. you will see the chaos, as you would expect, in the moments after the blast. there, one of the medics heading towards some of the rubble. watch. really distressing. worth pointing out that that man did survive. he was severely injured, but he did survive. just seeing images like that on the ground, the moment that these shells or rockets land, it gives you an idea. we talk so much about what is happening, the amount

of attacks. we see the skyline pictures but that gives you a real idea of the snapshot of what it is like to be on the ground. this is get more from the ground. 0ur correspondent, rushdi abualouf, has moved from the north of gaza to khan younis in the south. i spoke to him a short while ago. i had to take the journey from gaza into southern city of khan yunis after the israeli army ask all the people live in gaza city where i used to live, and in the north to go south. i am in khan yunis since yesterday. and the scene, the scene that i witnessed is really tragic. people are sleeping in the public spaces. hundreds of thousands of people are deployed to the schools.

i'm in the hospital, the main hospital in khan yunis. also, hundreds of people are taking the hospital as a refugee. suddenly, this city has to accommodate three and feed to accommodate, treat, and feed half a million people displaced from their a northern and middle area, gaza city. and as the hamas officially said, about 400,000 people took this journey yesterday and today from khan yunis along salahadin road, then to khan yunis. more than a million people in this city and people, the local authority here is struggling to find accommodation for the people, to find a essential needs. water is running out in the hospital here. medicine is running out. they are trying to manage very little fuel, doctors told me,

they are left to run the generators and very small amount of life saving kits that they have since israel is closing all the border. and egypt until now said we can't guarantee that if we send the aid in, israel will not will allow it. will not allow it. two things, because you touched on one of them, which is just describe for me what infrastructure, if any, is there to take that influx of people and describe it a little more? was there panic amongst the people who were trying to move at such short notice when you started yourjourney? yeah, when i started myjourney, i had to take my family and then i found people in trucks, people using cars, even people walking on on foot for like, you know, 5 to 6 kilometres. when i approach salahadin road, i saw like hundreds of cars, motorcycles. i saw people walking cows, camels, sheeps. it's a chaotic scene.

it's a scene that i never saw before. it's a convoy that is about ten kilometre long, very chaotic place. and then it took me to drive about ten kilometres, about 3 hours. in a normal time, it takes 15 minutes. and you talk about you, your family moving and of course, so many people like you in the conversations you've had. do people think ultimately they will get back to their homes? they hope, you know... this is the second largest city with about 4,000 people already living there. and suddenly this small city found like, you know, the authority here had to accommodate another 600,000 people and they were struggling even before this move. the city was struggling

because it's part of the israeli blockade imposed last saturday. so, after one week, without water, without electricity and without internet, this city was already exhausted by helping their own people. and now they have to take care of about 6,000 people, over a million people. they sleep in the courtyard of the hospital. i did ask someone who told me that back in 2014 his house was destroyed and he somehow managed to rebuild it. and he said, this time my house was destroyed again. i had to take the hospital as a shelter. 0ur correspondence talking about having to make thatjourney. lieutenant colonel richard hecht lieutenant colonel richard is an idf spokesperson. i asked him to clarify the deadline

civilians have been given to leave northern gaza. talking about how many many people were not able to move. pregnant women, children, older people. children with disabilities. they have no choice but to stay and must be protected at all times. civilians, hospitals, schools, clinics, you and premises cannot be targeted. i would say that everybody needs to listen to what we are saying. we are very serious in our determination to rid the threat of hamas and its terrorism from israel. this terrorist organization has

taken the people of gaza hostage and we are not willing that they will hold the sword of death over israel ever again. we are operating and we are. and that is why people need to listen. we are trying to differentiate between the people of gaza and the terrorists, and that is our obligation. and we are sending a very clear message that people need to move. i'll come back to that differentiation in a moment. you said just now. you're being very clear. so be very clear. if people can't move or won't move, including those un premises or hospitals, what are you saying is going to happen? i'm saying it is of utmost importance that people move and they should do the best that they can in order to go south. that is that's not what i asked you. you said you were being clear. so be clear.

if they don't or can't move, what will happen to them? what are you saying is going to happen? we are going to escalate our strikes against hamas. that is the importance of moving. and we do not want to jeopardize people unnecessary. and this is where our forewarning is coming. and that is why we are telling people to move. we do not want to cause any further damage to is to palestinians. but ultimately this is hamas�*s responsibility. they chose to launch a war of a massacre in our society, in our communities, killing over 1003 hundred innocent people 1300 innocent people just because they thought that it would they would benefit from it. now, hamas will not benefit from it. and they can't hide behind the people of gaza and expect us not to defend our people. breaking news we turn it straightaway _ breaking news we turn it straightaway to - breaking news we turn it straightaway to breaking j breaking news we turn it - straightaway to breaking news in

relation to the hostages being held. israeli military, they havejust been giving more details. they say that some of the bodies of the abducted israelis have been found on the edges of the gaza strip. we were listening to peter lerner from the idf. i've spoken several members of the idf over the last few hours. the first interview, they were still trying to work out, in terms of some of the bodies that had been recovered, identifying them. we had had that report, also, a couple of hours ago with hamas claiming that hostages had died in air strikes overnight. they said that four of them included foreigners. we were unable to verify that. in terms of what the israeli military have just said, they are saying that somebody�*s also abductors israelis had been found in the gaza strip edges. 0ne had been found in the gaza strip edges. one line so far: it is a

significant line, we will continue to monitor that situation and try to find out more details and return to that element in the next few minutes. now, let us go live to a member of our bbc verify team. he has been investigating the authenticity of the gaza convoy pictures we were showing you in the last little while. tell us how you verify footage like this. we have the ability to _ verify footage like this. we have the ability to verify _ verify footage like this. we have the ability to verify this - verify footage like this. we have the ability to verify this stuff - verify footage like this. we have the ability to verify this stuff in i the ability to verify this stuff in affleck conflict zones. it is a really important way to understand major developments and weed out disinformation of which there has been a flood over the last week. we use satellite imagery and other online resources to try to get a sense of where and when things have happened. in this instance, we knew this was likely to have taken place on this road, a major road running north to south in gaza. it is one of

two evacuation routes. it is long road, we used satellite imaging to scan through it, starting from the north where the convoy had probably left from, trying to find details that matched the graphic videos that were circulating online. in this case, we found road markings, a sign that helped us to pin down the location. we can even use online tools helping us to work out the angle of the sunlight, the shadows, giving us an accurate reading as to what kind of time of day it would have been. what kind of time of day it would have been-— what kind of time of day it would have been. ~ . ,, ., , ., have been. what were you able to ascertain about _ have been. what were you able to ascertain about who _ have been. what were you able to ascertain about who might - have been. what were you able to ascertain about who might have . have been. what were you able to i ascertain about who might have been responsible? 0n ascertain about who might have been responsible? on that... we ascertain about who might have been responsible? on that. . ._ responsible? on that... we are unable to _ responsible? on that... we are unable to say. _ responsible? on that... we are unable to say. we _ responsible? on that... we are unable to say. we only - responsible? on that... we are unable to say. we only have . responsible? on that... we are - unable to say. we only have footage of the aftermath. they have been

claims and counter claims about who was responsible. we were able to see, in the footage, was at least 12 dead bodies, several cars that were on fire, probably with victims still inside them, and a scene of carnage. more broadly, give me an idea of the insights that this kind of work has provided through the course of this week. . . �* �* , ., , week. the team at bbc verify has been flat out _ week. the team at bbc verify has been flat out on _ week. the team at bbc verify has been flat out on this _ week. the team at bbc verify has been flat out on this all _ week. the team at bbc verify has been flat out on this all week, - week. the team at bbc verify has been flat out on this all week, we | been flat out on this all week, we have been able to ascertain it quite a lot. in the chaos of the attacks as they happened last saturday, we were able to identify key locations and flashpoints, identify where breach is an offence were, by attacks on civilians were taking place. we worked on a few major projects with other colleagues at the bbc this week. one was identifying a timeline about when the attack at the rave that took place beside the gaza border. and

more recently, yesterday, we had an online piece looking at the converts how things played out there. we had footage showing the militants arriving. we were able to geo— locate that to the north—eastern corner of the kibbutz. and then, we had footage seeming to show hostages being taken away into another area. using the kind of information we can build up a timeline about the things that were going on. paul build up a timeline about the things that were going on.— that were going on. paul brown, thank ou that were going on. paul brown, thank you for— that were going on. paul brown, thank you for doing _ that were going on. paul brown, thank you for doing that - that were going on. paul brown, thank you for doing that work i that were going on. paul brown, | thank you for doing that work and going through that detail with us. just to tell you, the european commission has said it will triple humanitarian assistance for gaza. that is an extra 150 million euros in humanitarian aid for a total of 75 million euros. that is the tripling of eu humanitarian assistance to help ensure civilians in gaza can be provided with the basic necessities required. that has just been announced by the european commission. let us turn for the next

few minutes to some of them in a famous sea going on in the region. —— to some of the diplomacy going on in the region. earlier today, united states secretary of state antony blinken visited saudi arabia, which has suspended talks on potentially normalising ties with israel. to discuss this further i'm joined by aziz alghashian who is a saudi analyst specializing in the kingdom's relationship with israel. he's also a lecturer in politics and international relations at the university of essex. welcome to the programme. we have seen antony blinken shuttling around the area. how important is this lake in riyadh? i the area. how important is this lake in ri adh? ., , , in riyadh? i think it is very crucial. — in riyadh? i think it is very crucial. i — in riyadh? i think it is very crucial, ithink— in riyadh? i think it is very crucial, i think that's - in riyadh? i think it is very crucial, i think that's going in riyadh? i think it is very i crucial, i think that's going to riyadh was going to be very crucial to hear what the statements coming out are going to be. and i think that due to the backdrop of this potential normalisation that is in

discussion, it is varying, i would say, very valuable to see if saudi arabia changed its tone. and that hasn't changed. i think saudi arabia hasn't changed. i think saudi arabia has been very consistent in making sure that it does not name hamas. it has been very consistent in trying to make sure that civilian lives... it is unacceptable, no matter who does it. the reason they did not mention hamas is because this backdrop of normalisation. i think that they sense that netanyahu, if they had named hamas, netanyahu would immediately say, the saudi arabians are with us. and in this very polarised moment in our history in the region, i think saudi arabia wants to distance itself... the? in the region, i think saudi arabia wants to distance itself... they are trying to navigate a _ wants to distance itself... they are trying to navigate a course - wants to distance itself... they are trying to navigate a course throughj trying to navigate a course through it. one of the theories, of course,

when that basic question has been asked through the week, while it hamas to this, one of those was that it was to derail the ties. so, will it was to derail the ties. so, will it longer term? it was to derail the ties. so, will it longerterm? i it was to derail the ties. so, will it longer term?— it was to derail the ties. so, will it longer term? i think it certainly did in the short _ it longer term? i think it certainly did in the short term. _ it longer term? i think it certainly did in the short term. i _ it longer term? i think it certainly did in the short term. ithink- it longer term? i think it certainly did in the short term. i think that | did in the short term. i think that in the long term, this will be a different question on how the region recovers. and, what israel does. i think that historically colours chosen arabian position has been it has been very good. that is a position that has allowed it to have this legitimate position and that very safe position of not being too close and not being too far. i cannot count it out in the future, but i certainly think that in a very short time, especially against a backdrop of elections coming up in the near term also, it was always very uphill, by the way. it was

never a done deal. it was always in hell. and now, arguably,... we have to leave it — hell. and now, arguably,... we have to leave it there, _ hell. and now, arguably,... we have to leave it there, we _ hell. and now, arguably,... we have to leave it there, we have _ hell. and now, arguably,... we have to leave it there, we have to - to leave it there, we have to squeeze in a little more before we take a break. thank you for that analysis. as you say, really important dynamic, that visit by antony blinken. the rafah crossing at the southern end of gaza is the sole crossing point that doesn't border israel. it runs between egypt and the gaza strip. it's currently closed — but as we've been reporting the us government today advised its citizens in gaza to move towards the rafah crossing to be ready for its possible reopening. among the foreign nationals who've made their way there is a young british girl, who's waiting there with her mother. hi, i am mariam, i came from britain, i came to visit gaza to have some fun and see my family. so, yes, i went to gaza and i sat

home for a while only for a couple of months now and then i saturday morning woke up at 5am to find that there are a lot of bombs and people are dead. and i am really in fear and every time ijust have to have the thought of me dying in a bomb in gaza. it's not a good thing. every place i go, i run away, ijust find bombs and ifind dead people and maybe one day i will end up like them but it is a really scary thing for me. are very distressing account from that young girl with her mother there, waiting at a crossing point. to save others. plenty more on the latest developments here in the next few minutes. hello there. the weather for quite

a few of us has been the colder air has been travelling southwards across the country over recent days, but it's across southern england and wales that the cold air really arrived. and so for hereford, we went from 22 degrees yesterday to 13 or so this afternoon — a drop of nine degrees celsius. now, for many areas, we did have some pleasant spells of sunshine. a few showers around — those showers falling as snow over the tops of the scottish mountains. those wintry showers continuing to be driven in on those gusty north—westerly winds with the showers always most frequent across the north and western coasts and hills. now for northern scotland, the skies look quite different as those showers worked in some rough seas here in banff, thanks to those gusty onshore winds. and overnight, it will stay pretty windy for northern scotland, particularly in shetland, where gusts will continue to run into the 50s and 60s of miles an hourfor a time, driving in further showers. elsewhere have showers still around some of our coastal areas. but inland, it's a dry night with clear spells and temperatures getting down low enough to give

a nip of frost in the countryside, something gardeners might want to take note of. our lowest temperatures under these these sunny skies as we start the day down at minus two degrees. now, there will be lots of sunshine around for sunday, but showers probably merging together to give some longer spells of rain for northern scotland, showers for west scotland, one or two for northern ireland and a few for the northern isles, where it will still be quite windy, but not as windy as it was on saturday. temperatures across the board below average for the time of year. now from monday, i think there's probably going to be a few mist and fog patches to start the day. and although the weather is predominantly dry underneath an area of high pressure, around the periphery of that high, you might see a few showers coming up the thames estuary, one or two for the far north of scotland. i think the emphasis is on a dry and sunny day for many of you. it will stay cool though for october, temperatures 11 to 13 degrees. we start to see some further changes in the weather pattern towards the middle part of the week. after a fine day on tuesday, we'll start to see some rain moving up with this area of low pressure

coming in off the bay of biscay. now, the rain's likely to be quite heavy on wednesday as it spreads across england and wales. it crosses northern england thursday and pushes on into parts of scotland and northern ireland probably stays quite unsettled beyond that, with temperatures returning closer to average for the time of year.

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were among those killed yesterday in an air strike on vehicles leaving northern gaza — along an israeli—designated route south. a un agency says nearly a million palestinians have been displaced in gaza over the past week — warning of rapidly deteriorating conditions in the area. we are saying that it is a matter of life or death for many gaza residents because they will no longer have access to clean drinking water within days. israel's prime minister visits israeli troops on the border of the gaza strip, and tells them, �*the next stage is coming'. and in london, protest organisers say more than a 100,000 people demonstrated in support of the palestinian people. and more harrowing stories of survival emerge from the hamas attack on a music festival in israel. black smoke covered all the area and we heard bombs getting closer and closer.

we heard gunshots, but we didn't understand what was going on. we will play you that interview with that young photographer here on the programme in the next little while and bring you the latest on all of the headline stories but let's pause because we will head to the bbc sports centre. we have a cricket world cup. 0ne sports centre. we have a cricket world cup. one of twojust sports centre. we have a cricket world cup. one of two just tell you about today straight to the rugby world cup to start with. the first quarter final deep world cup to start with. the first quarterfinal deep into its second half wales involved in they are leading argentina 17 points — 12. wells had a wales had a 10—nil lead but that became 12—10 to argentina in the early stages of the second half... but tomos williams put wales back ahead with their second try of the match.

around 18 or so minutes remaining in marseilles. 17—12 wales lead. whoever comes out on top in marseille will face either the world number one ranked team ireland or the three—time champions new zealand await in the last four. ireland have never reached the semi finals of the world cup — but have beaten the all blacks in their last two matches. they meet later at the stade de france in paris. there has been a lot of experience over the last three or four years with this group we have built a lot of confidence through those experiences through some pretty big wins. new zealand last year, new zealand at home, south africa, it has been quite a big journey with this group and along through the coachesin this group and along through the coaches in the plan and wanting to get better there is a lot of belief that has been built in this class. so we are drawing on back and not looking back too much further. i'm sure some more experienced guys may take some things as well going back even longer but the last three or

four years has been an unbelievable journey for us and there is a lot of belief and confidence that has come from that. in domestic rugby, it's been a horrible start to the new season for defending champions saracens. they've been thrashed 65—10 by exeter. the home side ran in 11 tries — including a hat—trick for full backjosh hodge. exeter led 41—0 at half time — before saracens improved after the break, but it was much too little, too late. there were also wins for bath and gloucester. in rugby league, we're less than half an hour away from super league's grand final. league winners wigan warriors are taking on catalans dragons — who are aiming to lift the trophy for the very first time. adam wild is at old trafford for us to look ahead. yes just minutes away from the climax of the rugby league season after 3040 weeks we finally have reached the grand final. it has been 1400 61 days of saint helen's

dominance. the one thing we know for certain is that and said tonight. it is the top two clubs at the end of the regular season. we warriors against the catalans dragons. for weekend, they will have an exceptional season particularly for their coach. a couple of years ago when he was appointed there were a fair few eyebrows raised as his first head coach job fair few eyebrows raised as his first head coachjob but since being appointed to the top job he has won the challenge cup, the league leader shield and now they stand on the brink of the first super league title in five years. on the other side, catalans dragons themselves stayed on the brink of history. they would become the first french side to lift that super league trophy. and their myths, sam thompkins the former england captain playing his last ever game before retirement. it would be a fairy tale finish playing against the club where he won three grand final titles in the past. it kicks off at six o'clock it is all

live on five life. to the other broke up we have been talking about. —— world cup. india produced another emphatic performance to ease past rivals pakistan — and make it three wins from three at the cricket world cup. batting first, pakistan looked to be going well at 155—2, but they then lost eight wickets forjust 36 runs as they were bowled out for 191. and india had no problems chasing that down — reaching their target with seven wickets in hand and more than 19 overs to spare. they may not be able to qualify for next summer's european championship but northern ireland have got their second win of the qualifying campaign. they beat san marino 3—0 at windsor park. paul smyth's spectacular finish got them under way after just five minutes. josh magennis and conor mcmenamin scored the others. much more on the website and on the radio for rugby that's all the sport for now. as we have been seeing over the last few hours. pro—palestinian protests have taken

place across the uk, including in london and manchester. let me show you some live pictures from child parker square coming to us from our helicopter and just in the last little while some scuffles and disturbances and a few firecrackers being set off butjust there in one of the corners of trafalgar square you can see the police right up against a group of the people that have joined the demonstrations today and i have been watching this pictures whilst the sport was on and the certainly was the most, in terms of the disturbances we have seen, just, you can see the police edging backwards... as those peoplejust crowd towards the police. this is

the most obvious sign of any sort of trouble that we have seen through the course of the day. it has been a huge protest. you have had the organisers say 100,000 people gathered and as i say, these are the first signs of relief raged tempers. we saw one placard get hurled across towards the police and just in the corner of the square as we continue to watch the pictures, simonjones, our correspondent has been monitoring the protests over the last course of hours and a few fireworks also being hurled and, if you are not familiar with the geography this is trafalgar square right in the heart of the central london. and just off trafalgar square of course, the road down whitehall and downing street so that is where the march of today ended up

in whitehall. in these to some of the prominence of the larger crowds. let's bring in simon jones. as we continue to watch these pictures i know you are in a slightly different location, but give us a sense of what this protest and this demonstration has been like for the course of today. i am and this demonstration has been like for the course of today.— for the course of today. i am not far from trafalgar _ for the course of today. i am not far from trafalgar square - for the course of today. i am not far from trafalgar square just i far from trafalgar square just outside downing street and this has been up until now the focus of the protests. they actually started outside bbc headquarters where you are. and they marched down to westminster people here are determined to have their voices heard. it has been very loud, there has been a lot of people, thousands of people out on the streets of central london during these pro—palestinian demonstration. people saying that they want to change in government policy. have been speaking to people taking part in the protests and there was one woman who was practically in tears when she told me that on the second

day of the conflict several members of her family were killed day of the conflict several members of herfamily were killed in day of the conflict several members of her family were killed in gaza. she said that the family home was bombed without any sort of warning. people still out here on the streets draped in the palestinian flag holding placards. there has been a big policing operation and you are seeing some evidence of that in trafalgar square. as we speak, the focus of the protests, those who are left, seemed to be heading out towards trafalgar square and we've also seen a number of police officers heading in that direction to so certainly the focus seems to be shifting there. the police had warned people taking part that they would be very quick to act if there was any trouble. and particularly protesters were warned that there were not allowed to show any sort of support for hamas, having the flag of hamas because hamas is a prescribed organisation in the uk and is considered to be a terrorist organisation as it is considered by

many other western governments. up until now the policing has largely been low—key. it has been visible, certainly 1000 police officers out on the streets, lining the route of this march. we have seen a couple of people arrested from outside downing street and that did it because bit of a flare—up intentions was a person was led away one of the protesters following that person being led away with by the police and that cause people to head up to trafalgar square were certainly things to be more tense than they are at this particular spot in downing street. up until now the mat have been quietly satisfied with the way things have been going it certainly has been a big challenge for them not least number of people involved in this —— met. tens of thousands of people have thought to have taken part in demonstrations. also the sensitivity of this type of protest about how exactly the police

should protest, placards, props and people that may find offensive and that has been a challenge for the police but certainly as i'm standing now see more officers heading down towards trafalgar square away from this downing street area and some of them with helmets. it certainly seems the focus shifting down there. yes these some of the nastiest images we have seen through the course of today's protests which has been largely peaceful, but some ugly scenes and some firecrackers are thrown towards the police. we have seen some of those placards also being hurled. more police arriving from where simonjones was towards downing street, more police arriving there at trafalgar square you can see the added lines. but you can see just one corner of trafalgar square some more of those placards get thrown over. so we will keep an eye

on these live pictures and return to it. but that is the scene in central london in trafalgar square. some of the first victims of last saturday's hamas attacks were young people at the supernova festival, more than 260 bodies were recovered from the festival site. sharon was a photographer working at the festival — she told me what she witnesed. i worked very, very hard to get into the supernova festival.

all night i spent taking photos of beautiful people with beautiful music. so many colourful humans, people that i know from high school, from youth groups, people that were in the army with me or my friends, all the faces were familiar because i'm in the community for so long. and as the sun started to rise up i remember that i went back a few steps from the main stage and tried to take a shoot of the sunrise above the main stage. and... and then the music stopped. i looked up at this guy and i see that everything is lit up like fireworks, bombs and rockets above our heads, people were screaming and crying in terror,

not knowing what is going to happen the next. i went to the backstage, took my belongings and go and find my friends to go back home with, i remember that i begged them to stay, that we will hide underneath the car from the bombs, they said, "no, let's go." i got into the car and we started driving. as we were driving, black smoke, black smoke covered all the area. we heard bombs getting closer and closer, we heard gunshots, but we didn't understand what was going on. i know that you told our producer that those initial moments you of course hid, got into the car, started driving, and you said to our producer, you know now that had you stayed one minutes, two minutes more, you also would have been killed here.

the second that we got on the road the shooting started on the left side of the road, we turned right, they turned left. all the people that went left got slaughtered. as we were driving right we drove and saw shelters on the side of the road with so many people inside of them. again, i asked the driver to stop, to get into the shelter, because that is the thing that makes the most sense in that situation. instead of getting into the shelter, my driver decided to keep on going and just drive home. about two minutes after that we heard booms as strong as could hell could imagine behind us, because the terrorists got to the shelters and they bombed them with grenades.

when we got to the highway there was a police car pulled up behind us an put up a barrier, and apparently those were terrorists, too. the things that happened in this music festival are beyond despicable. i have friends that did not come home yet. that account from a young photographer they're just describing what she went through last saturday. just the line coming in and has been developing over the last 60 minutes and with bringing to you in terms of the assessment, is a real some the questions being asked about how that attack happened, israel amending intelligence mistakes in failing to predict the hamas attacks according to its security adviser. about half an hour ago netanyahu's adviser was saying, early on saturday is a real's security services did get information but no one saw it as

anticipating the gaza attacks so more of those questions being answered with an admission that some mistakes clearly had been made. we will get more on that which is of course dominating the whole news agenda in the moment or two. but here on the bbc news just for the next few minutes was turned away from that to an important story. the democratic unionist leader sirjeffrey donaldson has told his party conference that power—sharing at stormont is essential to secure northern ireland's place in the uk. the dup has been vetoing the formation of a devolved government for 18 months, in protest against brexit trading arrangements. sirjeffrey said talks with westminster on restoring devolution had made progress, but there remained more to do.live devolution had made progress, but there remained more to do. live now to our ireland correspondent, chris page who joins us from just outside the conference venue in south belfast.

tell us more about what sirjeffrey johnson has been saying. members of the democratic _ johnson has been saying. members of the democratic unionist _ johnson has been saying. members of the democratic unionist party - johnson has been saying. members of the democratic unionist party have i the democratic unionist party have come together for their annual conference here in south belfast today knowing that very soon they will face a decision which will be the defining one for the party, the career of the party leadership, sir jeffrey donelson and for the future of northern ireland and that is whether to allow the default government in this part of the uk to be restored to recap the dp that have been had for a year and have been vetoing the formation of a power—sharing coalition with stormont nationals and against trading arrangements basically the dup is a post the abridgment brought into to avoid tax on land border with the irish republic which means there have been checks on goods on arriving in northern ireland. between scotland and wales the due piece is that amounts to an economic barrier within the uk something that the images northern ireland's place in the union and therefore something that they can accept. so the dp

leadership, sirjeffrey donaldson has been updating his members on the progress of talks with westminster on has the deadlock may be ended but he is also adopted a more strategic long—term argument if you would like for going back into government, eventually he said that it is better for unionists to be involved in the government of northern ireland and not the end of itself that will help to secure northern ireland place in the ukase let's hear a little of what sirjeffrey donaldson had to say. i what sirjeffrey donaldson had to sa . , , ., say. i still believe in default government. _ say. i still believe in default government. this _ say. i still believe in default government. this party i say. i still believe in default i government. this party believes in having _ government. this party believes in having locally elected representatives take decisions in the best— representatives take decisions in the best interests of our people. all of— the best interests of our people. all of our— the best interests of our people. all of our people. but more than that, _ all of our people. but more than that, if— all of our people. but more than that, if you — all of our people. but more than that, if you want to make the positive — that, if you want to make the positive case for the union, than having _ positive case for the union, than having local institutions that succeed _ having local institutions that succeed in delivering for everyone in northern ireland is an essential element _ in northern ireland is an essential element in — in northern ireland is an essential element in building our case for the union _ element in building our case for the union and — element in building our case for the union. and we must not allow for

republicans to perpetuate the myth that northern ireland is a field and uncovered — that northern ireland is a field and uncovered all political entity and therefore in their view, a divisive border— therefore in their view, a divisive border hold — therefore in their view, a divisive border hold is required. we can and we must _ border hold is required. we can and we must make northern ireland work for all— we must make northern ireland work for all its _ we must make northern ireland work for all its people. to those who argue _ for all its people. to those who argue that _ for all its people. to those who argue that direct rule is a better option. — argue that direct rule is a better option. i— argue that direct rule is a better option, i say this, time and again westminster has opposed the laws upon us _ westminster has opposed the laws upon us that are not within these orbs— upon us that are not within these orbs in_ upon us that are not within these orbs in the — upon us that are not within these orbs in the bushes of the people of northern— orbs in the bushes of the people of northern ireland. you cannot, on the one hand _ northern ireland. you cannot, on the one hand repeatedly condemn successive governments for letting us down _ successive governments for letting us down and then, argue with credibility that we are better off ruled _ credibility that we are better off ruled by— credibility that we are better off ruled by those very same people who do not _ ruled by those very same people who do not really understand what makes this place _ do not really understand what makes this place such an argument for any unionist— this place such an argument for any unionist before it is a nonsense. not one — unionist before it is a nonsense. not one that we put forward. after all, not one that we put forward. after all. the _ not one that we put forward. after all, the strength of the union is in the way— all, the strength of the union is in the way that it accommodates the diversity _

the way that it accommodates the diversity of its constituent parts. the peoples who inhabit these islands— the peoples who inhabit these islands benefit from that. bike is a distinct— islands benefit from that. bike is a distinct place with its own sense of identity _ distinct place with its own sense of identity and values and yet we want to play— identity and values and yet we want to play a _ identity and values and yet we want to play a powerful part in our united — to play a powerful part in our united kingdom. —— northern ireland. having _ united kingdom. —— northern ireland. having no— united kingdom. —— northern ireland. having no say in our future will not be a recipe — having no say in our future will not be a recipe for success. our system of government is far from perfect. when _ of government is far from perfect. when it— of government is far from perfect. when it returns, we must collectively dedicate ourselves to ensuring — collectively dedicate ourselves to ensuring even when it is difficult, the decisions are taken that make a real difference to the lives of the people _ real difference to the lives of the people we represent. i entered public— people we represent. i entered public service to make a difference on those _ public service to make a difference on those everyday issues. health, education. — on those everyday issues. health, education, childcare, housing and yes, pay— education, childcare, housing and yes, payfor— education, childcare, housing and yes, pay for our workers. to name but a _ yes, pay for our workers. to name but a few— yes, pay for our workers. to name but a few of— yes, pay for our workers. to name but a few of our issues that are important _ but a few of our issues that are important to all of us. and get as i look around — important to all of us. and get as i look around it saddens me to see the state of— look around it saddens me to see the state of some of our public services

and the _ state of some of our public services and the burdens placed on many of our people — and the burdens placed on many of our people. the northern ireland is simply— our people. the northern ireland is simply an— our people. the northern ireland is simply an executive will never have all of _ simply an executive will never have all of the _ simply an executive will never have all of the answers nor will it be able _ all of the answers nor will it be able to— all of the answers nor will it be able to fix— all of the answers nor will it be able to fix everything, but we want to tackle _ able to fix everything, but we want to tackle these challenges and with fair and _ to tackle these challenges and with fair and equitable support from the uk government to sustainably invest for our— uk government to sustainably invest for our future. uk government to sustainably invest for ourfuture. it uk government to sustainably invest for our future. it means we must be paired _ for our future. it means we must be paired to— for our future. it means we must be paired to build a better future for northern— paired to build a better future for northern ireland within the union by fixing _ northern ireland within the union by fixing our— northern ireland within the union by fixing our health service and investing that extra £1 billion that it needs — investing that extra £1 billion that it needs. it means growing our economy— it needs. it means growing our economy and creating jobs and prosperity over the next five years. it prosperity over the next five years. it means _ prosperity over the next five years. it means helping our working families— it means helping our working families by delivering notjust talking — families by delivering notjust talking about, 30 hours of free childcare — talking about, 30 hours of free childcare will be. it means focusing on the _ childcare will be. it means focusing on the needs of our kids in the classroom _ on the needs of our kids in the classroom to prepare them for the world _ classroom to prepare them for the world of— classroom to prepare them for the world of work. and conference, it means _ world of work. and conference, it means we — world of work. and conference, it means we must be prepared to take the necessary steps to build a fair, shared _ the necessary steps to build a fair, shared and — the necessary steps to build a fair, shared and united community where

everyone _ shared and united community where everyone can feel valued. sir jeffre in terms of what that needs to happen to get the vault government back what did he say expressly about that and in terms of public mood and frustration, they have not got the vault government give me a flavour of that too. bill vault government give me a flavour of that toe-— of that too. all other parties, most certainly the _ of that too. all other parties, most certainly the other _ of that too. all other parties, most certainly the other parties - of that too. all other parties, most certainly the other parties in i certainly the other parties in northern ireland are really pressing the dup two return to the default government and lift their veto and also pressure from the british and irish governments to restore devolution here. sirjeffrey donaldson it is working making the point that they would not be afraid to say no to any deal offered by the licensor government if they felt that deal was not right but nonetheless, i think his remarks in his leader speech stay will be seen as some step along the way to preparing the ground for a new

arrangement to bring back power—sharing with the irish republican party, sinn fein at stormont in due course. sirjeffrey donaldson, as you say, mentioned aspects of public services here and talked about the health service which is highly regarded as being something in a crisis and also he talked with other economic challenges for northern ireland so all that pointing towards many would say his desire to restore devolved government but if he is to do that, any deal he is eventually offered will have to be sold to party members who may be a more sceptical. thank you for the latest there in belfast. nearly and to the programme here but important lines coming from israel the israel the military saying that forces deployed across the country increasing operational readiness for the next stages of the war within the cysts on significant ground operations. that isjust some of the hardware in place. we know

the prime minister has been meeting troops on the edge of the gaza strip earlier saying, we will be ready for the next age the israeli military saying it combines a coordinated strikes from the air, the sea and the land. ben thompson is here to take up the next few hours. thank you for watching. we will see you next time. hello there. the weather for quite a few of us has been feeling a lot colder today. the colder air has been travelling southwards across the country over recent days, but it's across southern england and wales that the cold air really arrived. and so for hereford, we went from 22 degrees yesterday to 13 or so this afternoon — a drop of nine degrees celsius. now, for many areas, we did have some pleasant spells of sunshine. a few showers around — those showers falling as snow over the tops of the scottish mountains. those wintry showers continuing to be driven in on those gusty

north—westerly winds with the showers always most frequent across the north and western coasts and hills. now for northern scotland, the skies look quite different as those showers worked in some rough seas here in banff, thanks to those gusty onshore winds. and overnight, it will stay pretty windy for northern scotland, particularly in shetland, where gusts will continue to run into the 50s and 60s of miles an hourfor a time, driving in further showers. elsewhere have showers still around some of our coastal areas. but inland, it's a dry night with clear spells and temperatures getting down low enough to give a nip of frost in the countryside, something gardeners might want to take note of. our lowest temperatures under these these sunny skies as we start the day down at minus two degrees. now, there will be lots of sunshine around for sunday, but showers probably merging together to give some longer spells of rain for northern scotland, showers for west scotland, one or two for northern ireland and a few for the northern isles, where it will still be quite windy, but not as windy as it was on saturday. temperatures across the board below

average for the time of year. now from monday, i think there's probably going to be a few mist and fog patches to start the day. and although the weather is predominantly dry underneath an area of high pressure, around the periphery of that high, you might see a few showers coming up the thames estuary, one or two for the far north of scotland. i think the emphasis is on a dry and sunny day for many of you. it will stay cool though for october, temperatures 11 to 13 degrees. we start to see some further changes in the weather pattern towards the middle part of the week. after a fine day on tuesday, we'll start to see some rain moving up with this area of low pressure coming in off the bay of biscay. now, the rain's likely to be quite heavy on wednesday as it spreads across england and wales. it crosses northern england thursday and pushes on into parts of scotland and northern ireland probably stays quite unsettled beyond that, with temperatures returning closer to average for the time of year.

live from london. this is bbc news the bbc confirms young children were among those killed

yesterday in an air strike on vehicles leaving northern gaza — along an israeli—designated route south. the united nations warns that clean drinking water is running out in the gaza strip — as hundreds of thousands of people flee their homes. meanwhile, people trying to leave gaza, wait at the crossing with egypt. they include foreign nationals. really in fear and every time ijust have to have the thought of me dying in a bomb in gaza. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu visits israeli troops near the gaza strip , telling them, �*the next stage is coming'. hamas and israel continue to target each other with rocket fire. the israelis say they're focused on finding the hamas leaders behind last weekend's attacks. he is the mastermind of the massacre, he is the prime minister

of gaza, he has utilised all of the tools of his government