live from london, this is bbc news. israel continues its bombardment of the gaza strip with fighter planes and drones striking targets across the territory. the doctors have told the territory. the doctors have told the bbc they refused to evacuate. thousands of other palestinians have continued to flee from the normal part of god �*s eye. nearlyi million are estimated to have been displaced. the israeli prime minister held his first cabinet meeting for his new national emergency government. the us secretary of state is to return to israel following talks in cairo. he says israel should take every precaution to avoid harming civilians.

plenty more from the situation in the middle east, but we will pause and get an update on the sport. defending champions england have suffered a shock defeat at the cricket world cup, losing in delhi to afghanistan — who in turn have registered the most significant one day win in their history. afghanistan batted first and after an opening stand of 108, eventually made 284 — a total that proved too much for the holders. england lost wickets regularly throughout the chase... and were bowled out for 215. 69 runs short, leaving them with two defeats out of their three games so far. from one world cup to another — england are also in action at the rugby union world cup — against fiji in the quarterfinal in marseille, where they're deep into the second half. fiji reduce the arrears. england cord and 2a points to 17. —— leading. 13 minutes remaining and as

i speak, fiji touchdown for another try. if that is converted, it will be 2a — try. if that is converted, it will be 24 - 24. sunday's second quarterfinal sees south africa take on france in paris. the defending champions south africa finished second in pool b to set up a meeting with the tournament hosts in the last eight. everyone is four years older, so bodies are taking a bit longer to recover, etc! but! bodies are taking a bit longer to recover, etc! but i think we had a very good week. we prepared to the best of our ability and i think all the talking has been done. we will have to deliver on that. sirjim ratcliffe�*s ineos group wants to take control of the football operations side of manchester united as they look to buy a 25% stake in the club

with an offer worth an estimated $1.7 billion. the british billionaire is thought to be increasingly is thought to be increasingly confident of securing what he hopes will be the first stage of an eventual buyout of the glazer family. the bbc�*s been told that his principal rival — qatari banker sheikh jassim bin hamad al thani — has withdrawn from the bidding process, having failed to meet the glazers�* valuation of more than 6 billion and growing frustrated with their demands. qualifying for next year's european football championship continues on sunday. the likes of belgium, france and portugal have already made it to germany, while scotland can join them without kicking a ball — that's if norway fail to beat spain. it's much trickier for wales, who play croatia. they remain three points off second place in group d in a four—way tussle for qualification, but wales will move in to second if they win in cardiff. manager rob page insists speculation about his future won't affect him, with pressure mounting

after a disappointing qualifying campaign so far. i've not spoken to anyone about it so i can't — i've not spoken to anyone about it so i can't tell you if it's true or not _ so i can't tell you if it's true or not i— so i can't tell you if it's true or not. i signed a four—year deal in the long—term plan is to start introducing young players into this group _ introducing young players into this group. but there's got to be a little — group. but there's got to be a little bit — group. but there's got to be a little bit of perspective as well and the — little bit of perspective as well and the bigger picture is we are planning — and the bigger picture is we are planning for the future. manchester city are top of the women's super league after a 5—0 victory over bristol city. jill roord and khadija shaw both scoring twice. elsewhere, manchester united and leicester drew 1—1. two goals in stoppage time saw arsenal snatch victor against aston villa. spurs lead at brighton having gala goal down. it's everton to lead by goal down. it's everton to lead by goal to zero. it's been a good weekend in the motogp championship for ducati's franceso bagnaia. he won the indonesian grand prix to restore his lead in the motogp championship. his title rivaljorge martin moved to the top of the standings on saturday by clinching the sprint race, but he crashed out in lap 1a.

one rider's pain meant another�*sjoy as bagnaia fought back from 13th to seal his sixth victory of the season. he now leads martin by 18 points. that was converted, christian. 2a points to zero with —— 24—24 with ten minutes to go. back to you. i'll tell you, i am following you on my computer just i'll tell you, i am following you on my computerjust in case! as a rugby fan. a couple of things to tell you from the middle east. in the last few minutes. first of all, we had a report from the un peacekeeping force in lebanon. it's called you in ifi l. it's been a tense situation. today with fire being exchanged by both sides. unifil saying their

headquarters hit by rocket. we understand the us president has has a conversation with the president abbas. they are talking with partners in the region to try to get supplies into gaza. he's with the prime minister rishi sunak about the situation in israel and gaza. he's on a european tour at the moment. he's trying to rally international support. rishi sunak is he is standing firmly by israel as a mark of the first week since that attack and southern israel. these are life pictures we just had. an and southern israel. these are life pictures wejust had. an important ally for the uk, jordan. we've also heard in the last hour from antony

blinken, who is leaving cairo. he's now en route to aviv. he's been holding discussions with president al sisi. the way that israel does this matters. needs to do it in a way that affirms the shared values that we have for human life and human dignity, taking every possible precaution to avoid harming civilians. affirming shared values. talking about the rules that israel needs to abide by. rules that they share. israel has to take every precaution. couple of interesting things. that statementjust again couple of interesting things. that statement just again advising couple of interesting things. that statementjust again advising the israelis to take caution. also as a friend, news that because of the

american involvement, the water has been turned on south of the gaza river in the southern part of the strip. the americans trying to ensure that they keep the wider region on side. reassuring them. absolutely. everyone had to net over them. absolutely. everyone had to get over the _ them. absolutely. everyone had to get over the shock _ them. absolutely. everyone had to get over the shock of _ them. absolutely. everyone had to get over the shock of the - them. absolutely. everyone had to get over the shock of the events i them. absolutely. everyone had to get over the shock of the events a | get over the shock of the events a week ago. being to bearfruit, i think pressing israel not only the right thing to do is look after this situation. also recognising that hamas was trying to bring this retribution down on the people of gaza. if israel takes a path of vengeance without managing two mitigate, it's playing in thomas's hands. that's a mistake you can argue that the us—made after 9/11 ——

in hamas's hands. israel almost facing that same parallel. the risk of playing into hamas's hands, creating the engine from g hot in destabilisation.— destabilisation. they always say don't do what _ destabilisation. they always say don't do what your— destabilisation. they always say don't do what your enemy - destabilisation. they always say| don't do what your enemy wants destabilisation. they always say i don't do what your enemy wants to do. we've heard confirmed reports and a number of reports unconfirmed that hamas is firing from the north. it's a very confused picture. but you can see why the americans are trying to keep a handle on it, speaking as antony blinken has 26 different countries. the speaking as antony blinken has 26 different countries.— speaking as antony blinken has 26 different countries. the position of two u-rous different countries. the position of two grouns in _ different countries. the position of two grouns in the _ different countries. the position of two groups in the mediterranean i two groups in the mediterranean deployed to the eastern mediterranean. a very strong show of

strength. this is a deterrent measure. indicating the us is poised and ready to mediate that situation. try and keep balance here. you would exect try and keep balance here. you would exneet some — try and keep balance here. you would expect some sabre _ try and keep balance here. you would expect some sabre rattling _ try and keep balance here. you would expect some sabre rattling from - try and keep balance here. you would expect some sabre rattling from the l expect some sabre rattling from the iranians. it's pretty serious when you think of the force that hezbollah has at its disposal. do you think the arrival of the eisenhower star group is there to put pressure on tehran?- eisenhower star group is there to put pressure on tehran? they're the --eole put pressure on tehran? they're the peeple behind _ put pressure on tehran? they're the people behind all— put pressure on tehran? they're the people behind all this _ put pressure on tehran? they're the people behind all this arguably. - people behind all this arguably. moscow has a presence in the region because of the intervention in syria and long—standing relationships there. there is a complicated nexus between those nations. i think that's the immediate nation. it

could be moved towards the gulf relatively quickly. the question becomes is iran absolutely serious? is hezbollah absolutely serious about striking israel? or is it a degree of bluff? no one is clear on this. i'm not sure the iranians know fully whether they would commit to a conflict. they have worked through proxies and improved their relationships with arab nations. i'm not sure iran absolutely wants to go all in on this. that is the great unknown. all in on this. that is the great unknown-— all in on this. that is the great unknown. ., ,�* ~ j unknown. antony blinken said they're t in: to unknown. antony blinken said they're trying to find — unknown. antony blinken said they're trying to find him _ unknown. antony blinken said they're trying to find him mechanism - unknown. antony blinken said they're trying to find him mechanism so - unknown. antony blinken said they're trying to find him mechanism so that| trying to find him mechanism so that the un, israel, the united states and egypt — which is really the linchpin in terms of aid — that they

can all exchange views. there seems to be a standoff that western governments aren't going to open the wrath of crossing the egyptians unless the aid goes the other way. that's one of the very complete data factors in play. we talked about how this is effectively a bit of a safety valve to the pressure built up safety valve to the pressure built up in gaza. obviously, egypt is equally worried about the flood of people crossing and they reinforced their border with gaza. obviously very concerned. any opening in the crossing at the moment noises that threat to egypt and something they want to mitigate. they're talking about the aid is one of the factors with the balancing a lot more behind the full �*s global conversation happening. —— the full scope. egypt certainly is the route and to support those people in the southern part of the gaza strip. longer term

question is how far does israel finish in gaza city? hamas will still exist because they've been able to move to that area as everyone else. will israel seek to keep going. then what happens to the population. keep going. then what happens to the --oulation. ., �*, keep going. then what happens to the --oulation. . �*, ., . population. that's a concern for e: -t. it population. that's a concern for egypt- it builds _ population. that's a concern for egypt. it builds to _ population. that's a concern for egypt. it builds to such - population. that's a concern for egypt. it builds to such an - population. that's a concern for. egypt. it builds to such an extent that you have tens of thousands of refugees flooding across the border into the sinai whether there is in the water. there is the needs to look after the population. ihla the water. there is the needs to look after the population. no notice to brina look after the population. no notice to bring things _ look after the population. no notice to bring things with _ look after the population. no notice to bring things with them _ look after the population. no notice to bring things with them and - look after the population. no notice | to bring things with them and people haven't been able to move from gaza. egypt very concerned about this. it needs a lot of international focus. we put a lot of focus on israel because they are the power in the

region and they are now obviously seeking to get rid of hamas, and in thatjob, they must try seeking to get rid of hamas, and in that job, they must try and seeking to get rid of hamas, and in thatjob, they must try and protect the population. but i also want to put the focus on hamas. we talked to markjoffrey on the top of the programme. he is a man from a kibbutz who fought for the rights of the palestinians. we had a lot of interactions. those that they've spoken to were jailed for seven months for talking to them. that tells you about the pressure hamas puts on the population not to engage and not to move from gaza city. they would prefer that they were around them and making this much more difficult for the israeli defence force to operate.— difficult for the israeli defence force to oerate. ~ , . force to operate. absolutely. hamas has alwa s force to operate. absolutely. hamas has always hidden _ force to operate. absolutely. hamas has always hidden behind _ force to operate. absolutely. hamas has always hidden behind the - has always hidden behind the population of gaza. they are currently marred during the civilian population to an extent. they knew there'd be retribution for the offence carried out on the scale they did. they knew what they would

bring down in the population. there were certainly credible examples of hamas trying to prevent people fleeing. cynically because they want to see... and it's long been that trend. they have obviously permeated for civilian society to a huge incident. paying for example if people's houses are destroyed by israelis, they are paid for that. if you are linked to hamas, you will be paid more. that's allowed them to operate in a way they have an they've placed their defensive networks in the striking. the entrance to these tunnels are not in the middle on the street. it's not conveniently in an open area that's ready to be targeted with more civilians nearby. that's how you build these networks. that'sjust

designed it cynically because that is that hamas's advantage as a terrorist organisation that can hide in the human terrain in the way it can. they've massively exploited that advantage. goo can. they've massively exploited that advantage.— can. they've massively exploited that advantage._ that's| can. they've massively exploited - that advantage._ that's one that advantage. 500 km? that's one ofthe that advantage. 500 km? that's one of the claim _ that advantage. 500 km? that's one of the claims. no _ that advantage. 500 km? that's one of the claims. no one _ that advantage. 500 km? that's one of the claims. no one is _ that advantage. 500 km? that's one of the claims. no one is it _ that advantage. 500 km? that's one of the claims. no one is it expired i of the claims. no one is it expired nature. ., , of the claims. no one is it expired nature. . , , ., nature. that tells you the complexity _ nature. that tells you the complexity of _ nature. that tells you the complexity of the - nature. that tells you the i complexity of the operation. nature. that tells you the - complexity of the operation. it's been good to have your company. thank you. thank you for giving up your sunday! we're going to turn away from issues in the middle eats and focus on a couple of other stories. let's talk about the scottish national party. the scottish national party are attempting to map out a route to independence, at their annual conference in aberdeen. first minister and snp leader humza yousaf, leader humza yousaf has rejected calls for the party to use the results of the next general election in scotland to push for talks with westminster about independence. live now to aberdeen, and our political correspondent david wallace lockhart.

thank you for being with us. challenging period for the snp. they've just lost a key by—election. how is the point be from this message? well, i think what the snp has been doing recently is a bit of soul—searching when it comes to their independence strategy, because traditionally, they've been thinking about the idea of a second independence referendum. there was a supreme court case recently which ruled that would have to be the uk government who legislated for it, and the uk government has refused to engage consistently, saying it's not the time for the second referendum. now, towards nicola sturgeon's later days of being in charge of the party, she was talking about the idea of a de facto referendum, the idea of a de facto referendum, the idea of a de facto referendum, the idea of in an election, snp would run. if they got a majority, that would be it in their eyes. scotland

would be it in their eyes. scotland would be it in their eyes. scotland would be on the road to be an independent country. that strategy has been slightly tweaked today. humza yousaf put forward today at what he wanted to be and the delegates here in aberdeen back to that overwhelmingly. essentially, the snp position now is that yes, at the snp position now is that yes, at the next general election, the first line of their manifesto will be around voting snp for scotland to become an independent country. if they win a majority of seats in scotland, which would be 29, they would then consider themselves to be empowered to go to the uk government for talks about either a second referendum or the powerfor for talks about either a second referendum or the power for a for talks about either a second referendum or the powerfor a second referendum or the powerfor a second referendum to be given to holyrood. the snp seemed happy with that policy, but there are difficulties because the snp at the last election won a0 seats in scotland. if they win 29, they might find it difficult to capture that big a loss as a

mandate for taking independence forward. also, the strategy depends on the uk government engaging with talks, talking about the idea of a second referendum. bear in mind both the conservatives and labour at the very least are saying that they don't want to engage with that question. some in the snp pending hope on the idea of a hung parliament where no party has a majority in the might have a bit more sway. it was a two hour debate this afternoon. the snp... that was certainly what they did this afternoon. some wanted to push harder, some cautious about how hard the party is currently. but a good—natured debate, it must be said, and now humza yousaf has that strategy, he says he wants to stop

talking about process, talk about the opportunity of independence as he sees it. you may find that difficult because running into the next election, the slightly complex position is you would imagine would take a bit of explaining to the voters who probably were watching proceedings in the conference call this afternoon.— this afternoon. david wallace lockhart. _ this afternoon. david wallace lockhart, thank _ this afternoon. david wallace lockhart, thank you. - let's talk about poland. poles are casting their votes today in the country's parliamentary parliamentary election. voting is still open for a couple of hours more. the right—wing law and justice party is seeking to secure a third term in office, competing against the liberal opposition led by donald tusk. today's elections are described as fiercely contested and highly divisive. some consider them the most significant event in polish political history since the end of communism in 1989. let's go live now to warsaw, where is our eastern europe

correspondent, sarah rainsoford. what did the last polls tell us before they went to vote ? to vote? it was too close to call. this has been _ to vote? it was too close to call. this has been a _ to vote? it was too close to call. this has been a very, _ to vote? it was too close to call. this has been a very, as - to vote? it was too close to call. this has been a very, as you - to vote? it was too close to call. | this has been a very, as you said, heavily contested race. if you take a wee bit of a tour, you see how busyit a wee bit of a tour, you see how busy it is. so many people have been saying it's a really important election for poland. that's what you see with the activity here. take a look at his ballot paper. have you ever seen a ballot paper that big? all those candidates, it is absolutely enormous. this is the tree people are facing here. the turnout has been pretty brisk. there was a queue right the way down the street. it's getting close to the close of polling. just give you an idea the kind of activity, this is the ballot box, and it is pretty well stuffed full of papers. they

are enormous. they have taken a fair bit of space! it is extremely important election, people are saying. many people say it's about the future of democracy in poland. the opposition has been saying it's about a change of government in order to stop backsliding. people have been saying who have supported the government, they talk about russian aggression, illegal migration and both sides very firm in their views. i think lots of people are quite nervous about which way it might go. people are quite nervous about which way it might 90-— way it might go. obviously, pull into such a _ way it might go. obviously, pull into such a key _ way it might go. obviously, pull into such a key partner- way it might go. obviously, pull into such a key partner for- way it might go. obviously, pull into such a key partner for nato| way it might go. obviously, pull. into such a key partner for nato in terms of ukraine —— poland is such a key partner. with the results of the election have any bearing on the approach to the supply of weapons across the border? you approach to the supply of weapons across the border?— across the border? you know, it's interesting _ across the border? you know, it's interesting because _ across the border? you know, it's interesting because poland - across the border? you know, it's interesting because poland has i across the border? you know, it's i interesting because poland has been so massively supportive of ukraine, so massively supportive of ukraine, so critically important to the

western aid effort. in terms of supply and political support certainly in the last couple of weeks, you see signs of wavering from the ruling party. it has word kyiv, has where the west and have worried the united states. they have been looking for support from the far—right party here, which is very sceptical of ukraine and wants to end all benefits to ukrainian refugees. more than1 million end all benefits to ukrainian refugees. more than 1 million are living in poland and fighting for those votes, the government has become much more ukraine sceptics. there are worries going forward. the general �*s consensus appears that it is all about domestic politics and things may change if the governing party were to win. if there were to be a coalition, that would be a worry for kyiv and for the eu as a whole in terms of its aid efforts and support for ukraine. crucially

important- _ and support for ukraine. crucially important. i've _ and support for ukraine. crucially important. i've never— and support for ukraine. crucially important. i've never seen - and support for ukraine. crucially important. i've never seen a - important. i've never seen a ballot paper quite like that, sarah. thank you very much for that. let's quickly focus on events here in london. hundreds of people have gathered at a vigil in central london on sunday to commemorate israeli victims of the attacks our corredspondent simonjones has sent this report. it's not that around 1300 people were killed last weekend in israel —— it's thought. jeremy corbyn, the rabbi, tell me the move here —— the mood here. —— gordon. rabbi, tell me the move here -- the mood here. -- gordon.— rabbi, tell me the move here -- the mood here. -- gordon. deep sadness no hatred at — mood here. -- gordon. deep sadness no hatred at the _ mood here. -- gordon. deep sadness no hatred at the loss _ mood here. -- gordon. deep sadness no hatred at the loss of _ mood here. -- gordon. deep sadness no hatred at the loss of life, - mood here. -- gordon. deep sadness no hatred at the loss of life, and - no hatred at the loss of life, and the taking of hostages. some 150 people have been taken hostage, including the mother of a member of

mike community.— including the mother of a member of mike community. we've seen the faces of some of those _ mike community. we've seen the faces of some of those who _ mike community. we've seen the faces of some of those who have _ mike community. we've seen the faces of some of those who have been - of some of those who have been kidnapped, but tell me more about your connection to one of the cases. my your connection to one of the cases. my connection is a woman age 7a. she's a right hired head teacher of arabic and hebrew. spent her career as someone trying to build peace between jewish and as someone trying to build peace betweenjewish and arab population. she lives in a kibbutz near gaza, and when the terrorist broke through, they destroyed it. they brutally murdered many of its inhabitants. bodies lie mutilated around the kibbutz and a number of people have been missing ever since. one of the things that happened of the people blockaded themselves into safe rooms, but those were designed to protect from bombs falling from the skies, not from people walking

into the doors. there was no way of barricading themselves and and so it was very often the youngest people and the oldest people who were taken hostage at that time. people in their 90s, holocaust survivors, people on oxygen in bed who were taken. it's really appalling.- taken. it's really appalling. simon jones there- _ taken. it's really appalling. simon jones there. let _ taken. it's really appalling. simon jones there. let me _ taken. it's really appalling. simon jones there. let me quickly - taken. it's really appalling. simon jones there. let me quickly show| jones there. let me quickly show you the pictures of gaza this evening. it's black, and the water is turned on in the southern part of the gaza strip, but it's very little power now. generators running out of fuel. just the odd flicker of light in the distance. heavy bombardment continuing in the gaza strip. that is it from me at this evening. i will hand the baton to ben thompson, who will keep you company. you're watching bbc news. stay with us. hello again.

monday is a cold start of the day, we had temperatures down to —a earlier this morning, but play of sunshine across the board. you can see that across the satellite picture. the only exception is across parts of scotland where showers will continue to affect western areas, and we have this weather front bringing a zone of more persistent rain across the north of mainland scotland. we'll be quite wet here for the afternoon. it continues to be quite windy, but not as windy as it was yesterday. temperatures across the board continue to be below average for the time of year. probably 11 or 12 celsius, feeling ok in the sunshine. overnight, we keep the clear spells, and that will allow temperatures to dip down just below freezing in the countryside. many of our towns and cities will see temperatures itjust a degree or two above freezing. tomorrow morning, could be in on a patch of mist, but that should clear. quite a bit of high cloud in the sky across western areas, but i

think for most parts of the uk, it's looking like another fine and dry day with that. sunny spells widely and temperatures about 11—13 degrees. similarto and temperatures about 11—13 degrees. similar to this afternoon. tuesday, probably a few more mist and fog patches. most of the uk having a dry day with sunshine, but we will see a band of rain working into southwest england, perhaps reaching southern males late in the day. —— southern wales. that area is tied into low pressure, and through wednesday and thursday, that low pressure will bring the windy weather northwards across the uk. also some pretty large rainfall totals when he we could see around 20-a0 totals when he we could see around 20—a0 mm of rain. what is across england and wales, moving away northwards into scotland and northern ireland by thursday. the focus is on the heavy rain affecting england and wales on wednesday. the winds picking up across scotland, probably bring a lot of clouds and a

few patches of drizzle. temperatures just coming a few degrees, closer to average. 12—15 degrees, but heavy rain pushing northwards for thursday. another area of low pressure to end the week will bring wane pretty widely. —— will bring rain. live from london, this is bbc news. israel continues its bombardment of the gaza strip, with fighter planes and drones striking

targets across the territory. the white house says israel has turned on the water supply in southern gaza following a conversation between president biden and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. meanwhile, thousands of other palestinians continue to flee from the north of gaza. the un estimates nearly a million palestinians there have now been displaced. and the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is to return to israel following talks in the region. he says that israel should take every precaution to avoid harming civilians. the way that israel does this matters. it needs to do it in a way that affirms the shared values that we have for human life and human dignity. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu,