welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and sarah campbell. our headlines today: an attack by air, sea and land — the israeli prime minister says the next stage in the war against hamas is coming. the world health organization warns evacuation orders by israel to hospitals in northern gaza could be "tantamount to a death sentence" for patients. and at the border between gaza and egypt there is chaos with people desperate to get out. iam, like, i am, like, really inferior, iam, like, really inferior, and every time, ijust have to have the thought of me dying in a bomb in gaza. the scottish national party attempts to map out a route to independence at their annual conference, after a bruising few months for the party. in sport, double disappointment at the rugby world cup —

wales lose to argentina. and it's the end for jonny sexton and ireland, too, as they're narrowly beaten by new zealand in paris. a rather chilly start to the day. touchy frost this morning as well. for many of us it will be dry. some sunshine as well. i will have the details shortly. it's sunday, the 15th of october. our main story: the israeli military says it's planning an attack on gaza by air, sea and land, as the country's prime minister warns the next stage of the war with hamas is coming. more thani million palestinians living in north gaza have been told by israel to evacuate south ahead of the expected ground offensive. the world health organization has condemned the evacuation order, and warned forcing hospital patients to relocate would be tantamout to "a death sentence." just over a week ago hamas, designated as a terrorist organisation by many western governments including the uk, killed 1,300 people in israel

and took more than 120 hostage. the palestinian health authority says more than 2,000 people have died in gaza in retaliatory strikes. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has the latest details. running from rocket fire. this was tel aviv overnight, with israel striking back at gaza, and the us continuing its shuttle diplomacy. it blames hamas militants for this war and its fallout. the blames hamas militants for this war and its fallout.— and its fallout. the humanitarian crisis in gaza, _ and its fallout. the humanitarian crisis in gaza, innocent - and its fallout. the humanitarian i crisis in gaza, innocent palestinian families, the vast majority who had nothing to do with hamas. applause. the are nothing to do with hamas. applause. they are being — nothing to do with hamas. applause. they are being used _ nothing to do with hamas. applause. they are being used as _ nothing to do with hamas. applause. they are being used as human - they are being used as human shields! in they are being used as human shields! . , ., shields! in gaza, hundreds of thousands — shields! in gaza, hundreds of thousands of _ shields! in gaza, hundreds of thousands of palestinians - shields! in gaza, hundreds of. thousands of palestinians have shields! in gaza, hundreds of - thousands of palestinians have been fleeing the most intense bombing they have ever seen, after israel ordered a million people to head

south, with desperate scenes. many are now seeking shelter in overcrowded schools, with no aid coming in. at the border with egypt, palestinians with foreign citizenship are hoping the crossing will open so they can leave. among them, clutching her british passport, is madiam. i them, clutching her british passport, is madiam.- them, clutching her british passport, is madiam. i am really inferior, and _ passport, is madiam. i am really inferior, and every _ passport, is madiam. i am really inferior, and every time - passport, is madiam. i am really inferior, and every time i - passport, is madiam. i am really inferior, and every time i just. passport, is madiam. i am really. inferior, and every time ijust have to have the thought of me dying in a bomb in gaza. like, it is not a good thing. like, 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. sobs. israel's military says it is getting ready for a comprehensive offensive against hamas by land, sea and air. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, visited ground troops waiting just outside gaza. "the next

stage is coming", he told them. "are you ready?" it isjust stage is coming", he told them. "are you ready?" it is just after a week since hamas fighters crossed out of gaza and attacked israelis communities like be'eri. government caught on camera bringing everything they needed to kill and kidnap. for israelis, the pain of the deadliest day in a country's 75 year history is raw, and fears of running for those held hostage.— those held hostage. there is children without _ those held hostage. there is children without mothers, i those held hostage. there is - children without mothers, mothers without children, husbands without wives. i can't, without children, husbands without wives. ican�*t, i without children, husbands without wives. i can't, i can't think about it. we have to do everything to bring them back. we owe it to them. the scale of this new conflict between israel and hamas is unprecedented, and every day, its human cost is growing. yolanda nell, bbc news, jerusalem. —— knell. our correspondent nick beake is in the israeli city of ashkelon,

just a few miles north of gaza. next, can you give us the sense of what you are seeing and hearing where you are? —— nick. what you are seeing and hearing where you are? -- nick.- where you are? -- nick. good morning- _ where you are? -- nick. good morning- yes. _ where you are? -- nick. good morning. yes, israel- where you are? -- nick. good morning. yes, israel says - where you are? -- nick. good morning. yes, israel says the | where you are? -- nick. good - morning. yes, israel says the next stage is coming, and talks about in operation by air, land and sea. but already the current operation, as we have been seeing, has had a huge impact. in the past 2a hours, according to officials in gaza, they say another 300 people have been killed as the israeli jets strikes continue. one united nations agency talked about an exodus of people, a mass movement of people, and says that gaza is now staring into the abyss. the world health organization says it is particularly concerned about 2000 patients in hospital, and says basically, if they are made to move, that amounts to a death sentence. they spoke specifically about their concern for patients in intensive care, and newborn mothers,

those who are about to have their children. that is their specific worry this morning. benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, has been addressing the nation once again. he had another conversation with president biden, the fifth in the last week or so. this is what we are seeing. the anticipation is that israel is moving towards this much larger ground invasion. we have seen these small incursions, israel has talked about small teams going into gaza to try to take out how much positions and weapons, and also gather information about the hostages that were taken just over a week ago. —— hamas positions and weapons. that is the direction we are travelling on, israel really ramping up the language around their offensive, saying that it will be, as i said, something from air, land and sea, but it will be a very big operation when it comes. in but it will be a very big operation when it comes.— but it will be a very big operation when it comes. in the meantime, nick, as when it comes. in the meantime, nick. as you _ when it comes. in the meantime, nick, as you alluded _ when it comes. in the meantime, nick, as you alluded to _ when it comes. in the meantime, nick, as you alluded to there, - when it comes. in the meantime, i nick, as you alluded to there, there is this huge movement of hundreds of thousands of people from northern gaza to the south?—

gaza to the south? yes, that's riaht, gaza to the south? yes, that's right. and _ gaza to the south? yes, that's right, and yesterday _ gaza to the south? yes, that's right, and yesterday we - gaza to the south? yes, that's right, and yesterday we saw i gaza to the south? yes, that's l right, and yesterday we saw this window that was opened, in which israel said that people could safely move from the north of gaza to the south. an overnight, once again, there has been this mass airdrop of letters, so basically dropped from the sky for people to read, if they are still in their homes, if they haven't already been evacuated, because remember we were told that about a million people had been displaced already, certainly according to the united nations. people, if they have been looking at those leaflets, they say that they should be moving out. the only problem with this, and we have been able to look at this, the bbc, over the past day or so, we know that people were killed on friday as they tried to move along what was supposed to be a supposedly safe route. so that is a huge concern, obviously, for the people in gaza, who have been trying to do what the israelis instructed them to, to move from the north to the south. hick. from the north to the south. nick, thank yon — our correspondent rushdi abualouf is one of the very fewjournalists reporting from inside gaza.

yesterday, he sent us this update from the south of the territory. i am back here in the city of khan younis after taking the journey with hundreds of thousands of palestinians who are displaced from the northen and gaza city, and coming all the way from salah—al—din road into khan younis. it has been one week since israel launched the retaliation against hamas of following the deadly attack across the border. the situation there, humanitarian situation here, is really at the edge of catastrophic. the city which already has 400,000 people has to accommodate now more than1 million people, feed them, treat them and accommodate them. that was our correspondent rushdi abualouf reporting from inside gaza. elsewhere, global diplomatic efforts continue with regards to the israel

— gaza situation. with more that, here is roger. rishi sunak will hold talks with the king ofjordan today, who's visiting several european countries to discuss the situation in gaza. in a statement, the prime minister said the uk would do everything it could to support israel. meanwhile, the labour leader sir keir starmer said israel "had the right to defend" itself and called for aid and humanitarian corridors for gaza. nine police officers were treated for minor injuries following a pro—palestinian demonstration in london yesterday. scotland yard said the march passed without incident, but there were "small pockets of disorder" in trafalgar square during the evening. 15 people were arrested during the demonstrations. the scottish national party's annual conference starts today in aberdeen and will include a key debate on scottish independence. our political correspondent nick eardley is in aberdeen for us this morning. nick, it's been a difficult few months for the party?

bright and early comedy conference stage all the time but this time of morning. it has been a tricky time of late, has it not, for the snp? hasn't itjust? i can't think of a time when it has been any trickier for the snp than it has been over the past six months or so. there is going to be the debate on independence later, which is all about how the snp tries to force another referendum. it has been talking about it for years, it has failed to get it, and the plan that is likely to be voted through here later is saying if the snp when the most seats in scotland and the next general election, they will start independence talks with the uk government. to be honest, roger, we know the uk government, certainly under the conservatives and almost certainly under labour, isn't going to budge on another referendum. so it is not totally clear how that strategy would actually work. and it feels a bit strange, actually, being

here and talking about independence, because the snp has had such a tough time of it over the past few months, as that police investigation into party finances, a few days ago we had one of their mps, woman named lisa cameron, to the conservatives. there was the by—election in rutherglen, just outside glasgow, where the snp were thumped by labour. if you look at the polls in scotland it feels like this could be a crossroads moment for scottish politics, because labour are quickly catching up with the snp in the poles. there have been a couple of polls suggesting they are neck and neck. so i think as well as talking about independence, there will be a lot of people in the snp wondering how their new leader humza yousaf is going to get the show back on the road. at the moment it looks pretty tough. road. at the moment it looks pretty tou~h. w' road. at the moment it looks pretty tou~h. ., , road. at the moment it looks pretty tou~h. . , ., ~ road. at the moment it looks pretty tou~h. . , ., tough. nick eardley, thank you, re ”ortin tough. nick eardley, thank you, reporting for — tough. nick eardley, thank you, reporting for us _ tough. nick eardley, thank you, reporting for us live _ tough. nick eardley, thank you, reporting for us live from - tough. nick eardley, thank you, reporting for us live from the i reporting for us live from the scottish nationalist party in aberdeen this morning. people in poland are voting today

in a general election that could affect the country's future relations with the european union. the governing right—wing law and justice party is trying to secure an unprecedented third term in office. their main opposition, civic coalition, is accusing the party of being a threat to polish democracy. madonna, the queen of pop, returned to the stage last night for the opening of her greatest hits tour — three months after being admitted to intensive care with a serious bacterial infection. over a two hour set at london's o2 arena, the singer played more than a0 hits, celebrating her four—decade long career, and wasjoined on stage by two of her four children during the night.

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deeply aware of that, without frost, patchy fog as well, as we go through today for many of us it will be another dry day, clear skies and sunshine for much of the day. lighter winds compared to yesterday and if showers around as well. most of us it should stay dry. one or two showers around parts of north wales, most frequent into the far north and west of scotland. a bit wintry over the higher ground. for most it will be drive without sunshine. a bit more cloud in southwest england and south wales, but would like to yesterday, if you are out and about, yes, will feel chilly, but the sunshine will help things a little bit. maximum temperatures today, we will be going up to 11— 13 celsius. these are the wrong temperatures, these are the overnight temperatures, but again, pretty chilly compared to the last few days. still one or two showers around tonight, mainly affecting eastern areas of england, some fog

developing tonight, especially across northern england into the southwest. clear skies for many of us. these are the minimum temperatures. again, we could see a bit of frost into tomorrow morning, but the most of us on monday, looking dry with high pressure in place with some sunshine. sunrise at 7:24am this — place with some sunshine. sunrise at 7:24am this morning. _ place with some sunshine. sunrise at 7:24am this morning. was _ place with some sunshine. sunrise at 7:24am this morning. was it? - place with some sunshine. sunrise at 7:24am this morning. was it? yes, l 7:24am this morning. was it? yes, first ray of — 7:24am this morning. was it? yes, first ray of light. _ 7:24am this morning. was it? yes, first ray of light. very _ 7:24am this morning. was it? yes, first ray of light. very good. - 7:24am this morning. was it? yes, first ray of light. very good. elton i first ray of light. very good. elton john, i'm first ray of light. very good. elton john. i'm not _ first ray of light. very good. elton john, i'm not going _ first ray of light. very good. elton john, i'm not going to _ first ray of light. very good. elton john, i'm not going to do - first ray of light. very good. elton john, i'm not going to do that, i john, i'm not going to do that, don't worry. john, i'm not going to do that, don't worry-— john, i'm not going to do that, don't worry._ no! | john, i'm not going to do that, don't worry._ no! don't worry. are you not? no! i think a challenge _ don't worry. are you not? no! i think a challenge has _ don't worry. are you not? no! i think a challenge has been - don't worry. are you not? no! i think a challenge has been set. j don't worry. are you not? no! i - think a challenge has been set. good stuff _ let's take a look at today's papers. the conflict between israel and gaza continues to dominate. the sunday mirror features a full—page image of a man carrying an injured child following a bombing raid on a city in southern gaza. its headline reads "escape to hell". the sunday times leads on reports that israel is preparing to attack hamas "by land, sea and air", as hundreds of thousands

of palestinians try to flee south, away from the fighting. that ground incursion is yet to begin. the observer says israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahun has warned gazans that "the next stage" of the conflict is coming. while the express is reporting that prime minister rishi sunak has pledged britain's unwavering support for israel in its fight against the "horror and barbarism" of hamas. it is it i516 it is 16 minutes past six. thousands of people who are unable to work because of mental health issues, could be encouraged back into employment — under a new government scheme. it's hoped it will reduce the number of people claiming benefit payments — but charities warn some people could be forced into work, when they're not well enough. our social affairs correspondent,

michael buchanan reports. salvation comes in many forms and in this case in a pickle jar. these home—made foods help paul miller recover from home—made foods help paul miller recoverfrom a home—made foods help paul miller recover from a psychiatric breakdown. a former chef, in march he set up his own business selling them in markets. i he set up his own business selling them in markets.— he set up his own business selling them in markets. i was at a point in m life them in markets. i was at a point in my life where _ them in markets. i was at a point in my life where i _ them in markets. i was at a point in my life where i would _ them in markets. i was at a point in my life where i would go _ them in markets. i was at a point in my life where i would go to - them in markets. i was at a point in my life where i would go to an - my life where i would go to an interview, get thejob but my life where i would go to an interview, get the job but then my life where i would go to an interview, get thejob but then not be able to go in and do the job because i was that afraid of working for someone again. what because i was that afraid of working for someone again.— because i was that afraid of working for someone again. what does it mean to ou now for someone again. what does it mean to you now to — for someone again. what does it mean to you now to have _ for someone again. what does it mean to you now to have your _ for someone again. what does it mean to you now to have your own _ to you now to have your own business? it to you now to have your own business?— to you now to have your own business? . , ., , business? it means the world. it is ve , business? it means the world. it is very. very — business? it means the world. it is very. very satisfying _ business? it means the world. it is very, very satisfying and _ business? it means the world. it is very, very satisfying and to - business? it means the world. it is very, very satisfying and to come l very, very satisfying and to come from euro was to where i am now. paul was helped by a charity that helps people with complex needs find a job. helps people with complex needs find ajob. it helps people with complex needs find a job. it provides clients with a range of services from budgeting support and cv riding to advice on how to dress for an interview. we can provide support for a particular

qualification, for interview clothing or whether it be for equipment needed to set them up, self—employed or to get them to and from work. find self-employed or to get them to and from work. �* , ., ., from work. and you have the right co - in: from work. and you have the right coping skills? _ from work. and you have the right coping skills? deal— from work. and you have the right coping skills? deal with _ from work. and you have the right coping skills? deal with going - from work. and you have the right coping skills? deal with going to l coping skills? deal with going to work? ., .., work? the government thinks it can build on the — work? the government thinks it can build on the approach _ work? the government thinks it can build on the approach of _ work? the government thinks it can build on the approach of the - work? the government thinks it can build on the approach of the shawl build on the approach of the shaw trust and moved 25,000 people have benefits and into work over the next year. it has a focus on those with mental health conditions, some of whom the secretary of state and work and pensions think too readily labelled being unable to work stop i think it has had a powerful effect on mental health and social media as well. , ., ., , well. the rise in mental health is amonu well. the rise in mental health is among younger— well. the rise in mental health is among younger people _ well. the rise in mental health is among younger people and - well. the rise in mental health isj among younger people and there well. the rise in mental health is- among younger people and there are pressures that social media report that have driven those numbers. but one decade ago many people would only speak to me anonymously because of the stigma that they felt around mental health. here we have a senior

member of a government now suggesting that people are perhaps being too readily labelled as having a mental health condition. what do you think the impact of those remarks might be? this i you think the impact of those remarks might be?— you think the impact of those remarks might be? as i say the important _ remarks might be? as i say the important thing _ remarks might be? as i say the important thing is _ remarks might be? as i say the important thing is that - remarks might be? as i say the important thing is that we - remarks might be? as i say the - important thing is that we recognise it is a serious issue but we have to approach it in a measured and proportioned way and that is exactly what i am determined to continue to do and you are seeing some of the benefits of that here today. charities say the universal supports there must be voluntary and flexible if it is to encourage people into a job. if it does work, the government hopes the scheme will also cut the welfare bill. time for sport now and the rugby world cup continues. fair to say that there were high hopes for the home nations but, jane, not a great night. home nations but, jane, not a great niuht. ., ., home nations but, jane, not a great ni. ht, ., ., , �* night. england are still in... but ireland night. england are still in... but ireland and _ night. england are still in... but ireland and wales _ night. england are still in... but ireland and wales went - night. england are still in... but ireland and wales went out. -

night. england are still in... but| ireland and wales went out. and night. england are still in... but - ireland and wales went out. and the world number one, ireland, they were expected to get a little further than the quarter—finals. this is their eighth quarter—finals that they have lost in the world cup. and wales had a controversial decision. the end of an amazing career for johnny— the end of an amazing career for johnny sexton as well. we the end of an amazing career for johnny sexton as well.— the end of an amazing career for johnny sexton as well. we saw in with his son _ johnny sexton as well. we saw in with his son afterwards _ johnny sexton as well. we saw in with his son afterwards and - johnny sexton as well. we saw in with his son afterwards and he i johnny sexton as well. we saw in i with his son afterwards and he kept shaking his head. the disappointment but it was a highly anticipated day of world cup rugby. in the end, it was disappointment as both wales and ireland were both knocked out of the tournament. wales fell short against a determined argentina side, while ireland fought valiantly against new zealand, butjust couldn't get past the three—time champions. andy swiss reports. after such hope, such heartache stop for ireland and for wales the world cup dream is over. ireland were the world number ones, remember, seemingly unstoppable until they met new zealand. the all blacks surged into a 13—0 nil but that was the start of a compelling contest

inspired by the brilliant, ireland came roaring back to within a point at the break. after that new zealand turned on the style and a magical move with a surging out of sight? not so. they were soon on the back foot and the result was a penalty try for ireland, once again within touching distance. but new zealand clung on and ireland were out. extraordinarily, their eighth world up extraordinarily, their eighth world up quarter—final defeat and with such a talented team including the retiring johnny sexton, surely their most painful. the retiring johnny sexton, surely their most painful-— most painful. the greatest ever irish most painful. the greatest ever irish player- _ most painful. the greatest ever irish player. people _ most painful. the greatest ever irish player. people may - most painful. the greatest ever irish player. people may not. most painful. the greatest ever. irish player. people may not agree with that _ irish player. people may not agree with that if— irish player. people may not agree with that if you know the man and you know — with that if you know the man and you know the calibre of person that he is _ you know the calibre of person that he is in _ you know the calibre of person that he is in the — you know the calibre of person that he is in the standard he has driven over_ he is in the standard he has driven over the _ he is in the standard he has driven over the last however many years, i don't _ over the last however many years, i don't think— over the last however many years, i don't think you could disagree. it 'ust don't think you could disagree. it just 50 _ don't think you could disagree. it

just $0 gutting to have done more for him _ just so gutting to have done more for him. ~ ., , ., just so gutting to have done more for him. ~ . , ., , just so gutting to have done more for him. . . , . , ., ., , for him. wales are up against argentina _ for him. wales are up against argentina in _ for him. wales are up against argentina in marseille - for him. wales are up against argentina in marseille and . for him. wales are up against i argentina in marseille and after for him. wales are up against - argentina in marseille and after a difficult buildup welsh fans are now full of confidence. then again, so are their opponents. wales had seemed in control when thomas williams went over after the break they were 17—12 up. but then, controversy. an argentinian player collided with nick thompkins's head but he was not penalised and tries from joel and nicholas sanchez sealed argentina's victory and the exit of wales. the end of their hopes and for the fly half the end of his international career on a day of his international career on a day of defeat and this appointment. andy swiss, bbc news, marseille. it is always hard to see children crying. in domestic rugby, it was a horrible start to the new premiership season for defending champions saracens. they were thrashed 65—10 by exeter. the home side ran in 11 tries — including a hat—trick for full—back

josh hodge. exeter led 41—0 at half time before saracens improved after the break, but it was far too little, too late. wins too for bath and gloucester. in rugby league, wigan warriors were crowned super league champions with a narrow victory in the grand final at old trafford. they beat catalans dragons, who had been aiming to become the first french side to win the competition. adam wild was watching. from the south of france they came with hopes of history to be made. at old trafford it felt like the stuff of legends. warriors taking on dragons. perhaps a fairytale and thatis dragons. perhaps a fairytale and that is what the catalan players were searching for. the final match of sam thompson's glittering career. but against his former club on the biggest occasion for the game, there

is no room for sentiment. welcome to the grand final. the first half of intensity and lydia times, not matched by points. a penalty and all both sides offered as reward. the only space after the break was found by wiggin. here a chance appeared to have been missed but interference was spotted by the referee and cost a playerfor catalan was spotted by the referee and cost a player for catalan centre the sin bin. moments later, the game's decisive moment on the same side. leah marshall crossing for the only try of the game. catalan's quest for history ended in bitter disappointment. but for the warriors, a stunning finish to a superb season. the dragons will be back but for now it is the warriors who emerge as heroes. a contest for the ages for the night but the season belongs to wiggin. once again they are super league champions. bbc sport has been told that qatari banker sheikh jassim

is withdrawing his bid to buy manchester united. owners, the glazer family have invited bids for more than a year now, but no—one has met their valuation, which is believed to be in excess of $6 billion. british businessmanjim ratcliffe is now the only bidder. they may not be able to qualify for next summer's european championship, but northern ireland have got back to winning ways after five successive defeats. they beat san marino 3—0 at windsor park. paul smyth's spectacular finish got them under way after just five minutes. josh magennis made it 2—0, before conor mcmenamin rounded off the win with northern ireland's third. it's a busy day of action in the women's super league with five matches taking place — including the mereyside derby. chelsea currently sit top of the table after they beat west ham 2—0 — sam kerr with chelsea's opener, her first goal of the season. the victory extends chelsea's

amazing home run to 17 wins in a row in the league. england's cricketers are back in world cup action in a few hours time — they take on afghanistan, looking to make it two wins out of three. after their opening match defeat to new zealand, england comprehensively beat bangladesh — and joe root says he hopes it's the start of a winning run at the tournament. it is not about how you is about how you finish and we have to keep taking small steps of getting better game on game, can we keep improving and not being or wearing ourselves out towards the end but peaking when it really matters and getting ourselves to that position where we can be at the peak in the latter stages of the tournament. more than 130,000 fans turned out to see one of the biggest rivalries in world sport, india against pakistan, at the tournament yesterday — most of them supporting the hosts in ahmedabad. on the pitch it was

a one—sided affair too. pakistan started well, but a big batting collapse meant they only made 191 from their 50 overs. india chased that total down with plenty to spare, their captain rohit sharma hitting a brilliant 86 to help make it three wins out of three for india. that means that india are top of the table, england are fifth.— table, england are fifth. 130,000 --eole! it table, england are fifth. 130,000 people! it is _ table, england are fifth. 130,000 people! it is like _ table, england are fifth. 130,000 people! it is like a _ table, england are fifth. 130,000 people! it is like a religion - table, england are fifth. 130,000 people! it is like a religion overi people! it is like a religion over there, people! it is like a religion over there. isn't _ people! it is like a religion over there, isn't it? _ people! it is like a religion over there, isn't it? sticking - people! it is like a religion over there, isn't it? sticking with . people! it is like a religion over there, isn't it? sticking with a i there, isn't it? sticking with a sort of sport now three years ago, stuntman tim howell became the first person to launch himself off the top of a british mountain wearing a wingsuit. now he's hoping to make it into the record books again, by taking on the challenge from an even greater height. andy howard has the story.

three, too, one. see you. tim howell can fly. he has done it more than 1000 times, jumping off mountains and gliding through the most stunning scenery on earth. it is absolutely phenomenal. the views, i would never see, these experiences that i never have, places i would never be if it were not for wing suiting. the few minutes of flying you are in line with trees whizzing past, perhaps over iglesia, it is a unique experience and people often remark on my face, it does not look as though you are enjoying it. i am but in that1.5 as though you are enjoying it. i am but in that 1.5 minutes i am concentrating.— but in that 1.5 minutes i am concentrating. but in that 1.5 minutes i am concentratinu. �* , , , concentrating. because wings suit fl in: concentrating. because wings suit flying comes _ concentrating. because wings suit flying comes with _ concentrating. because wings suit flying comes with obvious - concentrating. because wings suitl flying comes with obvious dangers. many have died trying to jump from higher. or go further. tim has given

himself the challenge of setting a new record one day. that will be jumping from more than 6000 metres. but finding a place where a it is possible and b the conditions are right is quite a task. i would probably walk away more than i jump. something isn't right, something does not line up and for me if you walk home at the end of the day then it is a successful day. it comes down to decision—making. being confident but not overconfident and knowing your own ability. every little jump that i have done knowing your own ability. every littlejump that i have done bigger and bigger and more remote, littlejump that i have done bigger and biggerand more remote, higher out ofjude —— altitude it is a stepping stone. i don't know if it is about being good atjumping off cliffs or, rather, good at making decisions. and the next ones will be very important. when and where it is possible to break the record. the focus notjust on the flying but the

landing as well. andy howard, bbc news. those pictures are something else. it is extraordinary! d0 those pictures are something else. it is extraordinary!— it is extraordinary! do you have a wins it is extraordinary! do you have a wings suit _ it is extraordinary! do you have a wings suit behind _ it is extraordinary! do you have a wings suit behind the _ it is extraordinary! do you have a wings suit behind the sofa? - it is extraordinary! do you have a wings suit behind the sofa? i - it is extraordinary! do you have a| wings suit behind the sofa? i may have to watch that again i almost cannot believe it. we have more coming up on the programme including a subject we know is close to your heart, vaping. an extraordinary story of a school where they put out alerts in the toilet because they knew children were going there and vaping during break and they had over a hundred alerts on the first day that they put the alarm system up. parents have told us it is a huge problem. many schools have sensors now in toilets. because it is such a big issue. the schools of my children, they have sensors as well. ~ ., ,., my children, they have sensors as well. ~ ., . ., my children, they have sensors as well. ., . ., ., my children, they have sensors as well. ~ ., . ., ., well. we have so much more to come later on in the — well. we have so much more to come

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hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and sarah campbell. we will have the headlines for you at seven o'clock. now on breakfast, our world affairs editorjohn simpson takes a deeper look at the ongoing conflict in israel and gaza in this week's unspun world. some of you may find the content

in this report upsetting. hello, and welcome to unspun world. i'm john simpson. not much doubt about our main story this week, naturally, and in a moment, i'll be analysing the latest situation in israel and gaza. but also on this programme, immigration, probably the dominant topic in europe at present. is there any foolproof way of stopping the illegal movement of people? shouldn't we start thinking further upstream? are we dealing with development issues so that people are less desirous of leaving their home countries in the first place?

the us government has serious political problems in paying its way, but do ordinary americans care if their politicians jam up the works deliberately? a lot of republican voters, a lot of republican rank and file members, think the country is heading in a terribly wrong direction. a government has gotten too big that if something isn't done very, very soon, that it'll be too late to save the country. and in india, the bbc has discovered a vast and cruel scam which has led to poverty, fear, and suicide. when we spoke to victims here, the first thing that they said that the mental torture that they went through was beyond anything. they said the money actually became secondary for them. shouting.

nobody saw this coming. only a fortnight ago, the us national security adviser said the middle east was quieter than it had been for years. israelis were celebrating a religious holiday. soldiers were on leave. politicians were taking time off at home. it was uncannily similar to what happened 50 years ago in 1973, when egypt and syria launched their totally unexpected attack on israel in the yom kippur war. israel survived, but no—one's ever forgotten the moment of utter israeli vulnerability, nor the successes of the arab armies, just as no one will forget israel's total intelligence blank this time. israel says hamas deliberately targeted israeli civilians. an american official called it the worst attack on jews since the holocaust. we've seen clear visual evidence of appalling atrocities carried out by hamas injewish settlements.

how does israel respond? the options include the widescale bombing of gaza, which we've already seen, right up to and including an all—out invasion of the territory. netanyahu has warned civilians to leave gaza, something that's actually really hard for them to do. israel is at war. we didn't want this war. it was forced upon us in the most brutal and savage way. _ the big backer of hamas, both in money terms and in weaponry, is iran. its supreme leader met the head of hamas back injune, when the planning of this attack must have been in full swing. we don't know if iran knew about it or approved it, but one of iran's big worries is that its old rival, saudi arabia, has been cosying up to israel. the saudis will find it a lot harder

to do that now with fighting going on in gaza. coincidence, or deliberate planning by iran? many people think israel let its guard down. it didn't believe hamas was planning a war, and it didn't see the signs that one was coming. it happened on benjamin netanyahu's watch, and he seems likely, at some point, to pay the price for it. a few months after the yom kippur warfinished, israel's long—serving prime minister, golda meir, had to resign. over the decades that followed, the dominant labour party, which she had led, dwindled in political power, and right—wing governments began to dominate israel. so will this new attack make israel

even fiercer and more defiant, or will it decide it's got to look for more peaceful solutions? it could take weeks or months before the fighting's over, but these questions will start to become more and more pressing. immigration changes countries. some people in britain would say that immigration has opened it up to the world and improved its service culture immeasurably. others would say that the country has lost its sense of identity. sweden's going through a major crime wave, which many blame directly on the huge degree of immigration the country has gone through. japan has, by comparison with western countries, resisted the push of immigration, and its population is aging fast and its economy is flatlining as a result. so finding the correct balance is very hard indeed.

last week's meeting in spain of the new all—nation european political community, a french idea which britain has enthusiastically supported, talked a lot about other things, especially ukraine, but anxiety about immigration, and particularly illegal immigration, dominated the members' concerns. james landale, the bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent, reported on the epc�*s meeting. it's a problem notjust for now, but it's a problem for the long—term. if you look at all the demographic charts that international organisations from the un upwards and downwards show, particularly in africa, you see the curves are like that, in terms of population rises going up over the next 20, 30 years. so governments are trying to deal with it. and what's fascinating at the moment is that there's a real sort of attempt to try and change the culture of the debate, because thus far, certainly within the european union itself, most of the debate ultimately tends

to become over what's called burden sharing. in other words, who should pay for what? who should be processing which migrants when? essentially, it's an argument that where you have the southern mediterranean countries, spain, italy, and greece, who tend to be the first ports of call. because they're facing africa and asia, yes. because of their geography. and the question is, how much support should those countries get from the rest of the european union? what i think we saw and are seeing at the moment is a debate, an attempt by some key leaders, i'm talking about the prime minister of italy, president macron, the british prime minister, rishi sunak, saying, "look, shouldn't we start thinking further upstream?" in other words, are borders tough enough? are we tackling the people

smugglers enough? all of those kinds of issues. are we dealing with development issues so that people are less desirous of leaving their home countries in the first place? if you look at, for example, last week there was an eight point plan agreed by the uk, italy, france, albania, and a few other countries which said, "yes, we need to toughen up on our borders." but also it did say we need to think about longer term development, sustainable development. we also need to think about creating more legal routes for migrants to come so that you're not having to deal with sort of the illegal side of migration, you know, trafficking, dangerous boats and, you know, the sheer humanitarian consequences of all that. i mean, the british home secretary, suella braverman, would say we've got to really chop down the illegal immigration business. is that a possibility? the policy of trying to stop them in the channel

clearly isn't working. you know, some numbers are down compared to last year, but they're still coming. i think what... if you talk to officials at the home office, what they're trying to do is saying, "look, what can we do to stop all of these boats getting to france in the first place?" in other words, do you do a deal with bulgaria to so that you can share intelligence, cooperate on an operational level, so that all of these boats, most of which are made in china and come through turkey, do you stop them there? how do you deter that? how do you interdict them? do you take over these warehouses where they're all being...? in other words, you look at that rather than just saying, "should we send out a few naval bolt cutters from the the border agency?" of course, britain pulled out of the eu. how difficult is it for the british to have a decent kind of relationship with other eu members? what really struck me at this meeting that i was at, and this was a meeting of the 27 eu member states and heads

of government, but also another 20 odd non—eu european heads of state. in other words, you know, efta the former soviet countries, people like that, and now including the uk. and what was fascinating is to see sitting around a table in a room, you've got the prime minister of the uk, rishi sunak, plus the prime minister of italy, george meloni, co—chairing a meeting, around which that table was ursula von der leyen, the head of the european commission, edi rama, the head of government in albania, and emmanuel macron from france. and they were chatting together. now, that is not a group of people that you see sitting around a table very often. so they clearly have a mutual self—interest to be cooperating, to be seen to cooperate with one another. immigration, that is certainly an area where the uk can have a relationship, is having a relationship and probably you couldn't have had a relationship like that before. rishi sunak was prime minister.

i think that's a reasonablejudgment. i suppose one of the the basic questions here is, is immigration, large—scale immigration, good for a country? my expense of talking to diplomats and officials about this is what they're trying to do is to say, "how can you manage immigration?" how can you find the right sweet spot between complete uncontrolled immigration that involves illegality, but at the same time, not having complete sort of closed borders. because if you think about it, at the moment, whatever one's view about immigration, whether you think it is a good thing or a bad thing for the nation in which one lives, the truth of it is that i think pretty much everybody can agree that what's happening right now is, from a purely humanitarian point of view, bad, to have so many people dying in different countries. you hear stories of people being trafficked and then they die

in the process because they're trapped in a lorry that has no air. these are awful processes, and so the question, i suppose, for policy makers, is how do you find a way that you can manage immigration in a way that is not utterly transformative? every country deals with it in a different way. but clearly, in each country, there are clearly different views now. you know, in some countries in eastern europe, they see, at least their governments see, immigration as a sort of threat to what they see as a sort of western, sometimes christian, way of life. you certainly hear that from politicians in hungary and poland, and which you don't hear in other countries. you know, it's not seen in that sort of particular prism. it's seen in a slightly different way. and will it always be from now on?

i mean, globalwarming is not going to get better. wars don't seem to be getting any better. those are the kind of drivers for immigration, aren't they? if you look at the numbers in europe, we're getting older. iam. and we're having fewer children, and so there will always be a need for younger people. but equally, as you say, climate change will, slowly but surely, unless it's resisted and stopped, will continue to make more parts of the world less inhabitable. but if you think about it, the history of mankind is of moving peoples from the year dot, minus, minus, people have been moving and migrating all over the world and it is something the world has has had to deal with.

the chair declares the house in recess, subject to the call of the chair. the daily workings of american politics are in turmoil and the us government is worried it won't be able to fund all its many and varied programmes from health care to support for ukraine. the reason is that the speaker of the house of representatives, the republican kevin mccarthy, has been dismissed by his own side for cooperating with the white house, which is, of course, in democratic hands, in order to keep the country running. how long will this situation last and how damaging is it? i turned to the bbc�*s north america correspondent, anthony zurcher. the first thing is there are systemic difficulties with the way american politics works when you have divided government to get them to agree on anything. and as you've seen over the past few decades,

the united states has become more and more kind of entrenched in these partisan divisions, which makes any kind of cooperation, any kind of bipartisanship so much more difficult, because what the politicians are answering to are constituents back home that don't want negotiation, they don't want compromise. purity is more of a test for their political success rather than legislative accomplishments. now, when you add into that the fact that the republican party has been moving much farther to the right and that more and more republican politicians are getting elected who really don't believe that government helps, that government works. and so they're much less interested in funding government and want to fundamentally change how government operates and curtail government power. for them, not funding the federal government is a means to that end, as "starving the beast" is the saying you hear time and time again. matt gaetz, who is one

of the leaders of this band of right wing conservatives who helped unseat kevin mccarthy because he was compromising and working with democrats, he says that he's hearing from his constituents that they're behind him 100%. that they want drastic action because a lot of republican voters, a lot of republican rank and file members think the country is heading in a terribly wrong direction, that government has gotten too big, that if something isn't done very, very soon, that it'll be too late to save the country. but kevin mccarthy, the former speaker, must have thought he could get away with it, otherwise he wouldn't have agreed to a deal. i think he realises that it could be long term more harmful to the republicans not to compromise, not to take steps to be seen to be solving problems then than not. the problem is, again, mccarthy, his practicality is not what a lot of republican hard liners want right now.

can i ask you the question, which i think a lot of people would love an answer to — do you think that trump will be able to stand as president, and do you think that he'll win? i think anything is possible. if anything over the past eight years has taught us, it's that, you know, the politically unexpected can happen. and donald trump winning the presidency in 2016 was a shock to many. so him winning it again in 2024 is not beyond the realm of possibility. you know, these court cases, we'll have to see how they play out, but they haven't damaged him as of yet. so i would say he's the prohibitive favourite to win the republican presidential nomination. whether he can win the presidency, like i said, it's certainly possible. i don't think he's done a lot to expand his base of support in the united states.

certainly nothing that's happened since he lost the presidency in 2020 suggests that he has won over the kind of suburban moderate voters that are necessary to win the presidency. but, you know, a year is a long time. we're still 13 months out from the presidential election. we have two candidates, likely candidates for each party who are either over 80 or approaching 80—years—old. so health issues are certainly a concern. obviously, legal issues for donald trump are a concern. there are some political issues surrounding joe biden that are going to be a question that could damage him. and then we don't know what the economy is going to look like in a year. we don't know what's going to happen with foreign policy in a year. but, you know, trump is kind of the chaos candidate. he's the guy who could succeed if things are totally falling apart and the american public are desperate to find something, someone who is just a break from what we have now. i seem to see a lot of articles in european political weeklies and in newspapers saying joe biden should just step down. he shouldn't be a candidate

for the next — for the presidency next year. is there any possibility or are theyjust sort of shouting into the wind? i think it's more the latter. an incumbent president has a stranglehold on his party. joe biden does here. ifjoe biden wants the nomination, it's going to be his. it's just that's the way the system is set up. and unless there is some sort of a major medical scare, he is going to get the presidential nomination — if he wants it, and clearly he wants it. i mean, he's been working... you have to remember, joe biden has sought the white house from very early on in his political career — 50 years ago, this was what he had been striving for his entire adult life. and, you know, three years ago, he finally got it.

that is a hard thing to let go of. and i think he feels like he has a good record to run on. i think the american public, american voters, notjust republicans, but democrats have very real concerns about his age. he does show signs of his age and the idea of having an 86—year—old man serving the final year of his presidency, that's concerning for a lot of americans. and i think, you know, validly so. the life expectancy for a male in america is in the eighties. and according to the actuarial tables, there's a 12% chance thatjoe biden could die in the next four years. i mean, 12% isn't nothing. and that could create a crisis in domestic american politics that i don't think any american wants and certainly even his democratic supporters are nervous about. a bbc world service investigation has revealed a massive and hugely damaging loan scam in india,

which has brought ruin and sometimes even death to large numbers of mostly poor people who found themselves caught up in the toils of the loan sharks. poonam agarwal, who's based in delhi for the bbc, was a member of the team which has uncovered the workings of this brutal scheme. the scam goes like this — that you generally get messages on your, or sms, on the phone saying that you can get a loan starting from, say, 5,000 rupees to say 50,000 rupees. so you can get loan instantly just by sharing your government id proofs. so once you share that, all you need to do is to download this app. now, when you download the app, the app asks for various permission, like access to your google,

to your gallery, access to your smss, access to your contacts. now, if you do not give the permission to all these access, you cannot download the app. hence, you have to give it. it's a seven day loan that after seven days you have to pay back that 5,000 rupees. if you fail to pay the loan on the seventh day, then again they will say that now you have to pay 5,000 rupees with the interest. and the interest could be anything — it could be exorbitant, which can be a big problem for any customer. now, when you again fail, then the problem starts. the problem starts like they will start harassing you by making multiple calls in a day. still, if you fail to pay the loan with the interest, then they will start calling your contacts. still, if you do not pay the loan, then they, as in the documentary, we'll see that some of these loan apps, they have actually morphed the pictures of the customers, the clients onto pornographic images.

and also we have seen in many cases they circulate all these kind of images and abusive whatsapp messages to all the contacts. so what leads to it is shame. now the customer who has not been able to pay the loan, that poor customer is not only being, you know, burdened with a very high interest rate, but is also facing multiple calls from the recovery agents, from the loan app company call centers, as well as he or she is being embarrassed among his friends, relatives, colleagues. and presumably, the kind of people that need these relatively small loans are in real trouble anyway, financially. you're absolutely right, because these are the people who are some of the biggest — this scam actually peaked during the covid, which was 2020. and the scam actually came in india in 2019 and in 2020, as we know, that many people lost theirjobs.

there was huge financial crisis in many homes and because of which, even small amount of money was, you know, a big thing for people, so many people fell into this trap during that period. first suicide that happened on record, which was reported, was in 2020, early 2020. we have verified data and we have made a list — it's more than 60 people who have killed themselves in india. so who's behind all this? i mean, is it one individual, a group of individuals, a much wider group of crooks? no, it's notjust one person behind it. the entire system is in, in a way, being handled by a large number of people. there is a section of people who are giving away the loan, which is through loan apps, and there is a section of people who are doing the recovery.

and when we spoke to victims here, the first thing that they said — that the mental torture that they went through, the mental pain that they went through was beyond anything. they said the money was — money actually became secondary for them. what's likely to be the outcome of this exposure you've carried out? i mean, can it be stopped? will it be stopped? for this, a strict regulation should be in place. firstly, what the government or the reserve bank of india should do, they need to cap, put a cap on the interest rate that they can charge and there should be a proper check on all these call centres by the local police station. otherwise, this will continue and it is affecting millions of indians. poonam agarwal, from the bbc�*s delhi bureau. and that brings our programme to an end for this week. thanks very much for being with me and the unspun team. and until we meet again, goodbye.

good morning. welcome to breakfast, with rogerjohnson and sarah campbell. our headlines today: an attack by air, sea and land — the israeli prime minister says the next stage in the war against hamas is coming. the world health organization warns evacuation orders by israel to hospitals in northern gaza could be "tantamount to a death sentence" for patients. and at the border between gaza and egypt there is chaos with people desperate to get out. i am, like, really in fear, and every time, ijust have to have the thought of me dying in a bomb in gaza. the scottish national party attempts to map out a route to independence

at their annual conference, after a bruising few months for the party. a crackdown on vaping. as a government consultation in england begins, a school tells us how vape sensors in their toilets were activated over 100 times in one day. in sport, two of the home nations go out of the rugby world cup — wales lose to argentina, and it's the end forjonny sexton and ireland, too, as they're narrowly beaten by new zealand in paris. a rather chilly start to the day, patchy frost out there this morning as well. for many of us it will be dry with some sunshine as well. i will have the details shortly. it's sunday, 15th october. our main story: the israeli military says it's planning an attack on gaza by air, sea and land as the country's prime minister warns the next stage of the war with hamas is coming. more than1 million palestinians living in north gaza have been told

by israel to evacuate south ahead of the expected ground offensive. the world health organization has condemned the evacuation order, and warned forcing hospital patients to relocate would be tantamout to "a death sentence." just over a week ago hamas, designated as a terrorist organisation by many western governments including the uk, killed 1,300 people in israel and took more than 120 hostages. the palestinian health authority says more than 2,000 people have died in gaza in retaliatory strikes. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has the latest details. sirens wail. running from rocket fire. this was tel aviv overnight, with israel striking back at gaza, and the us continuing its shuttle diplomacy. it blames hamas militants for this war and its fallout. the humanitarian crisis in gaza, innocent palestinian families, and a vast majority had

nothing to do with hamas... cheering and applause. they're being used as human shields! in gaza, hundreds of thousands of palestinians have been fleeing the most intense bombing they've ever seen, after israel ordered a million people to head south, with desperate scenes. many are now seeking shelter in overcrowded un schools, with no aid coming in. at the border with egypt, palestinians with foreign citizenship are hoping the crossing will open so they can leave. among them, clutching her british passport, is mariam. i am, like, really in fear, and every time ijust have to have the thought of me dying in a bomb in gaza. like — it's — it's not a good thing. like, every place i go, i run away, ijust find bombs and ifind dead people, and maybe one day i'll end up like them but it's a really scary

thing for me. sobs. israel's military says it's getting ready for a comprehensive offensive against hamas by land, sea and air. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, visited ground troops waiting just outside gaza. "the next stage is coming," he told them. "are you ready?" it's just over a week since hamas fighters crossed out of gaza and attacked israelis communities like be'eri. gunmen were caught on a security camera bringing all they needed to kill and kidnap. for israelis, the pain of the deadliest day in their country's 75—year history is raw, and fears are growing for those held hostage, like ainab's aunt. there is children without mothers, mothers without children, husband without wife. i can't — i can't think about it. we have to do everything to bring them back. this is — we owe it to them.

the scale of this new conflict between israel and hamas is unprecedented, and every day its human cost is growing. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. our correspondent nick beake is in the israeli city of ashkelon, just a few miles north of gaza. hello to you. we heard there, the prime minister benjamin netanyahu, saying that the next stage is coming. what are you seeing and hearing as to what that next stage is going to be?— is going to be? good morning, sarah. well, we is going to be? good morning, sarah. well. we are — is going to be? good morning, sarah. well, we are about _ is going to be? good morning, sarah. well, we are about seven miles - is going to be? good morning, sarah. well, we are about seven miles away| well, we are about seven miles away from gaza, and in terms of what we are hearing, there is lots of aerial activity this morning. we are hearing lots of israeli fighterjets heading towards gaza, also the distinctive does of israeli drones being used as part of this campaign. yes, the israeli prime minister says this is the beginning, that this is

an operation which is being ramped up. but already the impact of the israeli response to the hamas atrocities just over a week ago is being felt by so many people in gaza. health officials there say in the last 2a hours 300 people have been killed. various un have expressed their concern. the world health organization is talking about some 2000 people who aren't hospitals in gaza, in maternity units, those in intensive care, those in extremely bad condition, forcing people to leave. remember, the israelis asking people to move from the north the south, telling them to move from the north to the south, and the concern from that part of the un is that it would be, in their words, a death sentence to try to move those people when they are in such bad condition. the military buildup continues. some 360,000 reservists in israel have been cold up. a lot of them, in this part of southern israel, where i am talking to you this morning, as part

of this operation, as we have been hearing overnight the israelis are saying it will be carried out by air, land and sea, and that this is reallyjust air, land and sea, and that this is really just the air, land and sea, and that this is reallyjust the beginning, all the while there is huge concern about the gazans and what they will face. overnight we have seen more of these letters being dropped from the skies, expressing once again this order that people should move from the north to the south of gaza. just a reminder, that would mean 1.1 million people fleeing. as we have seenin million people fleeing. as we have seen in the past 48 hours, people have been killed as they try to make the journey from the north to the south. it remains this morning an extremely difficult situation in which civilians continue to be killed. . ~ which civilians continue to be killed. w i. ., which civilians continue to be killed. ., ,, .,~ ., killed. nick, you are speaking about the civilian population _ killed. nick, you are speaking about the civilian population essentially i the civilian population essentially being caught in the middle. we're talking about this evacuation operation ordered by the israelis, but hamas in gaza saying, don't go from north to the south, so people are very much stuck in the middle.

it is an extremely difficult situation. hamas are accused of blocking the path of some people trying to make thatjourney from north to south. there is also this blockage, if you look at the geography of this part of the world, there is the border, you have hamas than you have the border with egypt, the problem is that people have not been able to go out that way in large numbers. that would be an obvious route for people to keep fleeing to the south. so that is really difficult and that is an area where the checkpoints are controlled by hamas, by israel, and also by egypt, depending on where you are. at the same time, if we are talking about that border between gaza and egypt, there is this buildup of aid, a convoy of trucks, this is aid from egypt and from morocco, and they want to get that to gaza, but the problem at the moment is that is not being allowed in by israel. the un says that the focus is on, it is an impossible task that you are trying

to move all these people, a million people from the north of gaza to the south, the priority should be on moving that aid into the territory and getting that much—needed support to so many people who have now been displaced. to so many people who have now been dislaced. ., ~ i. to so many people who have now been dislaced. . ~' , ., . to so many people who have now been dislaced. ., ~ i. ., .,, displaced. next, thank you. that was our correspondent _ displaced. next, thank you. that was our correspondent in _ displaced. next, thank you. that was our correspondent in the _ displaced. next, thank you. that was our correspondent in the israeli - our correspondent in the israeli city of ashkelon. rishi sunak will hold talks with the king ofjordan today, who's visiting several european countries to discuss the situation in gaza. we're joined now by our political correspondent tony bonsignore. do we know what is broadly expected? we have any details about what be discussed? ,., ., ., . ., we have any details about what be discussed? ., . ., �* discussed? good morning. what we're heafina discussed? good morning. what we're hearing from — discussed? good morning. what we're hearing from the _ discussed? good morning. what we're hearing from the jordanian _ hearing from the jordanian government hearing from thejordanian government is that they want rally international support to stop what they call the war on gaza, and the jordanian government saying it would

focus on the dangerous and deteriorating situation in gaza, and the need to facilitate the provision of humanitarian aid to the palestinians. the message from downing street is that the meeting will focus on regional security issues in the middle east. now, we've had last night, about a week since those attacks, statements from both rishi sunak and sir keir starmer. rishi sunak, in his statement, says, to the people of israel, britain is with you. israel has every right to defend itself and we will do everything we can to support israel and restore the security it deserves. i am unequivocal, the prime minister says, we stand with israel, notjust today, notjust tomorrow, but always. interestingly, no mention of the unfolding situation in gaza in that statement, keir starmer also saying that israel has the duty to defend herself, he says, and rescue the hostages, but laying the blame very much at the door of hamas. he goes a bit further, saying that we

call them parties to act in line with international law, including allowing humanitarian access to food, water, electricity and medicine to gaza, and ensuring safe humanitarian corridors in gaza for those fleeing violence.— humanitarian corridors in gaza for those fleeing violence. tony, thank ou. nine police officers were treated for minor injuries following a pro—palestinian demonstration in london yesterday. scotland yard said the march passed without incident, but there were "small pockets of disorder" in trafalgar square during the evening. 15 people were arrested during the demonstrations. the scottish national party's annual conference starts today in aberdeen and will include a key debate on scottish independence. our political correspondent nick eardley is in aberdeen for us this morning. next, i am next, iam reading next, i am reading this morning some of the key players in the snp talking about making the election effectively and de facto independence referendum, but this comes after a difficulty months for the snp? , , ~ ,

the snp? yes, it feels like there is a bit of a mismatch _ the snp? yes, it feels like there is a bit of a mismatch between - the snp? yes, it feels like there is a bit of a mismatch between those| a bit of a mismatch between those things, doesn't it? good morning to you, roger. what the snp are probably going to vote for this afternoon is a policy which would mean if they wind the most seats at the next general election they would start independence talks with the uk government. that would be the plan, but in truth i think they would be unlikely to take those talks particularly seriously, but that is the idea the snp have to try to get independence back on the agenda. in some ways it feels a bit we're talking about that because the snp have had a pretty difficult few months since humza yousaf became their new leader, when nicola sturgeon stood down. sojust their new leader, when nicola sturgeon stood down. so just in the last few months we have had that police investigation into snp funding, that is ongoing. we had an snp mp, lisa cameron, quitting the party last week and joining the

conservatives instead. then we had that rutherglen by—election a couple of weeks ago where the snp were hammered and the labour had a really good night. the polling suggests the snp could be in a bit of trouble that the next general election, so despite all the talk about using that as a way to get independence back on the agenda, it is quite possible the snp will lose a lot of seats at the next general election. i think there will be lots of pressure on humza yousaf, the leader, to set out a bit more of his plan about how he is going to turn things around, how he is going to get the party back on track. but at the moment it looks pretty tricky. people in poland are voting today in a general election, that could affect the country's future relations with the european union. the governing right—wing law and justice party is trying to secure an unprecedented

third term in office. their main opposition, civic coalition, is accusing the party of being a threat to polish democracy. a new earthquake has hit western afghanistan just over a week after two other large tremors. more than 1,000 people have already been killed in the region and hundreds of homes have been flattened. there have been no reports of casulties in the latest quake. a quick look at an eclipse before we get the weather. thousands of people across the americas have been treated to a rare celestial phenomenon — a solar eclipse. it happens when the moon passes in front of the sun, momentarily producing what looks like a "ring of fire" in the sky. the event was visible in parts of the us, mexico and in south and central america. that is so spectacular. it really is, isn't it? _ that is so spectacular. it really is, isn't it? which _ that is so spectacular. it really is, isn't it? which leads - that is so spectacular. it really is, isn't it? which leads nicely| is, isn't it? which leads nicely into the weather? i am not sure it is a kind of weather event, simon. clear skies for that in the west so

a lot of photos and videos of the ring of fire which is rather spectacular. clear skies this morning but that doesn't mean there has been a chilly start. a beautiful start with clear skies here in devon. good morning. but with clear skies temperatures fell away. minus three degrees at the moment and further south, three degrees at the moment and furthersouth, in three degrees at the moment and further south, in bournemouth, temperatures were close to freezing and for many of us it means the first frost of the autumn. this is the scene this morning in kent with frost on the car. so, yes, it is chilly out there but there will be sunshine through today. fewer showers than yesterday. as we go through this morning, a couple of showers affect the far north of wales. she was feeding across scotland and those could be wintry over higher ground for a time but light when compared to yesterday. a lot of sunshine for many of us are

feeling decent out there with sunshine. wind is lighterfor much of england and wales compared to yesterday but still breezy across the far north. we have lost those scales in the far north of scotland and the temperatures are 11— 14 celsius, again feeling chilly out there with sunshine not feeling too bad. a couple of showers still around. just affecting east anglia. fog patches develop across northern england, south wales and south—western england as well so watch out for that if you are travelling first thing tomorrow morning. chilly again through tonight, localised frost taking us into monday morning with temperatures 1— four degrees celsius. on monday, high pressure in charge of whether making it relatively settled with a lot of dry weather. showers affecting the far north of scotland, breezy here, a bit more breeze across the far south of england as well and otherwise,

though, dry and there could be more cloud around tomorrow compared to today. want to showers in the north—west of scotland and again it will feel chilly. 11— 13 degrees is the maximum temperature. thank you, simon. getting ourjumpers back on then. it has suddenly changed. more than 20,000 children in england and wales spend up to 40 hours a week looking after family members or loved ones. since the pandemic, there's been a significant increase in the number of young carers — and charities say many of them are not getting the support they need. our reporter lawrence cawley has been to meet two sisters in essex, who care for their mum. it isa it is a normal day for 11 —year—olds flow and her older sister. back from school they are getting on with the jobs they do to help their mother who was blind. brute jobs they do to help their mother who was blind.— jobs they do to help their mother who was blind. we put the washing on. we do who was blind. we put the washing on- we do her— who was blind. we put the washing on. we do her i _ who was blind. we put the washing on. we do her i jobs— who was blind. we put the washing

on. we do her i jobs for— who was blind. we put the washing on. we do her i jobs for her- who was blind. we put the washing on. we do her i jobs for her -- - on. we do her i 'obs for her -- eyedrops h on. we do her i 'obs for her -- eyedrops for _ on. we do her i jobs for her -- eyedrops for her. _ on. we do her i jobs for her -- eyedrops for her. and - on. we do her i jobs for her -- eyedrops for her. and we - on. we do her i jobs for her -- eyedrops for her. and we put i on. we do her i jobs for her -- - eyedrops for her. and we put cream on her neck- — eyedrops for her. and we put cream on her neck. and _ eyedrops for her. and we put cream on her neck. and help _ eyedrops for her. and we put cream on her neck. and help by _ eyedrops for her. and we put cream on her neck. and help by reading i eyedrops for her. and we put cream | on her neck. and help by reading the mail and important _ on her neck. and help by reading the mail and important letters. - on her neck. and help by reading the mail and important letters. and - on her neck. and help by reading the | mail and important letters. and when she can't find — mail and important letters. and when she can't find stuff, _ mail and important letters. and when she can't find stuff, you _ mail and important letters. and when she can't find stuff, you know? - she can't find stuff, you know? especially with the dogs keeping the floors _ especially with the dogs keeping the floors lean because they leave tennis — floors lean because they leave tennis balls everywhere. when the uirls were tennis balls everywhere. when the girls were assessed _ tennis balls everywhere. when the girls were assessed it _ tennis balls everywhere. when the girls were assessed it emerged - tennis balls everywhere. when the l girls were assessed it emerged that their caring responsibilities amounted to a full—time job. i their caring responsibilities amounted to a full-time job. amounted to a full-time 'ob. i feel amounted to a full-time 'ob. i feel a lot of guru * amounted to a full-time 'ob. i feel a lot of guilt because _ amounted to a full-time job. i feel a lot of guilt because you - amounted to a full-time job. i feel a lot of guilt because you have - amounted to a full—time job. i f--i a lot of guilt because you have kids to protect them and help them and guide them but they do most of my guiding and most of my helping so i do feel guilty. but then, also, i know i am bringing incredible humans into the world so it does counterbalance it that there are some very low days when i do wish i was normalfor them. some very low days when i do wish i was normal for them.— some very low days when i do wish i was normal for them.- these l was normal for them. hello. these sisters are — was normal for them. hello. these sisters are among _ was normal for them. hello. these sisters are among a _ was normal for them. hello. these sisters are among a growing - was normal for them. hello. these sisters are among a growing number of young carers. in essex alone,

over 40% more. helen murphy says young carers often find themselves grappling with a range of difficulties. it grappling with a range of difficulties.— difficulties. it is a lot of responsibility _ difficulties. it is a lot of responsibility for - difficulties. it is a lot of responsibility for young difficulties. it is a lot of- responsibility for young people difficulties. it is a lot of— responsibility for young people and life is hard enough for a young person these days but when you add in extra fact is of caring responsibilities it can be quite overwhelming for them. there is no waitin: list overwhelming for them. there is no waiting list of— overwhelming for them. there is no waiting list of children. _ overwhelming for them. there is no waiting list of children. we - overwhelming for them. there is no waiting list of children. we noticed i waiting list of children. we noticed a massive increase _ waiting list of children. we noticed a massive increase prior— waiting list of children. we noticed a massive increase prior to - waiting list of children. we noticed a massive increase prior to the - a massive increase prior to the pandemic we were supporting 48 young carers from the age of 8—18 and theirfamilies. we are now supporting 153 young carers and theirfamilies which supporting 153 young carers and their families which equates to over 500 people and we currently have a waiting list of 87 young people wanting to attend. $5 waiting list of 87 young people wanting to attend.— waiting list of 87 young people wanting to attend. as for flow she feels she has _ wanting to attend. as for flow she feels she has received _ wanting to attend. as for flow she feels she has received so - wanting to attend. as for flow she feels she has received so much i feels she has received so much support that she now wants to help other young children by becoming an ambassador at school. i

other young children by becoming an ambassador at school.— ambassador at school. i know how it feels to be helped _ ambassador at school. i know how it feels to be helped because - ambassador at school. i know how it feels to be helped because grace i ambassador at school. i know how it| feels to be helped because grace and i go on thursday so i want to give back and first you do training and then be once you have done the training you get a badge and if something is there that you are concerned about you reported back to the teacher. ., .. concerned about you reported back to the teacher-— the teacher. talking about the remarkable — the teacher. talking about the remarkable couple _ the teacher. talking about the remarkable couple of- the teacher. talking about the i remarkable couple of youngsters there. to discuss young carers in more detail now, we're joined by kirsty mc—hugh, from the carers trust. good morning and thank you for talking to us. how common is flow and grace's story that we just heard there? and grace's story that we 'ust heard there? , _, ., , there? very common indeed. figures auoted are there? very common indeed. figures quoted are likely _ there? very common indeed. figures quoted are likely to _ there? very common indeed. figures quoted are likely to be _ there? very common indeed. figures quoted are likely to be a _ there? very common indeed. figures quoted are likely to be a vast - there? very common indeed. figures quoted are likely to be a vast under i quoted are likely to be a vast under estimate and one of the things we really need to do is identify young carers early and get support in for them. we carers early and get support in for them. ~ ., carers early and get support in for them. ~ . ., carers early and get support in for them. . . ., carers early and get support in for them. ~ . ., ., them. we heard and we saw from fern and grace's —

them. we heard and we saw from fern and grace's story. _ them. we heard and we saw from fern and grace's story, just _ them. we heard and we saw from fern and grace's story, just the _ them. we heard and we saw from fern and grace's story, just the level- them. we heard and we saw from fern and grace's story, just the level of - and grace's story, just the level of extra that they are undertaking. they are 11 and 15, they are at school but they effectively have a full—time job on top of this and you say that is typical? full-time job on top of this and you say that is typical?— say that is typical? absolutely that is the case- _ say that is typical? absolutely that is the case. there _ say that is typical? absolutely that is the case. there are _ say that is typical? absolutely that is the case. there are probably - is the case. there are probably about three unpaid homecare is in every classroom in this country. if you add that up it is a big number of young people and carrying out the most incredible ridiculous responsibilities in their home physical responsibilities, intimate care, running the finances, it is like an additionaljob and for most of us as an adult but for a young person it is clearly not acceptable. give us a sense of how this affects their long—term prospect, if you like. presumably doing all that on top of school work will make it very difficult. , ,., ,

difficult. there is some interesting lon . -term difficult. there is some interesting long-term studies _ difficult. there is some interesting long-term studies now _ difficult. there is some interesting long-term studies now about - difficult. there is some interesting long-term studies now about the i long—term studies now about the effectiveness of being a young carer and many politicians have been young carers as well so that is one thing that i think is going to go up the political agenda over the course of the next few years. first of all, education. young carers are 38% less likely to go to university and if they do go to university they are more likely to do health and social categories or go to a local university. impacts in terms of mental health, young carers tell us they are stressed and tell us they are not getting the help they need at school. also it affects them in terms of employment opportunities. looking at that long—term and they barely get a social life. if you are a young person and you want to fill it you can go out with your friends and have a good time, you cannot do that if you are a young carer. iloathed that if you are a young carer. what more needs _ that if you are a young carer. what more needs to _ that if you are a young carer. what more needs to be _ that if you are a young carer. what more needs to be done _ that if you are a young carer. what more needs to be done to - that if you are a young carer. what more needs to be done to help support these amazing young people?

identification festival. we have a vast under estimate of the number of young carers in this country so there are probably three in every class of 30 young people. a big percentage of the population and a small percentage of that will be doing 35 or 50 caring hours a week. so having a young carer lead in every school who can help the school teachers identify and get support is our number one ask. priority support in terms of mental health services we would like to see that as well and then targeted support to make sure that the young people are able to get access to pastoral care organisations and support in terms of their day—to—day lives and the fourth thing i would mention his respite. they really need time away from the person they care for. hand from the person they care for. and the eer from the person they care for. and the peer support that many

organisations including, i imagine, yourselves provide so that young people who are growing up in an environment where they are a primary carer, there are many, as you already said, there are many young people in that situation they can share experiences and friendships. absolutely. we are a uk wide organisation with 126 local care organisations around the country and the majority of which provide services to young carers. and it is about providing 1—to—1 support but also support groups so you can talk to other people in the situation that you find yourself in. it can be stigmatising being a young carer, particularly if you were looking after somebody with a mental health condition. young people want to be normal, don't they? the same as all theirfriends. so they normal, don't they? the same as all their friends. so they can feel that they stick out in the crowd. making sure they are connected to other young carers in a local group is

very important. if there is a young carer in yourfamily very important. if there is a young carer in your family go to carers .org and you can get a link to all the local care organisations. thank ou, the local care organisations. thank you. kirsty- _ the local care organisations. thank you. kirsty. it— the local care organisations. thank you. kirsty. it is— the local care organisations. thank you, kirsty. it is great— the local care organisations. thank you, kirsty. it is great to _ the local care organisations. thank you, kirsty. it is great to talk - the local care organisations. thank you, kirsty. it is great to talk to i you, kirsty. it is great to talk to you. i you, kirsty. it is great to talk to ou. ., , ., you, kirsty. it is great to talk to ou. , you. i meet lots of young carers every year _ you. i meet lots of young carers every year especially _ you. i meet lots of young carers every year especially around - every year especially around children— every year especially around children in need time and it isjust amazing — children in need time and it isjust amazing. they are amazing young people _ amazing. they are amazing young people who deserve all our support. the time _ people who deserve all our support. the time is — people who deserve all our support. the time is 7:25 and you are watching request news. —— request opposition news. —— breakfast. several costume changes, daring dances and a spectacle like no other — it could only mean the return of the 'queen of pop' — madonna. the star finally kicked off her highly anticipated world tour last night — which was delayed after she suffered a serious bacterial infection. our music correspondent

mark savage was there. # everything i give you.... madonna is known as the queen of pop and at the opening night of her celebration world tour she got out the crown jewels. more than 40 songs on the set list including his right holiday but like a prayer and nothing really matters. this was more than just a greatest hits set. it was a trawl through her history. from a teenager who arrived in new york with $35 to her name to a global pop icon. the tour was meant to start three months ago in vancouver but was delayed after madonna fell seriously ill. she spoke about that on stage. i did not think i was _ she spoke about that on stage. i c c not think i was going to make it. and so i had my children sitting around me and for those five days of my life if you want to know my

secret and you want to know how i pulled through and how i survived, i had to be there for my children. i had to be there for my children. i had to be there for my children. i had to survive for them. fans paid u . had to survive for them. fans paid u- to had to survive for them. fans paid up to £1300 _ had to survive for them. fans paid up to £1300 to _ had to survive for them. fans paid up to £1300 to see _ had to survive for them. fans paid up to £1300 to see the _ had to survive for them. fans paid up to £1300 to see the show - had to survive for them. fans paid up to £1300 to see the show and i had to survive for them. fans paid - up to £1300 to see the show and many came dressed in replicas of her most famous costumes. afterwards the reviews were mixed. this famous costumes. afterwards the reviews were mixed.— reviews were mixed. this was a reunion with — reviews were mixed. this was a reunion with me _ reviews were mixed. this was a reunion with me and _ reviews were mixed. this was a reunion with me and my - reviews were mixed. this was a | reunion with me and my mother reviews were mixed. this was a - reunion with me and my mother and we had the best time ever and, honestly, i could cry. she is amazing. honestly, i could cry. she is amazing-— honestly, i could cry. she is amazinu. ~ i. ., amazing. where did you come from toniaht? amazing. where did you come from tonight? from _ amazing. where did you come from tonight? from haiti, _ amazing. where did you come from tonight? from haiti, from - amazing. where did you come from tonight? from haiti, from the - tonight? from haiti, from the corinthian. _ tonight? from haiti, from the corinthian. that _ tonight? from haiti, from the corinthian. that is _ tonight? from haiti, from the corinthian. that is a _ tonight? from haiti, from the corinthian. that is a big - tonight? from haiti, from the i corinthian. that is a big journey just to see madonna. it is worth it and i would do it again.— just to see madonna. it is worth it and i would do it again. there were sound issues _ and i would do it again. there were sound issues at _ and i would do it again. there were sound issues at the _ and i would do it again. there were sound issues at the beginning - and i would do it again. there were sound issues at the beginning and l sound issues at the beginning and she recovered well but too many interludes — she recovered well but too many interludes and not enough bangers. it interludes and not enough bangers. it was _ interludes and not enough bangers. it was disappointing, yeah. madonna will -la it was disappointing, yeah. madonna will play another _ it was disappointing, yeah. madonna will play another 77 _ it was disappointing, yeah. madonna will play another 77 dates _ it was disappointing, yeah. madonna will play another 77 dates on - it was disappointing, yeah. madonna will play another 77 dates on her- will play another 77 dates on her tour including another five nights in london. box office receipts are

expected to top £100 million. mark savage, bbc news. a couple of super fans at the end of the problem —— end of the programme. 'sunday with laura kuenssberg' follows us on bbc1 this morning at nine o clock. this week, it's being presented by victoria derbyshire. victoria — what have you got lined up? we are going to be talking to the senior adviser to israel proper a minister about the coming ground incursion. we will also hearfrom the head of the palestinian mission to the uk representing palestinians in the west bank we have james cleverly with us and the shadow foreign secretary and the snp leader whose parents—in—law are trapped in gaza. i hope you canjoin us on bbc one at nine o'clock. brute

gaza. i hope you can 'oin us on bbc one at nine o'clock.— one at nine o'clock. we have more news sport — one at nine o'clock. we have more news sport and _ one at nine o'clock. we have more news sport and whether _ one at nine o'clock. we have more news sport and whether coming i one at nine o'clock. we have more news sport and whether coming up shortly. hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and sarah campbell. let's return to our top story now. the next stage of israel's war against hamas is expected, as the israeli military says it's planning an attack on gaza by air, sea and land. israel has told more than one million palestines living in north gaza to evacuate south ahead of the expected ground offensive.

but the world health organization is warning that forcing 2,000 patients being treated in hospitals to relocate could be "tantamount to a death sentence." thousands of palestinians have been fleeing north gaza after the evacuation order was issued by israel. on friday, a strike on a convoy of vehicles carrying civilians travelling on one of the two safe routes to the south killed at least 12 people — mostly women and children. it has been just over a week since hamas — regarded as a terrorist organisation by the uk — launched a surprise attack on israel, killing 1,300 civilians and taking at least 120 hostages. it was the deadliest day in israel's 75—year—history. in gaza, the palestinian health authority says the israeli bombardment there has led to the deaths of more than 2,000 people.

we're joined now by lieutenant—colonel richard hecht, from the israel defense forces. good morning to you. thank you for speaking to us. we had the prime minister speaking about the next stage is coming, can you just outlined, what is that next stage? right now, as we said before, the goal of this campaign is to eliminate inaudible hamas in gaza stop they started this attack. this carnage, this isil—style attack. we're going to make sure, our goal in the next days is to keep moving and do we need to do to eliminate hamas in the gaza strip, so they won't be able to do something like this again. won't be able to do something like this aaain. �* won't be able to do something like this aain. �* ., won't be able to do something like this aaain. �* ., ., , ., this again. and what does that, in reali , this again. and what does that, in reality. mean? — this again. and what does that, in reality, mean? well, _ this again. and what does that, in reality, mean? well, i— this again. and what does that, in reality, mean? well, i am - this again. and what does that, in reality, mean? well, i am not- this again. and what does that, in i reality, mean? well, i am not going to la out reality, mean? well, i am not going to lay out the _ reality, mean? well, i am not going to lay out the idf's _ reality, mean? well, i am not going to lay out the idf's operational- to lay out the idf's operational plans here on the bbc but it means we will go and do whatever we need

for this to happen. you are seeing this is happening now. i know that before i camel you were talking about us attacking a convoy, that is fake news. we have checked that, we have reviewed that, i would recommend you want to take whatever hamas says, not with a pinch of salt but a bucket of salt. we have pictures, you can see them on our websites, and on twitter, of them blocking these convoys. we issued this in order to make sure that civilians get out of the north and they are blocking them. they want to use them as human shields. that they are blocking them. they want to use them as human shields.- use them as human shields. that is what they do- _ use them as human shields. that is what they do. lieutenant _ use them as human shields. that is what they do. lieutenant colonel, i what they do. lieutenant colonel, just going back to the strike we were talking about, our team, bbc verify, have confirmed there was a strike on the salah al—din street, thatis strike on the salah al—din street, that is one of two evacuation routes from north gaza to the south. you are saying that is fake news? correct. how did the bbc verify

that? ~ ., we correct. how did the bbc verify that?_ we will - correct. how did the bbc verify i that?_ we will release correct. how did the bbc verify - that?_ we will release the that? we have... we will release the data in the future. _ that? we have... we will release the data in the future. we _ that? we have... we will release the data in the future. we reviewed - that? we have... we will release the data in the future. we reviewed this | data in the future. we reviewed this yesterday stop it was not the idea. if you are basing yourself on hamas' message statements, they also said that they didn't kill civilians, i saw one of the speakers speaking on sky news. everybody is now inaudible gaza, israel, we are seeing, unfolding, looking at the pictures coming out, more and more on what happened here. they created carnage, they attacked civilians. we do not intentionally attack civilians. can we talk about _ intentionally attack civilians. can we talk about the passage, obviously we talk about the passage, obviously we have the evacuation order from the north of gaza, to the south, can you confirm there are safe routes for those civilian relations to leave the north and move to the south? , .., leave the north and move to the south? , .. ., , south? yes, we can. i have been reached out _ south? yes, we can. i have been reached out even _ south? yes, we can. i have been reached out even by _ south? yes, we can. i have been

reached out even by your- south? yes, we can. i have been i reached out even by your channel, who are looking at our social media, our arab spokesperson, inaudible times and routes. we do not order the palestinian people, they are not part of our chain of command. we have recommended and encouraged them to move. we issuing orders to people. we are doing this based on international law to make sure that we do not harm civilians. all this is happening, the humanitarian consequences, are because of the hamas attack on israel. even the president said that. everything that is happening now, they are telling their civilians not to do and move what we are saying. it is a very cynical enemy. ourwater what we are saying. it is a very cynical enemy. our water is not with the people of gaza, our waters with hamas. . ., ., hamas. the world health organization, _ hamas. the world health organization, you - hamas. the world health organization, you will. hamas. the world health organization, you will be | hamas. the world health - organization, you will be aware of this, they have talked about the difficulties of moving people from hospitals in the north of gaza. they

say that trying to do that is "tantamount to a death sentence". they are saying, how do babies in incubation units, elderly people, how do they move from the north to the south? ~ , .. , ., the south? well, because right now! am seeinu the south? well, because right now! am seeing a — the south? well, because right now! am seeing a lot— the south? well, because right now! am seeing a lot of— the south? well, because right now! am seeing a lot of coverage - the south? well, because right now! am seeing a lot of coverage on - am seeing a lot of coverage on satellites, hamas are responsible for that. we understand it is going to take time. i have seen them moving around a lot in the gaza strip. they are sovereign, they should be moving their people. can ou talk to should be moving their people. can you talk to me about aid? you will be aware there is a humanitarian situation in gaza, with so many people in such a small space. what is the latest on allowing aid, particularly from egypt, to get into gaza? �* , ., , particularly from egypt, to get into gaza? , ., , ., �* particularly from egypt, to get into gaza? , ., �* ., gaza? but is not my lane, i'm a military spokesperson. - gaza? but is not my lane, i'm a military spokesperson. that - gaza? but is not my lane, i'm a military spokesperson. that is i gaza? but is not my lane, i'm a - military spokesperson. that is being handled in diplomatic and military channels. right now we are focused on the war against hamas. we are

very determined to eliminate all their capabilities.— their capabilities. lieutenant colonel richard _ their capabilities. lieutenant colonel richard hecht - their capabilities. lieutenant colonel richard hecht from i their capabilities. lieutenant i colonel richard hecht from the israel defence force, thank you for speaking to us. you can get more news and analysis on the ongoing situation in israel and gaza in a special edition of the global news podcast. the conflict with lyse doucet and jeremy bowen is now available on bbc sounds. you can also watch a bbc news special, a week of war, on the iplayer. it is 7:36am. you are watching breakfast. it was a highly anticipated day of world cup rugby, but in the end it was disappointment as both wales and ireland were both knocked out of the tournament. but also the end of an era of the two grades of the game, dan biggar

of wales and johnny sexton of ireland. they both said they would retire at the tournament and unfortunately both of them are going out on a sad note, because out with a loss, as well. wales fell short against a determined argentina side, while ireland fought valiantly against new zealand, butjust couldn't get past the three—time champions. andy swiss reports. after such hope, such heartache. for ireland and for wales the world cup dream is over. ireland were the world number ones, remember, seemingly unstoppable until they met new zealand. the all blacks surged into a 13—0 lead but that was the start of a compelling contest inspired by the brilliant bundy acky, ireland came roaring back to within a point at the break. after that, new zealand turned on the style. a magical move rounded

off by willjordan. were they surging out of sight? not so. they were soon on the back foot and the result was a penalty try for ireland, once again within touching distance. but new zealand clung on and ireland were out. extraordinarily, their eighth world cup quarter—final defeat, and with such a talented team including the retiring johnny sexton, surely their most painful. the greatest ever irish player. people may not agree with that. if you know the man and you know the calibre of person that he is, and the standard he has driven over the last however many years, i don't think you could disagree. he has been everything that's good about irish rugby. it's just so gutting to not have done more for him. wales are up against argentina in marseille, and after a difficult build—up, welsh fans are now full of confidence. then again, so are their opponents. fans chanting.

wales had seemed in control — when thomas williams went over after the break, they were 17—12 up. but then, controversy. argentina's guido petty colliding with nick tompkins' head, but he was not penalised, and tries from joel and nicholas sanchez sealed argentina's victory and the exit of wales. the end of their hopes, and forfly half dan biggar, the end of his international career on a day of defeat and disappointment. andy swiss, bbc news, marseille. we saw a glimpse of it in andy swiss's report there. amongst the heartache for ireland, there was a very touching moment. johnny sexton with his young son after the match. sexton obviously devatated at ending his career with the loss, he is consoled by his son. it looks like he says "don't worry, you're still the best dad." isn't that sweet? very, very nice. in domestic rugby, it was a horrible start to the new premiership season for defending champions saracens. they were thrashed 65—10 by exeter.

the home side ran in 11 tries, including a hat—trick for fullback josh hodge. exeter led 41—0 at half time before saracens improved after the break, but it was far too little, too late. wins too for bath and gloucester. in rugby league, wigan warriors were crowned super league champions with a narrow victory in the grand final at old trafford. they beat catalans dragons, who had been aiming to become the first french side to win the competition. adam wild was watching. from the south of france they came with hopes of history to be made. at old trafford, it felt rather like the stuff of legends. warriors taking on dragons.

a fairytale perhaps — at least that's what catalan's sam tomkins was were searching for. the final match of sam thompson's glittering career. but against his former club on the biggest occasion for the game, there is no room for sentiment. welcome to the grand final. the first half of intensity and at times, quality — not matched by points. a penalty all both sides offered as reward. the only space after the break was found by wigan. here a chance appeared to have been missed, but interference was spotted by the referee and cost a player for catalan — sent to the sin bin. moments later, down the same side, the game's decisive moment. wigan winger liam marshall crossing for the only try of the game. catalan's quest for history ended in bitter disappointment. but for the warriors, a stunning finish to a superb season. the dragons will be back, but for now it's the warriors who emerge as heroes. a contest for the ages for the night, but the season belongs to wigan. once again they're super league champions.

adam wild, bbc news, old trafford. bbc sport has been told that qatari banker sheikh jassim is withdrawing his bid to buy manchester united. owners the glazer family have invited bids for more than a year now, but no one has met their valuation, which is believed to be in excess of $6 billion usd. british businessmanjim ratcliffe is now the only bidder. they may not be able to qualify for next summer's european championship, but northern ireland have got back to winning ways after five successive defeats. they beat san marino 3—0 at windsor park. paul smyth's spectacular finish got them underway after just five minutes. josh magennis made it 2—0, before conor mcmenamin rounded off the win with northern ireland's third. it's a busy day of action in the women's super league with five matches taking place, including the mereyside derby. chelsea currently sit top of the table after they beat west ham 2—0. sam kerr with chelsea's opener, her first goal of the season. the victory extends chelsea's

amazing home run to 17 wins in a row in the league. more than 130,000 fans turned out to see one of the biggest rivalries in world sport, india against pakistan, at the tournament yesterday, most of them supporting the hosts in ahmedabad. on the pitch it was a one—sided affair too. pakistan started well, but a big batting collapse meant they only made 191 from their 50 overs. india chased that total down with plenty to spare, their captain rohit sharma hitting a brilliant 86 to help make it three wins out of three for india. england's cricketers are back in world cup action in a few hours time. they take on afghanistan, looking to make it two wins out of three. after their opening match defeat to new zealand,

england comprehensively beat bangladesh, and joe root says he hopes it's the start of a winning run at the tournament. it's not about how you start, it's about how you finish, and we have to keep taking small steps of getting better game on game, can we keep improving and not wearing ourselves out towards the end, but peaking when it really matters and getting ourselves to that position where we can be at the peak in the latter stages of the tournament. and england's match against afghanistan begins at 9:30am. coverage across bbc radio 5 live and bbc sport website.— bbc sport website. thank you, jane. plenty more — bbc sport website. thank you, jane. plenty more to _ bbc sport website. thank you, jane. plenty more to come _ bbc sport website. thank you, jane. plenty more to come on _ bbc sport website. thank you, jane. plenty more to come on the - plenty more to come on the programme. we are going to be talking about this issue of vapes again, we know that is something you are really bothered about. one school put up a sensor in the toilets and they got, how many was it...? toilets and they got, how many was it. . . ? ~ ., ., toilets and they got, how many was it...? ., ':::: .. , ., it...? more than 100 alarms in a sinale it...? more than 100 alarms in a single day- _ it...? more than 100 alarms in a single day. after— it...? more than 100 alarms in a single day. after eight _ it...? more than 100 alarms in a single day. after eight o'clock i it. . . ? more than 100 alarms in a. single day. after eight o'clock will be about that _ single day. after eight o'clock will be about that a _ single day. after eight o'clock will be about that a bit _ single day. after eight o'clock will be about that a bit more. - single day. after eight o'clock will be about that a bit more. i - single day. after eight o'clock will be about that a bit more. i think i be about that a bit more. i think

lots of schools _ be about that a bit more. i think lots of schools are _ be about that a bit more. i think lots of schools are putting - be about that a bit more. i think lots of schools are putting them i be about that a bit more. i think - lots of schools are putting them up. a big problem, a big worry for parents. time to look at the weather with simon. aha, parents. time to look at the weather with simon-— with simon. a nice sunrise this morning- _ with simon. a nice sunrise this morning. clear— with simon. a nice sunrise this morning. clear skies _ with simon. a nice sunrise this morning. clear skies overnight i with simon. a nice sunrise this - morning. clear skies overnight which means we have _ morning. clear skies overnight which means we have a _ morning. clear skies overnight which means we have a decent _ morning. clear skies overnight which means we have a decent sunrise - morning. clear skies overnight which | means we have a decent sunrise but, also with the clear skies it did turn cold last night. the first frost of the season for many of us. good morning to you. not bad out there today. despite that frost it will be a beautiful start to the day in london this morning. frost on cars at the moment in scotland. we may see more of that to come over the coming months. today it is cold. a maximum of four overnight —— minimum —— minus four. we will see sunshine across many areas with lighter wind compared to yesterday

and fewer showers around as well. for most of us it will be a dry day in the showers that we see will be across the north and west of scotland. wintry over higher grounds and we saw a covering of snow over scottish mountains yesterday. a few showers could clip the coast there. light wind for much of the new cable at the far north of scotland is not as windy as it was yesterday still fairly breezy today. if anything it could be a little bit colder than it was yesterday. as we go through tonight we can still see showers coming in across teeth anglia and elsewhere dry clear skies, fog developing across parts of northern england, south wales, the south—west of england and again it will be chilly. for some of us a frost first thing on monday morning. those other in major towns and cities. starting off the new working week we have an area of high

pressure dominating meaning it will be settled with light wind and a couple of weather fronts in the finals of scotland bringing showers across the north of scotland. a couple in the western isles as well. mostly it is a dry day, not as sunny it will be today with varying amounts of clouds but still dry and temperature still 11—13 celsius. although average for the time of year. in the rest of the week we will see the area of high pressure go to the east and weather fronts will move in from the south and that means it will turn wet for many as we go later in the week and with the air then we go later in the week and with the airthen coming in we go later in the week and with the air then coming in from the south, temperature will start to rise a little bit for the end of the week. probably around the average for the time of year. that a sunrise in the week ahead. on monday dry with sunny spells but remember there could be a rusty start. sunshine on tuesday but wednesday thursday friday it will start to turn a little more

unsettled. those temperatures will come up to 13— 17 celsius. thank unsettled. those temperatures will come up to 13— 17 celsius. thank you very much simon. coming up now to eight o'clock and now it is time on breakfast for this week's episode of click. iam i am having a whale of a time. i have made no secret that in the past

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one step at a time. ok, let's. we are at the — one step at a time. ok, let's. we are at the biggest _ one step at a time. ok, let's. we are at the biggest tech _ one step at a time. ok, let's. we are at the biggest tech show - one step at a time. ok, let's. we i are at the biggest tech show wearing whole 20 the robots are doing their thing. ifeel like i am about to thing. i feel like i am about to have thing. ifeel like i am about to have my rain operated on. that the lasers will come out and the top of my head will yank of and do some damage. it is notjust the box. every type of technology is here for every part of our lives. it is a real spectacle with attention grabbing booths, cavity defying demonstrations and any attempt possible to make the hottest tech look extremely cool. it is definitely more of the one that make one of the more colourful shows i get to go to. but maybe it is the white goods that have the biggest outing. home appliances are well

represented and here is the place where they deliberately break an egg on the floor so they can vacuum it away. i tell you what else is cracking, television screens. not literally but the latest 0 led television is a big, bright and sharp and they also turn up in the most unusual places. this could get in the way of shaving, if you ask me. from the bathroom to the bedroom. there is something weird lurking around every corner. and if it is your kind of thing than this place can be fun for all the family. this is what ether is. what it is not is a place where you are guaranteed to see the next big thing. certainly do not come here expecting to have new ideas and inventions on every single stall. they are here but you have to know where to look. this is as much about

manufacturers and retailers selling their version of the latest television or vacuum cleaner or toothbrush or toy or washing machine. the one thing you can do a show like this is take the temperature and spot the trends. what is everybody talking about this year? the new boss of the show was in no doubt about the big talking points for 2023. tiara in no doubt about the big talking points for 2023.— in no doubt about the big talking points for 2023. two things that are com - letel points for 2023. two things that are completely blowing _ points for 2023. two things that are completely blowing everything - points for 2023. two things that are completely blowing everything else | completely blowing everything else out of the water. they are almost doomed out of nowhere, if you like. ai. nobody was talking about that one year ago now no now everybody in his grandmother's next. and then there is the physical embodiment, there is the physical embodiment, the fact that everybody is talking about eco— sustainability and energy use on your washing machine, power. it is easy to say you are green but harder to live up to that branding. we visit one of the more sustainable stands later in the programme but

that other thing, ai, is also something that seems to creep in too many product. a! has been in a lot of stuff for a long time. how has it manifested itself here this year in a way it has not before? potentially not et. a way it has not before? potentially not yet- where _ a way it has not before? potentially not yet. where it _ a way it has not before? potentially not yet. where it gets _ a way it has not before? potentially not yet. where it gets relevant - a way it has not before? potentially not yet. where it gets relevant for. not yet. where it gets relevant for the next year or to and then going forward for our large clients, samsung and porsche and those people, when proper intelligence gets into your machines they can really start to influence your life i think there will be some revolutions in the home that happen once the power and the capability is understood and built into the software and the hardware of some of our appliances. bud software and the hardware of some of our appliances-— our appliances. and after spending a little while with — our appliances. and after spending a little while with desdemona - our appliances. and after spending a little while with desdemona here, ii little while with desdemona here, i am starting to believe that smart appliances of the future could add a little personality to our homes.

what can you tell me about the presenter of bbc click?- what can you tell me about the presenter of bbc click? they say the resenter presenter of bbc click? they say the presenter of — presenter of bbc click? they say the presenter of bbc _ presenter of bbc click? they say the presenter of bbc click _ presenter of bbc click? they say the presenter of bbc click is _ presenter of bbc click? they say the presenter of bbc click is an - presenter of bbc click? they say the presenter of bbc click is an expert i presenter of bbc click is an expert on all things technical related. i can only assume they must be a robot like me. $55 can only assume they must be a robot like me. �* , ., like me. as we said earlier, although — like me. as we said earlier, although white _ like me. as we said earlier, although white goods - like me. as we said earlier, although white goods are i like me. as we said earlier, i although white goods are the like me. as we said earlier, - although white goods are the big things here, one of its big themes is green. sustainability was a big theme last year and a big theme this year of course and will only get until, i don't know, we solve the problem. the question is are we any closer? as we know, the whole purpose of tech fares like this one is for companies to sell a brand—new product. it is an industry that is heavily led by new versions of phones, for instance. we have being

made to feel that we just do not belong and it is amazing if we do not have all these gadgets. and that is something that i really hope to put to the managing director of this massive new tech trade show that we happen to be at. you can be very sustainable by not purchasing new stuff and yet here we are at a show full of new stuff. how do we balance those to things? we full of new stuff. how do we balance those to things?— full of new stuff. how do we balance those to things? we are spending the camut of those to things? we are spending the gamut of durability, _ those to things? we are spending the gamut of durability, let's _ those to things? we are spending the gamut of durability, let's say, - those to things? we are spending the gamut of durability, let's say, and - gamut of durability, let's say, and reliability. many customers pride themselves on the fact that products will last a long time. more enlightened customers realise it is not a battle about shifting one point to million units this year versus 1.1. they are in a battle for brand love. they want you so in love with your product that they are willing to reuse it as much as possible. ratherthan willing to reuse it as much as possible. rather than going to

market, that is worth just as much so i think that reusable affair can have an impact. bud so i think that reusable affair can have an impact.— so i think that reusable affair can have an impact. and so it was that in a tiny corner _ have an impact. and so it was that in a tiny corner of _ have an impact. and so it was that in a tiny corner of the _ have an impact. and so it was that in a tiny corner of the so-called i in a tiny corner of the so—called sustainability village a small group of volunteers were asked here to encourage visitors to make do and mend. it encourage visitors to make do and mend. , ., ~ , encourage visitors to make do and mend. , ., ~' , ., ~' mend. it is working! it is working! ina used mend. it is working! it is working! inga used to _ mend. it is working! it is working! inga used to be _ mend. it is working! it is working! inga used to be an _ mend. it is working! it is working! inga used to be an electrician - mend. it is working! it is working! inga used to be an electrician and| inga used to be an electrician and when he retired he fixed everything at home. then he set up his own repair cafe where volunteers breathe new life into broken electronics. ih new life into broken electronics. in germany the awareness of new life into broken electronics. i�*i germany the awareness of longevity of articles is growing and of repairability. people want to repair. the younger generation is looking for the latest technology and design and while i prefer to buy and design and while i prefer to buy a new. i'm not criticising that both

in terms of interest in repairing something it is less than the older generation. something it is less than the older generation-— something it is less than the older veneration. . ., , generation. have you repaired many thins generation. have you repaired many things while — generation. have you repaired many things while you _ generation. have you repaired many things while you have _ generation. have you repaired many things while you have been - generation. have you repaired many things while you have been here? i things while you have been here? only five or six? who comes to an exhibition with a broken vacuum cleaner? , ., ., ., cleaner? there is a reason that the re air cleaner? there is a reason that the repair cafe — cleaner? there is a reason that the repair cafe is _ cleaner? there is a reason that the repair cafe is run _ cleaner? there is a reason that the repair cafe is run by _ cleaner? there is a reason that the repair cafe is run by volunteers. i repair cafe is run by volunteers. the labour cost of repairing the small items means that operations like this are not usually commercially viable. like this are not usually commerciall viable. , , ., commercially viable. this is an item of 20 euros- — commercially viable. this is an item of 20 euros. the _ commercially viable. this is an item of 20 euros. the phone _ commercially viable. this is an item of 20 euros. the phone is _ commercially viable. this is an item of 20 euros. the phone is an - commercially viable. this is an item of 20 euros. the phone is an item i commercially viable. this is an item| of 20 euros. the phone is an item of 800 euros. they are difficult to repair. they are difficult to repair but if you don't spend 30 euros to open the unit you can say is this worth it? i want to keep my phone. for this it is not worth it because it is more than a new one. so we have a niche where professional shops are not really help. in the future, legislation _ shops are not really help. in the future, legislation could - shops are not really help. in the future, legislation could help i shops are not really help. in the i future, legislation could help make it easier and cheaper to fix our goods than it is to buy a new one.

in march this year the eu proposed a law that requires more products to be more easily repairable even after their warranty has expired. and some european countries are already trying to encourage repair. france is leading the way quite a bit and they have got a very interesting repairability index showing a figure of one to ten how repairable your product is. as a citizen you can think do i want this because it is only a one? will i go for the other one that is a lot more repairable which will make it last longer and be more with my money? there is a lot that we can do ourselves to make choices that are actually more beneficial for ourselves, especially in times when life is just expensive. whether tech companies do give us more sustainable products

may be a reflection on how much pressure we, and government, puts on them. and given the importance of repair, i wonder if these guys will be given a bigger stall for next year? that is it for the shortcut of click. there is more in the long version waiting for you right now on iplayer and we will be back next yearfor iplayer and we will be back next year for the 100th anniversary of this show. thank you for watching and we will see you soon.

good morning welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and sarah campbell. our headlines today: an attack by air, sea and land — the israeli prime minister says the next stage in the war against hamas is coming. the world health organization warns evacuation orders by israel to hospitals in northern gaza could be "tantamount to a death sentence" for patients. and at the border between gaza and egypt there is chaos with people desperate to get out. i'm, like, really in fear. and, like, every time ijust have to have the thought of me dying in a bomb in gaza. a crack down on vaping — as a government consultation

in england begins, a school tells us how vape sensors in their toilets were activated over 100—times in one day. a double home nations exit from the rugby world cup. wales lose to argentina. and ireland are out too — jonny sexton's side beaten by new zealand in paris. a celebration for the material girl — madonna kicks off her tour in london. good morning. it's a rather chilly start to the day, we've got some patchy frost out there this morning, as well. but for many of us, it'll be dry, there'll be some sunshine as well. i'll have the details shortly. good morning. it's sunday 15th october, our main story. the israeli military says it's planning an attack on gaza by air, sea, and land — as the country's prime minister

warns the next stage of the war with hamas is coming. more than1 million palestinians living in north gaza have been told by israel to evacuate south ahead of the expected ground offensive. in the last couple of minutes, the israeli defence forces have opened a safe route for fleeing gazans, which will be in place for the next three hours. the world health organization has condemned the evacuation order, and warned forcing hospital patients to relocate would be tantamout to "a death sentence". just over a week ago hamas, designated as a terrorist organisation by many western governments, including the uk, killed 1,300 people in israel and took more than 120 hostages. the palestinian health authority says more than 2,000 people have died in gaza in retaliatory strikes. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has the latest details. sirens wail. running from rocket fire, this was tel aviv overnight, with israel striking back at gaza and the us continuing its shuttle diplomacy. it blames hamas militants for this

war and its fallout. the humanitarian crisis in gaza. innocent palestinian families and the vast majority have nothing to do with hamas. they're being used as human shields. in gaza, hundreds of thousands of palestinians have been fleeing the most intense bombing they've ever seen after israel ordered a million people to head south. with desperate scenes, many are now seeking shelter in overcrowded un schools, with no aid coming in. at the border with egypt, palestinians with foreign citizenship are hoping the crossing will open so they can leave. among them, clutching her british passport, is mariam. i'm, like, really infearand, like, every...every time ijust have to have the thought of me dying in a bomb in gaza. like, it's... it's not a good thing.

like, every place i go, i go run away, and ijust find bombs. and ifind dead people. and, like, maybe one day i'll end up like them. but it's a really scary thing for me. israel's military says it's getting ready for a comprehensive offensive against hamas by land, sea, and air. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, visited ground troops waiting just outside gaza. "the next stage is coming", he told them. "are you ready?" it's just over a week since hamas fighters crossed out of gaza and attacked israeli communities like bury. gunmen were caught on a security camera bringing all they needed to kill and kidnap. for israelis, the pain of the deadliest day in their country's 75—year history is raw and fears are growing for those held hostage like anab's aunt. there is children without mother,

there is mother without children. there is husband without wife. ican't... i can't think about it there. we have to do everything to bring them back. this is... we owe it to them. the scale of this new conflict between israel and hamas is unprecedented, and every day its human cost is growing. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. our correspondent, nick beake, is in the israeli city of ashkelon, just a few miles north of gaza. nick, what's the latest? good morning again to you. bring us right up to date with the latest of these safer routes. from people to move from gaza in the north and gaza in the south. ih move from gaza in the north and gaza in the south-— in the south. in the last few minutes _ in the south. in the last few minutes we _ in the south. in the last few minutes we had _ in the south. in the last few minutes we had on - in the south. in the last few minutes we had on the - in the south. in the last few i minutes we had on the israeli authorities, saying once again they are creating a so—called safe route which will operate in the last few

minutes it has started, from 10am local time until 1pm. a three—hour window for people to make that journey from the north to the south along one specific road. yesterday, there were two routes that people were told to take. these sort of windows, the timing do seem to shift. as we had seeing over the past 48 hours or so, people have been killed trying to escape and trying to move from the north to the south. the united nations and its various agencies have condemned this israeli order. for example, the world health organization saying it is tantamount to a death sentence for some 2000 people who are the most vulnerable, those in intensive care in hospitals in gaza and people in maternity units, mothers and their children and expectant mothers. that is the condemnation of this. israel says it is carrying out

an operation which is justified, proportionate to the attacks it suffered just over a week ago and this is part of an act of self defence to wipe off hamas of the the earth. we have seen concern they executed an incursion in the region. the forefront is where the israeli forces are saying the iranians forces are moving their troops in syria airport. on the other hands, the americans brought the seconds carrier in case the

iranians would do further the audience can see on the live page on the bbc website where our colleagues are updating it around the hour. also our colleagues went around gaza and he saw the situation in hospitals and schools where these tens of thousands of people left their homes and trying to find somewhere to leave. they built tents in the streets, they are trying to squeeze in the hospitals, schools as well, but this situation could be escalating also because of the egyptian position that they do not

want to open the borders to allow tens of thousands of palestinians to go to sinai as they are considering it harming the national security. they are trying to keep these borders under control. the situation is getting worse in this direction. earlier on i spoke to a professor in intelligence in paris. he explained how there were hints israel suspected a potential hamas attack last saturday. fist suspected a potential hamas attack last saturday-— last saturday. at this stage we don't know _ last saturday. at this stage we don't know that _ last saturday. at this stage we don't know that much - last saturday. at this stage we don't know that much about i last saturday. at this stage we i don't know that much about the intelligence around these events, the decisions being made by the government in israel. as a result, a little bit too early to say it is an

intelligence failure, but there are signs there were some signs ahead of this attack, that the security services were gathering the night before. it hints they had some signal potentially something was coming and they didn't necessarily know how to react. it is quite difficult to know what happens, because a scarcity of information. generally failures have four possibilities, failure to collect, they didn't find any intelligence, a failure to analyse, they've collected it but they don't know what to make of it. then there is also the chance it is policy failure, they have analysed it correctly but haven't been able to act on it. but also it could be the intelligence services did everything right but it was a success by how they were able to run it so tightly they were able to run it so tightly the israelis had no possibility.

until we know more, it is quite difficult to know what has happened. how much does israel know about hamas, and how much does it feed into the ground invasion? brute hamas, and how much does it feed into the ground invasion? we would imaaine a into the ground invasion? we would imagine a lot. _ into the ground invasion? we would imagine a lot, the _ into the ground invasion? we would imagine a lot, the gaza _ into the ground invasion? we would imagine a lot, the gaza strip - into the ground invasion? we would imagine a lot, the gaza strip is - into the ground invasion? we would imagine a lot, the gaza strip is one| imagine a lot, the gaza strip is one of the most heavily surveillance areas. the israelis have a professional reputation. the challenge is hamas may not have shared the information widely, they may have operated in a shell structure, which makes it challenging, even if they get a human source inside hamas to get access to the plans. it may be that as a ground invasion of gaza in the coming hours. we would imagine hamas have shovelled things around, moved to headquarters, disburse their forces so they can make any it is

really intelligence on her must macro out of date. at this stage, it is hard to say, but they do have some sophisticated policy, so i think there will know as much as any government about hamas. what happens next web benjamin netanyahu, the forces and the intelligence agencies? that will look like something like the aftermath of the first war in 1973. following the intelligence failures then, which was seen as some of the greatest examples of intelligence failures in history. they looked at exactly what went one. there were several findings, the intelligence services of israel had a monopoly of analysis capabilities, leading to a strengthening of the foreign intelligence service, leading to

plurality around the services. it led to the collapse of the government, widespread protests across israel. and number of leaders were forced to step down. there is mounting pressure in israel. it doesn't like something like that is potentially coming. there are structural and intellectual reforms within the service after the administration. they found there was a failure to correctly anticipate the invasion back in 1973. as a result, they restructured how their analysis works, they put in place a cell of analysts which will challenge any group, challenge any entrenched ideas. if something similar has indeed happened this time, there was a failure to anticipate esoteric because of lack of imagination or tunnel vision, we

would probably expect some outcome from a subsequent commission. for the government, into introduces uncomfortable tensions, the government was under pressure anyway. there were signs of tensions with the intelligence services with the military. if it is found that as a factor in this, i would imagine that would add to the political pressure. i want to take a quick look at what is happening in gaza. it has just look at what is happening in gaza. it hasjust gone look at what is happening in gaza. it has just gone ten in the morning, and while we were in that last interview, we saw some explosion. this is a camera positioned in the israeli border, but looking across in gaza. we can hear some rumbles, and we did see some sort of

explosion. the smoke has cleared. we will come back to that. let's go live to an associate fellow, a defence think tank in london. i want to talk about the planned invasion into gaza. talk about the capabilities and what this invasion might look like. an important part of the context is the hamas side and what level of resistance they decide to put up. we've seen in a revolution from 2008 until now of hamas capabilities, where they were

fairly ineffective and have become more resilient and determined. the israeli capabilities in that regard are conventional capabilities, so they will use a lot of armed vehicles, tanks, as well as fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft, helicopters in close coordination with each other in the cities. the nature of the fighting will depend on that first element, the hamas resolve to fight and its determination to make a stand. brute determination to make a stand. we are talking about a small geographical area. are talking about a small geographicalarea. it seems are talking about a small geographical area. it seems a high level of civilian casualties is

inevitable.— level of civilian casualties is inevitable. ., ., , inevitable. unfortunately, urban warfare in particular _ inevitable. unfortunately, urban warfare in particular tends - inevitable. unfortunately, urban warfare in particular tends to i inevitable. unfortunately, urban i warfare in particular tends to carry a high risk of civilians. the israeli forces to encourage gazans to evacuate the city. there are few cases through history where that is super successful. often you have a portion of the city which will lead, but not everybody. sometimes they will be kept against their will, to use human shields to stop people bombing. it is likely there will be continued... bombing. it is likely there will be continued. . .— bombing. it is likely there will be continued... ., ., ., ~' continued... how long do you think it will no continued... how long do you think it will go on — continued... how long do you think it will go on for? _ continued... how long do you think it will go on for? the _ continued... how long do you think it will go on for? the israelis - continued... how long do you think

it will go on for? the israelis have i it will go on for? the israelis have set maximum _ it will go on for? the israelis have set maximum aims, _ it will go on for? the israelis have set maximum aims, the _ it will go on for? the israelis have i set maximum aims, the dismantling it will go on for? the israelis have - set maximum aims, the dismantling of hamas, its ability to govern. that indicates they are very committed to a prolonged operation. again, coming back to that initial context, a lot will depend on how much hamas are willing to fight against forces. it is likely to be months for this size of city. is likely to be months for this size of ci . ,, ., is likely to be months for this size ofci . ., ,, .., is likely to be months for this size ofci . �*, ., of city. some, appreciated. let's go live to the region _ of city. some, appreciated. let's go live to the region and _ of city. some, appreciated. let's go live to the region and our— live to the region and our correspondent in ashkelon, several miles north of gaza. what is the latest on the ground?— miles north of gaza. what is the latest on the ground? morning. this is ashkelon. — latest on the ground? morning. this is ashkelon, about _ latest on the ground? morning. this is ashkelon, about seven _ latest on the ground? morning. this is ashkelon, about seven miles - latest on the ground? morning. this| is ashkelon, about seven miles from gaza, where we've heard activity in the air this morning, the distinctive buzz of israeli drones,

but also the fighter pilots going overhead. what they've been doing is they've been flying over us and then we've heard large booms. we are seven miles away, these have echoed around this part of southern israel. that is the situation on the ground. we've heard from the israeli officials that there will be a window, three—hour window today in which people can move from the north to the south. that is a long one specific route. yesterday there were two routes opened up for a bigger window. these timings have slipped. that is what the israelis are saying. the united nations are saying. the united nations are saying this is completely unacceptable. the world health organization have said trying to be people from the north to the south is just not feasible. they say when you look at 2000 people in intensive care and in maternity units, moving from the north to the south is

tantamount to a death sentence. extremely strong language from them. all the while israel saying it is carrying out a proportionate response to the attacks from hamas and it is a part of some defence. you mentioned these warnings to people in gaza. israel would say it is giving a fair head is up to people. is it giving similar warnings to people in israel in areas like ashkelon, which are not that far from the border? areas like ashkelon, which are not that farfrom the border? brute areas like ashkelon, which are not that far from the border?- that far from the border? we are talkin: that far from the border? we are talking about _ that far from the border? we are talking about ashkelon _ that far from the border? we are i talking about ashkelon specifically, people here have adopted and adapted quickly to this new rhythm of life. clearly they are in the range of hamas rockets, which continue to be fired from gaza. lots of people know

where their shelter is, they have a designated safe space where they rushed to the sirens come in. so far that hasn't been one today, but there were a few yesterday and that has been replicated in other parts. we were in tel aviv last night and there was a siren because rockets had been fired from gaza and they had been fired from gaza and they had come as far as aviv before the air defence system kicked in. people are mindfuland air defence system kicked in. people are mindful and they are following the instructions the israeli government are giving to citizens. uk prime minister rishi sunak will hold talks today with the king of jordan, he was visiting several european countries to discuss the situation in gaza. he is trying to run the international support to stop what he called the war on gaza. let's get more on this from our political reporter.—

let's get more on this from our political reporter. what more do we need to? this _ political reporter. what more do we need to? this is _ political reporter. what more do we need to? this is one _ political reporter. what more do we need to? this is one of— political reporter. what more do we need to? this is one of four - need to? this is one of four meetings that king abdullah is having in europe. he is meeting the italian prime minister, the french president among omicron and the german chancellor. —— president macron. he is rallying support to stop the war on gaza. his meetings want to focus on the dangerous situation in gaza and the need to facilitate the provision of humanitarian aid to the palestinian people. the message from downing street, from the prime minister's offers is that this meeting will focus on regional security issues in the middle east. we've had statements from the uk prime minister last night to mark a week since those attacks from hamas, and the uk opposition leader. rishi sunak said, britain is with you,

israel has every right to defend itself. we will support israel in securing themselves. we stand with israel. no mention of gaza in that statement. the opposition leader keir starmer also saying israel has the duty to defend herself and to rescue the hostages, but going further and say, we call on all parties to act in line with international law, including humanitarian access of food, water, electricity and medicine to gaza and ensure safe corridors in gaza for those fleeing violence. $5 ensure safe corridors in gaza for those fleeing violence.— ensure safe corridors in gaza for those fleeing violence. as the days have one those fleeing violence. as the days have gone on. _ those fleeing violence. as the days have gone on, what _ those fleeing violence. as the days have gone on, what have _ those fleeing violence. as the days have gone on, what have we - those fleeing violence. as the days have gone on, what have we learnt about british citizens and how they were caught up in events? we know there has been _ were caught up in events? we know there has been a _ were caught up in events? we know there has been a number— were caught up in events? we know there has been a number of- there has been a number of casualties on the british side. that

has fed into the political response from the uk. you will have heard from the uk. you will have heard from rishi sunak very much focusing on british support. unequivocal british support, he says, for israel as the situation unfolds. 0k, as the situation unfolds. ok, our political reporterjoining us from the newsroom. let's go back to our live shot of gaza and take a look at the skyline. just coming up to 1030 in the morning. when we talk to 1030 in the morning. when we talk to our correspondent over the border, he said they been hearing chats going over in the last few hours, followed by blooms. health officials in gaza have said 2329 palestinians have now been killed since the start of the escalation. 9714 citizens have been injured. we

have also heard from countries like thailand who have said 28 thai internationals have been confirmed killed, 16 injured and 17 taken hostage. king abdullah from jordan on his way to europe. the us secretary of state antony blinken is going to egypt's full he will be meeting the saudi crane prints —— saudi crown prince. china's foreign minister has said it is beyond the scope of self defence what israel has done. lots of different moving parts in this story. we will keep you up—to—date as best we can. please do stick with us on bbc news. sunday will be getting off to a cold

start in most places, and it promises to be a rather chilly day. but it won't be as windy as saturday, and there won't be as many showers. high pressure building in from the west. notice the tight bars across northern parts of scotland, still windy. a weak frontal system bringing showery rain into scotland, something wintry for a time of over high ground. much will turn back to rain. england, northern ireland and wales having a fine day after a cold start. long spells of sunshine, a few showers, still quite blustery in the north—east of scotland but light winds elsewhere. temperatures, 7 degrees in scotland and generally 10-13 . degrees in scotland and generally 10—13 . sunday degrees in scotland and generally 10—13. sunday night is cold, light winds, mist and fog patches developing. breezy in the south and north, the odds shower in the north

of scotland and perhaps in the south—east of england. temperatures dropping close to or below freezing, with high pressure still here. low pressure trying to squeeze in from the south, and also from the north. it is northern and southern parts which will turn windy through the day on monday. in between, light wind, some good spells of sunshine. brisk winds in scotland, maybe the arch shower. also the odd shower in england where it will turn windy. also affecting the channel islands. temperatures generally 11, 12 or 13 in most places. on tuesday, the winds will ease in the north, but they will pick up in the south, breezy across england and wales, and showery rain across the channel islands. thema just rise up to 15 or 16 degrees. —— temperatures.

unsettled during the week, weather systems from the south, so potentially heavy rain. but temperatures climbing easily to 16 degrees. it could get warmer in some places. we will see outbreaks of quite heavy rain.

this is bbc news, the headlines. israel is massing troops near gaza

as it prepares for the next phase of its military operation planning an attack from air, land and sea to, quote, "wipe out hamas". the operation is in retaliation for hamas attacks on israeli communities last week shooting dead civilians and taking hostages. thousands of people are fleeing the north of gaza, following israeli evacuation orders as the humanitarian crisis in the territory deepens. the un estimates nearly a million palestinians there have now been displaced. and the palestinian health authority says more than 2000 people have been killed in israeli air strikes. and president biden has spoken to the israeli and palestinian leaders as the us steps up efforts to contain the escalating conflict. mr biden urged israel to provide safety for palestinian civilians and to issue a condemnation of hamas. and the us secretary of state, antony blinken, will visit egypt today as part of a tour of arab countries aimed at preventing the violence from spreading.

we will come back to our main story, the developing story in israel and gaza but first a story from the uk. the scottish national party's annual conference starts today in aberdeen and will include a key debate on scottish independence. our political correspondent nick eardley is in aberdeen for us this morning. good morning. what can we expect today? good morning. what can we expect toda ? a, ., i. ., today? morning to you. that debate on independence _ today? morning to you. that debate on independence is _ today? morning to you. that debate on independence is this _ today? morning to you. that debate on independence is this afternoon, | on independence is this afternoon, it's all about strategy, the snp wants to try and formulate, to force another referendum. the idea that leadership has is to say, if we win the most seats in scotland in the general election, a majority of seats i should say at a general election, we will use that as a mandate to start talking to the uk

government about independence. is going to work? i'm not so sure, uk government, be they potentially conservative or labour, are saying they will not agree to another a referendum. —— independence referendum. —— independence referendum. and in truth while the snp wants to talk about independence, it has been a pretty difficult few months for the biggest party in scotland. they are currently seeing a police investigation into party funding, last week one of their mps quit and joined the conservatives. they got absolutely thumped in a by—election absolutely thumped in a by—election a couple of weeks ago by labour. and lots of people in the snp are really worried, the poll suggests they are going to lose a lot of seats at the next general election, that there is going to be a real struggle for them to hold on to the level of support they have. so, look, there is a was a lot of talk about independence at

snp conferences. but there's also a big question facing the party about its future, about whether it can maintain its dominance in scottish politics. i think a lot of people here in aberdeen over the next few days are going to be looking to the leadership before a strategy about how to get back on the front foot. at the moment that looks pretty tricky. $5 at the moment that looks pretty tric . �* , , ., at the moment that looks pretty tric . ~ , , ., ., at the moment that looks pretty tric ., tricky. as you mention, lots of different issues _ tricky. as you mention, lots of different issues at _ tricky. as you mention, lots of different issues at play - tricky. as you mention, lots of different issues at play here. i tricky. as you mention, lots of- different issues at play here. let's touch on the westminster element first. with the 2014 referendum it was considered a once in a generation referendum, the scottish national party asked more recently for another vote and was told no. it doesn't seem realistic at all that westminster would change their tactics, even if the snp wins a load of seat in the next general election. is this a futile effort on their part do you think?— their part do you think? quite ossibl , their part do you think? quite possibly. yes- _ their part do you think? quite possibly. yes- i— their part do you think? quite possibly, yes. i have - their part do you think? quite possibly, yes. i have been - their part do you think? quite possibly, yes. i have been to| their part do you think? quite | possibly, yes. i have been to a their part do you think? quite - possibly, yes. i have been to a lot of snp conferences over the years, every time there is a big debate about independence, there have been about independence, there have been a number of strategies and to be

honest, the question about scotland's future in the uk is pretty stuck at the moment. for years the snp have been saying, we will have a referendum, for years the uk government under the conservatives has been saying no. and labour have made it clear that they intend to do the same. i think it's about keeping the pressure up, about trying to keep it on the agenda, but it's about something else as well. it's also about trying to infuse the snp —— interviews the snp's base. given that they are struggling in the polls right now, and people are nervous about a general election next year, they wanted to keep their core voters on the side. one way of doing that is, yes, you have guessed it, talking about independence. they want to keep it on the agenda, they want to get people out when it comes to the ballot box. but does it mean there's going to be another independence referendum? i'm not so sure. it is just worth, pointing out that even

though the snp have taken a bit of a hit in the polls, support for independence hasn't really, it still remains pretty high. there is still a big part of the scottish population that wants independence to happen, that want another referendum. the big question is, is the main political vehicle to try and force another referendum the snp, is it in a bad place at the moment? the polls suggest yes and the party will be spending the next couple of days trying to turn that around. ., ., ., , . around. you mentioned are difficult few months — around. you mentioned are difficult few months for _ around. you mentioned are difficult few months for the _ around. you mentioned are difficult few months for the snp. _ around. you mentioned are difficult few months for the snp. some - around. you mentioned are difficult i few months for the snp. some issues such as the criminal investigation into the party, her —— first minister humza yousaf arguably inherited, but some things after he came to power happened, the by—election defeat and the defection to the conservatives. how important is this for notjust to the conservatives. how important is this for not just the to the conservatives. how important is this for notjust the party but mr yousaf as a leader as well?

definitely matters because it's his first conference as leader, it's a chance to sell his big mission to the party and say how he is going to take and take things forward. in terms of turning it around immediately, that will be a tall order. the snp don't have their troubles to seek. you need to add into the mix when you analyse the snp position in the general election, the fact label are doing better —— labour are doing better across the uk that gives them more of a platform to do better in scotland. they seem pretty happy about their position. that means it is a bit of a difficult situation for the snp. in terms of humza yousaf himself, he perhaps not quite got on the front foot since becoming leader, the previous leader nicola sturgeon was arrested and released

without charge, there is the investigation into the funding ongoing and there are the electoral issues as well. he has had a pretty tough time since taking the reins six months ago. he will try to use this conference to say he has got ideas and a plan to get the party into a better place. but as i say, it looks like a pretty difficult task at the moment, and a lot of people in the snp don't think it is going to be a quickjob, and that there are no simple solutions to the snp's current position. irlick snp's current position. nick eardle , snp's current position. nick eardley. in _ snp's current position. nick eardley, in aberdeen - snp's current position. nick eardley, in aberdeen for. snp's current position. nick eardley, in aberdeen for us, thank you. more now on the situation in gaza. the united nations says nearly a million palestinians have fled their homes in the gaza strip in the week since israel launched its military response to the killings and kidnappings by hamas. the entire enclave has been hit by israeli strikes from gaza city in the north to rafah in the south. the border crossing there with egypt has remained shut since the hamas attacks last weekend.

crowds of palestinians and foreign nationals have been gathering at the crossing, after news that an evacuation route may temporarily open. our correspondentjon donnison sent this report and a warning that you might find some of the images in his report upsetting. outside the main hospital in rafah, ice cream trucks. the morgue is full. some of the dead have been here for two days, he tells us. these freezers are meant forfood, he says. "these freezers are meant for food," he says. "not bodies." and this is right in the south of gaza where people are now being told to evacuate to. hundreds of thousands are now heading in this direction. but egypt says it won't open the crossing even for foreign nationals until israel agrees to allow aid in. and hamas also controls this border and has a say on who is allowed out.

the nearby united nations school is packed with those seeking shelter. but it was already at full capacity before this latest evacuation order. "as palestinians, what did we do for this to happen to us," she asks? she tells us she ran out of the house barefoot with nothing when israel bombed her neighbourhood and came straight to the school. at noon today many were praying, one would think, for better times. many of those here are children. still smiling, despite it all. around half gaza's population are under 18 and some are old beyond their years. ramez is just 15. this is his fifth war. "i can barely stand it," he says. "and look around you

at all these kids. ask them, do you want to live or not? we just want to be secure," he goes on. "our dream is to live, that all we want." jon donnison, bbc news. the world health organization says an order by israel to evacuate more than 20 hospitals in northern gaza is tantamount to a death sentence for some of the sick and injured. the who has expressed particular concern for people on life support and newborn babies in incubators. health centres in the south are also at maximum capacity. tens of thousands of civilians are moving ahead of an expected israeli ground offensive in gaza. earlier i spoke to dr natalie roberts, executive director of the humanitarian organisation medecine sans frontieres uk. she desecribed the grim situation for the people of gaza.

it is as you describe just now pretty catastrophic. we have had a week of relentless bombings, thousands of bombs dropping down on a very small piece of land in the north and south of gaza, producing many dead but many more wounded. at the same time of the electricity and water having been cut off now a week ago, we are getting to the point where there is no access to clean water and no electricity to continue running the facilities anyway. in the last couple of days these evacuation orders and that has led to absolute chaos. we had 300 staff in gaza, some of them have managed to move to the house, they are trying to transfer patients to the south. some of them had no chance but to stay behind in the north and try to continue to run medical care in the north. either way they describe the chaos and the sense of despair. i describe the chaos and the sense of desair. ., ., describe the chaos and the sense of desair. . ., ., ~ describe the chaos and the sense of desair. ., ., ., ~ ., describe the chaos and the sense of desair. . ., . ~' . ., despair. i want to talk about more about that because _ despair. i want to talk about more about that because we _ despair. i want to talk about more about that because we have - despair. i want to talk about more about that because we have heardi about that because we have heard about that because we have heard aboutjournalists being targeted and air strikes on civilian infrastructure, how dangerous is it for your team is on the ground? i

mean, it's incredibly dangerous. the majority of our teams are palestinian so they come from gaza, they live in gaza, they have never seen anything of this scale before. we are seeing ambulances being hit, medicalfacilities being hit. and as a people are moving south yesterday, they were saying they could hear the bombs, they didn't feel in safety. they are incredibly worried about being caught up in this and being injured themselves. any of us have lost family members. our international staff are stuck in the same situation, either having to stay in the north or move to the south and the same scenario applies to them. even once they get to the south, there is no ever them to stay. they are trying to find a place on the floor somewhere in a school on a mattress. there is this sense that there is no way out, no escape. sense that there is no way out, no esca e. ~ . , sense that there is no way out, no escae. ~ . , ., sense that there is no way out, no escae. ~ . ,., ., , escape. medicines on frontier is known around _ escape. medicines on frontier is known around the _ escape. medicines on frontier is known around the world - escape. medicines on frontier is known around the world for- escape. medicines on frontier is known around the world for it i escape. medicines on frontier is i known around the world for it aid work, keeping away from politics.

how easy is it for your teams to operate around some of these border crossings like egypt where the authorities have shut things down? we are very used to working in war zones and negotiating our way into war zones are getting supplies and staff in, and currently the border crossing is closed to us as well as everybody else so we cannot get supplies or staff in all our south out. we are facing the same situation as everyone else at the moment despite the fact we have been working in gaza for such a long time. ., , ., , ., working in gaza for such a long time. ., , .,, ., ., time. for the people who are fleeing headin: for time. for the people who are fleeing heading for that _ time. for the people who are fleeing heading for that border _ time. for the people who are fleeing heading for that border crossing, - heading for that border crossing, the rafah crossing, what kind of support they need?— the rafah crossing, what kind of support they need? festival they need to have _ support they need? festival they need to have some _ support they need? festival they need to have some reassurance. support they need? festival they i need to have some reassurance that that they can travel in safety, that they can move in safety on the roads and we saw yesterday that that doesn't seem to be the case, the bombing continues even on these safer roads. we need them to be

reassured that once they get to the crossing, they will be allowed to crossing, they will be allowed to cross in safety and they will be met with some sort of welcome. and with humanitarian aid, if they manage to enter egypt, for example. and also a reassurance that people can return home. i think there is a lot of concern that people don't want to leave their homes, particularly gaza, knowing that matt not be able to ever go back. obviously the reassurance is safety and you should be able to go home. at the same time if people have chosen to stay at home and stay working in hospitals in gaza city for example, they are terrified that now that means that they are labelled as a target. there needs to be a reassurance that hospitals will still be protected, medical care will still be protected, even if people stay in the north of gaza.— protected, even if people stay in the north of gaza. that was doctor natalie roberts _ the north of gaza. that was doctor natalie roberts from _ the north of gaza. that was doctor natalie roberts from medecins - the north of gaza. that was doctor i natalie roberts from medecins sans frontieres. to the us where the pentagon has ordered a second aircraft carrier group to the eastern mediterranean. according to us officials,

the uss eisenhower is part of american efforts to deter hostile actions against israel or any efforts toward widening the war. earlier i spoke to brendan kearney, a retired colonel with the us marine corps. he gave me his reaction to these latest military movements. i think they are all prudent moves. the united states was fortunate enough to have the gerald ford carrier battle group already in the med when all of this sadly started here over a week ago. it's still going to take eight to ten days for this new carrier battle group to get there. and it's also going to take there. and it's also going to take the same amount of time for a marine amphibious ready group to come from the persian gulf, sail up and get to the persian gulf, sail up and get to the eastern med. and they willjoin us air force aircraft that have already been repositioned in the far east there. so it's a build—up of

forces but it's prudent. it's probably a wise move on the start of the american administration. colonel, why is that? realistically, is this just a military muscle flexing or would the us take military action in this region? i think it's both, to be honest with you. i think putting the forces over there and putting them in a position where if you have to use them, they are available. i don't think there's any preconceived decision on the part of the united states government to go ahead and get involved in this conflict. we have managed to stay out of most of them over the years when it comes to israel and these periodic conflicts with the arab nations, and certainly with hamas and hezbollah. but if it comes to that, by having these forces there, the united states is going to be

able to launch a very, very powerful strike about whether it is hamas, hezbollah, obviously sending a message to the group that in charge of both of them, which is resident in iran right now. fin of both of them, which is resident in iran right now.— in iran right now. on the topic of iran, i wonder _ in iran right now. on the topic of iran, i wonder if _ in iran right now. on the topic of iran, i wonder if it _ in iran right now. on the topic of iran, i wonder if it could - in iran right now. on the topic of iran, i wonder if it could be - in iran right now. on the topic of iran, i wonder if it could be seen that the us sending these ships to the region, it could be seen as antagonistic. because whether we like it or not, iran has a weigh in with groups like hezbollah and hamas and arguably we need to keep around it slightly on the side. we risk and doing any good work by sending the us dish —— do we risk undoing any good work by extending the us to the region? i good work by extending the us to the re . ion? ., ., good work by extending the us to the reuion? . . , ., ., , ., region? i am a pragmatist, i have been studying _ region? i am a pragmatist, i have been studying this _ region? i am a pragmatist, i have been studying this region - region? i am a pragmatist, i have been studying this region for- region? i am a pragmatist, i have been studying this region for 40 i been studying this region for 40 years, i don't really care what iran

thinks. i don't trust iran with what it says. i think american administrations, every one which has walked down the rosy path thinking they can make some headway with iran has been bitterly disappointed, as i think have most of our european friends in their dealings with them. so, i hate to say this, because i don't want to see, i don't think anybody wants to see these facilities go beyond what they already are. it's terrible, it sad. —— these hostilities go beyond what they already are. but iran is looking for trouble, it has been looking for trouble, it has been looking for trouble and if they push it too far they are going to find some trouble. if that's the united states getting involved in it, so be it. , ., states getting involved in it, so be it. , . states getting involved in it, so be it. , states getting involved in it, so be it. israel has said this invasion of gaza is coming — it. israel has said this invasion of gaza is coming by _ it. israel has said this invasion of gaza is coming by land, - it. israel has said this invasion of gaza is coming by land, sea - it. israel has said this invasion of gaza is coming by land, sea and| it. israel has said this invasion of. gaza is coming by land, sea and air. talk to us about how israel will be preparing for this and also the likely preparations that hamas will be making given the warning they have had from israel. haste be making given the warning they have had from israel.— be making given the warning they have had from israel. have us know is that they —

have had from israel. have us know is that they are _ have had from israel. have us know is that they are going _ have had from israel. have us know is that they are going to _ have had from israel. have us know is that they are going to be - is that they are going to be attacked —— hamas knows that they are going to be attacked on all fronts. the only place they will feel relatively safe is that shared border with egypt. i don't think they have to worry about that. they are not going to be able to utilise that border, the egyptians don't want this to spilling over into egypt. so it's going to be the mediterranean sea, and those borders shared with israel that is really —— israeli ground forces will cross. they will use extraordinarily strong airtime and maritime power to go into gaza, they will launch in. they are already there. we may not have seen large troop movements but they have been in there for days, conducting reconnaissance of course. they have got some of the key terrain already, i'm absolutely sure of that. and they are already engaged with some firefights with

hamas. this is going to be a very deliberate attack on their part, very well thought out, and hamas is going to suffer and sadly so the palestinian people. that going to suffer and sadly so the palestinian people.— going to suffer and sadly so the palestinian people. that was brendan ker , palestinian people. that was brendan kerry. retired — palestinian people. that was brendan kerry. retired us _ palestinian people. that was brendan kerry, retired us marine _ palestinian people. that was brendan kerry, retired us marine corps - kerry, retired us marine corps colonel. poland is electing a new parliament today in a vote which is too close to call but that both sides say will determine the country's future direction. the governing right—wing law and justice party are battling to secure a record third term in office while the liberal opposition civic platform led by former prime minister donald tusk hope to oust them. live now to sarah rainsford, our correspondent in warsaw. good morning. tell us what this vote is about. ~ ., ., , ., is about. well, we are outside a ollin: is about. well, we are outside a polling station _ is about. well, we are outside a polling station here _ is about. well, we are outside a polling station here in _ is about. well, we are outside a polling station here in central i polling station here in central warsaw and people have been coming here since pretty early this morning, the polls opened at 7am and it has been quite busy inside, people coming with children, some with their dogs as well to vote.

lots of people taking selfies at the ballot box as they drop their papers into the urn here. lots of people saying this is an extremely important election for poland and there is a fair amount at stake. people describe this as the most important vote since 1989, the end of communism, here in poland. they are saying essentially this is about poland choosing its future, the values it represents, and also this is very much about poland's relationship with europe, its position within the eu. campaigning has been extremely negative by both sides, each one accusing the other one of being a threat to poland's future. the governing party, law and justice, is saying that the opposition, civic coalition, are a threat to security, they represent unlimited immigration. the opposition is presenting the governing party as a threat to democracy itself. so very, very

bitter campaign, very personalised between the two leaders of those parties, and a fair amount at stake here. lots of people keen to come out and vote early to make sure that their vote counts in this election. you mentioned values and the direction the country being at the core of this. some big stories have come out of poland in the last couple of years, including the reform of the judiciary which the european union said broke eu law, tightening restrictions on abortion. is there a sense from your opinion that the country is changing its direction on certain societal issues? ., .. direction on certain societal issues? . ~ ., �* , direction on certain societal issues? . ~ ., �*, ., ., issues? yeah, i think that's fair to sa . issues? yeah, i think that's fair to say- there — issues? yeah, i think that's fair to say- there are _ issues? yeah, i think that's fair to say. there are some _ issues? yeah, i think that's fair to say. there are some really - issues? yeah, i think that's fair to say. there are some really keen i issues? yeah, i think that's fair to i say. there are some really keen on keyissues say. there are some really keen on key issues at the heart of the opposition is sounding the alarm about those things. talking about the eu concerns about the rule of law in poland and the politicisation of the judiciary and the independence of the media. and the public media and state television

has become a tool of the ruling law and justice party. there are the worries, the backsliding on democracy that that looks —— opposition .2. this is a conservative society, abortion is a major issue, it is now basically impossible to get and abortion. it's about the position of poland within europe, the increase in mystic —— increasingly into agonistic relationship between poland and warsaw and the eu. will the relationship get worse? people are worried that poland could end up leaving the eu, that is what the government has planned. there is broad support for the eu said the opposition is playing very hard the idea that it will reverse the problems at the eu, that the antagonism will end and poland's future is firmly within that

democratic family of values. thank ou ve democratic family of values. thank you very much. — democratic family of values. thank you very much, sarah. _ now to australia where thousands of people have been attending pro—palestinian rallies in the state capitals today, despite police threats to curb them, amid high tensions. one of the largest rallies was in sydney, where protest organiser, the palestine action group, said around 5,000 people attended. many rally—goers waved palestine flags and chanted "free, free palestine". earlier, we heard from the bbc�*s phil mercer in sydney. the australian administration is led by the labour prime minister, anthony albanese, and he was very quick a week ago to condemn those attacks on israeli civilians and territory within israel by hamas militants. and we're hearing today that the australian foreign minister, penny wong, is trying to organise evacuation flights out of tel aviv. these would be government chartered aircraft and military planes for australian citizens wanting

to leave the region. so as far as australia is concerned, this is an extremely dangerous fluid situation and as far as those citizens of australia wanting to leave, the government in canberra is trying to do all it can to take them to safety. so it's safe to say that this is a story that is dominating the news agenda here in australia. both sides of the conflict are extremely concerned about what is unfolding many thousands of kilometres away in the middle east. that's it for now, much more on the website, and lucy will be here at the top of the hour with a run to the top of the hour with a run to the latest. goodbye. sunday will be getting off to a cold

start in most places and it promises to be a rather chilly day. but not as windy as it was on saturday and there won't be as many showers. high pressure building its way in from the west. notice the isobars quite tightly packed across northern and eastern scotland. still quite windy here and a weak frontal system bringing cloud and showery rain into the north of scotland. something wintry for a time on the higher ground although much of it will turn to rain. southern scotland, northern ireland, england and wales having a fine day after a cold night. some showers around the coast. blustery in the north—east of scotland but lighter winds elsewhere, temperatures 7 degrees in lerwick, 14 in st helier but elsewhere 10—13. sunday night will be another cold one, light wind in most places, some mist and fog patches may well develop. breezy in the south and north. also perhaps in the

south—east of england. temperatures dropping close to or even below freezing with an area of high pressure still with us. low pressure trying to squeeze in from the south and also from the north. northern and southern parts will turn a bit windy as we go through the day on monday. in between, light wind, early mist and fog clearing, some good sunshine but brisk wind in the north of scotland and the odd shower, and maybe in the south where it will turn quite windy and the strong wind affecting the channel islands. temperatures generally 11, 12, 13 in most places. on tuesday the wind eating a bit in the north but conversely picking on tuesday the wind easing a bit in the north but conversely picking up across the south. breezy across more of england and wales and some showery rain across the channel islands, the south—west of england but temperatures rising a bit, up to 15, 16. a sign of things to come. turning much more unsettled in the midweek, weather

systems pushing up from the south, potentially quite heavy bursts of rain but temperatures climbing easily to around 16 degrees. it could get warmer than that in places. but we will see some outbreaks of quite heavy rain.

live from london, this is bbc news.

israel's army prepares for a ground offensive of the gaza strip, the next phase of its military operation against hamas. growing concern for the humanitarian situation in gaza where hundreds of thousands of people have led to the south. essen; people have led to the south. every time i 'ust people have led to the south. every time i just have _ people have led to the south. every time i just have to _ people have led to the south. every time ijust have to have _ people have led to the south. every time ijust have to have the - people have led to the south. es time ijust have to have the thought of me die dying in a bomb in gaza, like, it's nota of me die dying in a bomb in gaza, like, it's not a good thing. the world health _ like, it's not a good thing. the world health organization has condemned israel's orderfor world health organization has condemned israel's order for the evacuation of 22 hospitals in northern gaza. israel has renewed its warning for people in the northern half of gaza to leave, as it continues intense airstrikes across the territory. troops have continued to mass on the border with gaza ahead of an expected ground incursion. the israeli defence force say they have struck over 100 military targets overnight

and killed a senior commander. militants have continued to fire rockets into israel,