after more than a million people fled south from northern gaza. israel has carried out further air strikes against what it says are hamas targets ahead of an expected ground invasion of gaza. president biden has a warning for israel. hamas and the extreme elements of hamas don't represent all the palestinian people. it would be a mistake for israel to occupy gaza again. and the other main stories on the programme this lunchtime... a british man linked to the islamic state death squad known as the beatles pleads guilty to terrorism charges. from today, low income households in england, scotland and wales will get letters telling them about a £150 payment to help with their energy bills.

100 years after walt disney founded his world famous movie studio, the story of the lincolnshire village he visited to trace his ancestors. and coming up on bbc news: five new sports are approved for the 2028 olympics in los angeles. cricket, squash, lacrosse, flag football and baseball or softball are all in. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc�*s news at one. we're live in southern israel where there's little sign of any easing of the humanitarian crisis across the border in gaza, and little let up in israel's

military preparations. israel has denied reports that a ceasefire in southern gaza was agreed to allow foreign nationals to leave and humanitarian aid to enter. so far that crossing remains shut. israel has continued air strikes on gaza, it says in retaliation against hamas — proscribed by many western states, including the uk, as a terrorist organisation. more than 1,400 people were killed in israel by hamas, and subsequently nearly 2,800 people have died in gaza. the un says it is involved in intensive diplomacy to get aid in. diplomacy intensifies too. ahead of an expected ground attack by israel us presidentjoe biden has warned

israel it would be a mistake to occupy the gaza strip. our first report today is from our correspondent, nick beake. in gaza, families who have been forced from their homes are heading south to the border with egypt. but this, the rafah crossing, has remained closed to them. trapping palestinians as well as foreign nationals. they say they have lost everything in israel's response to hamas�*s killing of civilians just over a week ago. the hamas's killing of civilians “ust over a week agai hamas's killing of civilians “ust over a week ago. hamas's killing of civilians “ust overaweekauo. ., ,, , ., over a week ago. the gaza strip and palestine, over a week ago. the gaza strip and palestine. they _ over a week ago. the gaza strip and palestine, they think _ over a week ago. the gaza strip and palestine, they think there - over a week ago. the gaza strip and palestine, they think there are - over a week ago. the gaza strip and palestine, they think there are no i palestine, they think there are no people here. these are people here. there's people here.— there's people here. some say they have done exactly _ there's people here. some say they have done exactly as _ there's people here. some say they have done exactly as israel - there's people here. some say they have done exactly as israel ordered| have done exactly as israel ordered and left the north of gaza only to be bombed in the south. translation: no electricity, no water, no nappies, no milk, corpses in the street. we fled to the un school, we thought it was safe, but they

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people. don't represent all the palestinian --eole. , ., ., people. fighter 'ets are leading israel's military— people. fighterjets are leading israel's military campaign. - people. fighterjets are leading israel's military campaign. the | israel's military campaign. the bombs obliterating whole buildings in densely packed gaza neighbourhoods and continue to kill civilians. israel says it's targeting hamas fighters and weapons. in tel aviv, one of many memorials to the 1300 israelis killed in hamas attacks. the government here says the scale of the atrocities justifies its response. most israelis seem to support what their military is doing in gaza, that hamas crossed a line. and hamas continues to fire rockets into israeli towns and cities, and that only hardens public opinion. people are also worried and angry that 199 hostages are still being held in gaza. there is no sign of the imminent release of those hostages, nor any breakthrough that would allow those in gaza to escape from this misery.

nick beake, bbc news, tel aviv. everyday there is a new warning from the united nations. now they are saying hospitals in gaza, which are still able to operate, will run of fuel within a day. our correspondentjon donnison reports on the situation, a situation that has been described by the world health organization as a place with a death sentence. jon donnison looks at how people are coping. amid the destruction in southern gaza, the homeless and the hungry in their hundreds of thousands are trying to survive. and the united nations is now warning of an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. we have nothing that we need to live, says this man, who fled south. we are living in a dump and if we move we will die. amid the

detritus are not enough toilets, there are fears about the spread of disease. there is food, but not enough. all this will feed less than 2000 people, says amir, just a fraction of those in need. there are long queues to get bread, but it is being rationed. we have been waiting here since six in the morning, he tells us, just to get food to feed the kids. we will run out of flour, the kids. we will run out of flour, the baker says, in two days maximum. clean water is also in short supply. fuel supplies needed to operate filters are dwindling. this is all the clean water i can get, he says. we left our homes in the north because we thought there would be aid, but where is it, he goes on.

give us electricity, give us water. and all the while, the hospitals in the south, like in the rest of gaza, are overwhelmed with casualties from the old to the very young. ten are overwhelmed with casualties from the old to the very young.— the old to the very young. ten days, four days? — the old to the very young. ten days, four days? those _ the old to the very young. ten days, four days? those are _ the old to the very young. ten days, four days? those are the _ the old to the very young. ten days, four days? those are the victims. i four days? those are the victims. those are the injured here in the hospital. those are the in'ured here in the hosital. , _ .,, those are the in'ured here in the hosital. , hospital. this little baby was born amid the chaos _ hospital. this little baby was born amid the chaos less _ hospital. this little baby was born amid the chaos less than - hospital. this little baby was born amid the chaos less than a - hospital. this little baby was born amid the chaos less than a week. hospital. this little baby was born - amid the chaos less than a week ago. what kind of life lies ahead of her? jon donnison, bbc news. and we can go live now tojon donnison injerusalem. bring us up to date with the latest on the intensive negotiations to reopen the gaza crossing. any sign of any movement? there isn't at the moment. listen to the language the united nations is using, talking about fears of an

unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. one of the towns we heard from in that report, normally there is about 400,000 people living there. there are now more than 1 million people needing to be fed and sheltered. our correspondence there, rushdi abualouf, who provided a lot of those pictures, is saying for the first time there are fears people could die of hunger and thirst. it's hot not been happening in the past but he says in the past he has covered in many conflicts, decades of conflict in gaza, he says that is something that would be unimaginable. and we are beginning to hearfrom people in the south unimaginable. and we are beginning to hear from people in the south who fled from their homes in the north, who are saying, look, we are thinking of going back north, such is the dire situation in terms of food, water and fuel in the south. the view there is that if people are going to die, they would rather die in their own homes than in the south

of gaza. jam in their own homes than in the south of gaza. , ., ,., ,., in their own homes than in the south of gaza. , ., ,., ., ~ in their own homes than in the south of gaza. ., ~ in their own homes than in the south of gaza. , ., ., ~ i. ., of gaza. jon donnison, thank you for brinuain us of gaza. jon donnison, thank you for bringing us up _ of gaza. jon donnison, thank you for bringing us up to _ of gaza. jon donnison, thank you for bringing us up to date. _ there are also deepening concerns that this intense conflict between israel and gaza could spread to neighbouring states, most of all to lebanon where tensions have been growing. we can go to that front and join our correspondence anna foster. bring us up—to—date on what is happening. i bring us up-to-date on what is happening-— bring us up-to-date on what is happening. bring us up-to-date on what is ha eninu. ~ . happening. i think what we saw in the early hours _ happening. i think what we saw in the early hours of _ happening. i think what we saw in the early hours of this _ happening. i think what we saw in the early hours of this morning i happening. i think what we saw in the early hours of this morning is| happening. i think what we saw in l the early hours of this morning is a real indication of the tension and concern here on israel's northern border with lebanon because people living in 28 different towns and villages right along this border were given the order to evacuate, that's basically everyone living within two kilometres of the border, places that can see the border wall from their streets and homes, they have been told to leave. i think a lot of that is down to the real increase in firing we saw throughout

the day yesterday, repeated attacks by hezbollah, that powerful group in lebanon, an ally of hamas. they are under pressure from iran to step in and back hamas. we saw yesterday repeated anti—tank fire coming across the border into israel and each time that happened israel responding powerfully back in the other direction targeting hezbollah infrastructure and targeting their fighters and targeting the various observation points they have there as well. a lot of people who live in these communities had heard that going on and they had already chosen to leave. they have packed up their things and families and they have gone, they didn't wait for the official order because they did not feel safe, but i think that's a real sign of how much focus and attention is right now on the northern border. anna foster, take care, you and your team, but thank you forjoining us.

ten days into this war and diplomacy is intensifying, as we have heard in this programme. on one front to get desperately needed aid into gaza and to get at least the foreign nationals out. so far no sign that the people of gaza can leave the gaza strip. secondly true try to ensure this conflict doesn't spread. in the last few hours the us secretary of state antony blinken has returned to israel after doing a tour of the region where he met every arab leader who could do something to try to find a way out of this crisis. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. it is called shuttle diplomacy for a reason. antony blinken has dashed from capital to capital across the middle east, meeting six arab leaders in four days. listening and talking, cajoling and warning. and today he returned to israel to report back on discussions about protecting civilians

and securing hostages, and, above all, about how best to avoid this conflict escalating. what i've heard from virtually every partner was a determination, a shared view that we have to do everything possible to make sure this doesn't spread to other places. a shared view to safeguard innocent lives, a shared view to get assistance to palestinians in gaza. israeli troops have already been deployed to their northern border with lebanon amid fears that hezbollah, the iranian—backed militants there, could use this opportunity to attack israel. much depends on this man sitting on the left, iran's foreign minister, here meeting hamas leaders in qatar in recent days, rallying support for a group that his government backs but many in the west say are terrorists. the united states has already sent one aircraft carrier group to the region to deter iran and hezbollah, another carrier is on the way, so worried is the us about escalation.

european diplomats are also engaged. france's foreign minister, here on the left, was in egypt today, pushing to get aid into gaza and foreign nationals out. and russia's president, vladimir putin, had a phone call with president assad of syria to discuss, his office said, the humanitarian situation. this morning the prime minister visited a jewish school in london in a show of support after recent anti—semitic incidents. he said israel had every right to defend itself against what he called hamas's barbarity, but... i've raised with the israeli prime minister the need to minimise the impact on civilians best we can, i've raised the humanitarian situation. we will continue to do that with other allies around the region as well. but, again, israel has given people advance notice of what's happening, given them the opportunity to leave, and it's hamas who is now telling people to stay behind.

he said no one wanted what he called regional escalation, but in wars, wanting something is rarely the same as getting something. james landale, bbc news. in wars like this, every hour matters. an hour to save another life in gaza, and to ease the suffering of nearly 2 million palestinians now living under israeli air strikes. and too, another hour to protect the lives of israeli citizens particularly here in southern israel. every hour is another step towards israel cosmic expected assault by land, sea and air. we will keep an eye on developments but now it's back to ben in the studio. studio: lyse doucet, thank you for those developments. a british man who was once linked to the islamic state death squad nicknamed the beatles has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges. 39—year—old aine davis has already served a prison sentence in turkey for being a member of the islamic state group

and was arrested on his arrival back in the uk last august. live now to our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, who's at the old bailey for us now. tell us more about who he is and what he's admitted. aine davis is from west london. he was a drug dealer and has a conviction for carrying a weapon, so he was essentially a professional criminal. but he also knew two of the men who went to be members of that kidnap and mega— gang that became labelled the beatles by some of those who they held prisoner. that was mohammed emwazi who was sometimes known asjihadi john and alexanda kotey. and he himself travelled out to syria in 2019 and was suspected for quite a long time by british and us intelligence he might have been a member of that kidnap and murder gang, himself a member of the beatles. he was arrested in turkey in november 2015 and was found guilty of being a member of the islamic state group

and had been imprisoned ever since then until last summer when his prison sentence was coming to an end. there was a discussion about whether should be put on trial in america or here but the then home secretary priti patel was trying to persuade the americans to prosecute him because they had prosecuted two members of the beatle gang. but the americans decided not to prosecute and he was charged here with possession of firearms in syria, that related to a picture he had sent his wife of him holding a gun in syria. he has tried to have that child put off, saying he had already stood trial in turkey on similar charges, he failed on that. and today, he pleaded guilty to terrorism and to fundraising to terrorism and to fundraising to terrorism and to fundraising to terrorism and he will be sentenced on november 13th. daniel, thank you very much. daniel sandford at the old bailey. the time is 13:18. our top story this afternoon: the border between egypt and gaza remains closed, after more than a million people fled south from northern gaza, ahead of an expected

israeli ground offensive. coming up — the four ukrainian children sent back to their families from russia, as part of a repatriation scheme negotiated by qatar. coming up on bbc news: at the cricket world cup, australia are taking on sri lanka, with both sides looking for their first win of the tournament. the disability charity scope says it's seen a big rise in the level of debt that many disabled people owe to energy companies. from today, low—income households in england, scotland and wales will get letters confirming they'll get an automatic payment of £150 towards their energy bills. here's our cost—of—living correspondent, colletta smith. they've just been delivered,

so i have to restock the fridge. susan relies on electricity — everything from her medication to her wheelchair needs power. it has to be kept fully charged. we plug that in. living on disability payments, she can't cut down on energy. i owe £300 on my gas bill and i owe £145 on my electric. where am i meant to get the money to pay that? i'm scared to use anything. it's a living hell, an absolute living hell. the mental anguish that you go through is... ..very detrimental, very detrimental to your physical being, and if you've got physical health issues. my health has declined a lot in the last year. and you felt more alone? mm. these front—line advisers say energy arrears have spiralled

for those with disabilities in the last 12 months. they got into debt last year and it'sjust been building as the year's gone on. a lot of the families that we are talking to, it doesn't matter what season it is, they still need the same amount of energy. there's something every day, just from speaking to people who are using candles because they don't want to put the lights on, you know, speaking to people who are considering stealing food, so they can afford to top the meter up. does it feel like there's much you can offer people who are ringing for help? there's definitely not as much support this year. there is always that possibility that, potentially, we can identify some income that they're not receiving. the government promised a consultation about having a cheaper social tariff for those in need, but that's not happened. the government's broken its promise in the long term. a social energy tariff is what's needed to support disabled people. in the short term, this winter, there needs to be more financial support.

the government says it spent £40 billion helping households last winter and is continuing to help the most vulnerable, but it doesn't feel that way to susan. it's a bit like being on a life—support machine and you're just pulling the plug on it. how can we live like this? colletta smith, bbc news, in east london. an independent parliamentary panel has recommended that the conservative mp peter bone should be suspended from the house of commons for six weeks, for bullying and sexual misconduct. it follows a complaint made by a former member of staff. mr bone insists the claims are "false and without foundation". live now to westminster and our political correspondent, iain watson. tell us more about what's been alleged. well, peter bone is a very familiar face here at westminster. he has been the mp for wellingborough for 18 years, he was the deputy leader of the, and is under borisjohnson's

tenure in downing street, but he has been accused of serious misconduct by that former member of staff who has not been identified. the independent expert panel which reports to parliament has decided to uphold some of those complaints and very serious complaints. so the former member of staff alleged that peter bone verbally humiliated him, he abused him, he ridiculed him. he also says he was shouted and sworn at, objects were thrown at him and on one occasion, peter bone also indecently exposed himself to him. peter bone as you suggested denies these allegations, he says they are false, and he also says the process for investigating him was flawed and he is considering taking legal action. just a word about the six—week suspension being recommended, mps have to approve that. if they do, that leads to a recall petition. if one in ten of the electorate in his seat to decide they want a by—election, that contest will take place and he will find himself fighting for his job. one final thing i should say is

there are questions here for the conservative party hq because that former member of staff first talked about these allegations which date back more than a decade to central office, conservative central office, backin office, conservative central office, back in 2017 and their investigation was never resolved before that member of staff went to the parliamentary authorities. thank you ve much, parliamentary authorities. thank you very much. lain _ parliamentary authorities. thank you very much, iain watson _ parliamentary authorities. thank you very much, iain watson reporting. i voters in mid bedfordshire will choose a new mp this week. the by—election has been triggered by the resignation of the former conservative mp nadine dorries. she stepped down from the seat in protest at not receiving a peerage. well, it is one of two by—elections this week which will be watched very closely to see how the parties are performing after their recent conferences. last week, we reported from tamworth, now alex forsyth is in mid bedfordshire, to look at what's at stake there. there is plenty going on at this busy toddler group in the bedfordshire town of shefford, and the political activity taking place around here hasn't escaped these parents and carers either.

have you heard much about this by—election? have i?! the stuff that keeps coming through the door... keeps coming through the door. yeah, we have. for me, personally, i think the issues are crime. too much building going on, really, and not enough infrastructure being put in. the cost of living, i think it has affected a lot of families. - with the prospect of a general election next year brewing away, how people here vote will be closely watched. and at this independent coffee shop, there's a lot to consider. there's been so much literature that's come through the door, it'sjust a bit, you're a bit bamboozled by it all, to be honest. gps have got to be a first because, obviously, they're building notjust here, i know they're building everywhere, but we do need more gps. visibility, ithink, is important. actually making a difference as well, because i think there's always a lot of false promises. the reality is, as soon as they're in office, it's not what happens.

so i think there's a real opportunity for someone in this area, whoever wins, to really lay down a marker and get the trust of the people. the towns and villages that make up the mid—bedfordshire constituency have elected conservative mps for more than 90 years, so could that be about to change? at the last general election, the conservatives won here by more than 24,000 votes. this time, both labour and the liberal democrats are insisting they are the ones to beat the conservatives, so all three parties are throwing everything at this contest. add in a number of other candidates who are standing — 13, in total — and it makes it entirely unpredictable. it will serve up valuable insight into the public mood and the power, or not, of the parties' pitches. and the members of flitwick and ampthill tennis club are clear on what they want to hear. from my perspective, you know, i think we need to see somebody

who's able to represent what people's local concerns are, but also have a proper plan for addressing, you know, what are some big structural issues that we have in the country at the moment. well, i think public services in the country don't seem to be working at the moment. the health service is really important, but it's notjust the health service that's suffering. there just seem to be things that are happening, and i think people are pretty fed up. so, it seems, in mid bedfordshire, it's all to play for. alex forsyth, bbc news. four ukrainian children are being sent back to their families from russia, as part of a repatriation scheme negotiated by the gulf state of qatar. ukraine says hundreds of thousands of its children have been stolen by russia. since the invasion. here's frank gardner. reunited, at last. this seven—year—old ukrainian boy is back with his grandmother, on the left, after months of mediation by qatar.

he's one of four ukrainian children being returned to their families by russia. their ages range from two to 17. qatar is calling it a "breakthrough". at a moscow press conference today, russia's commissioner for children's rights, seen here on the right — who's wanted for war crimes by the international criminal court — denied the allegation of mass abductions of ukrainian children. translation: it is important for us for people not to be afraid, - so they can see everything is fine. and secondly, to confirm that there are no tens of thousands, let alone hundreds of thousands, of children deported and forcibly detained in russia. it was when places like kherson, seen here, were liberated from russian occupation last year that the full extent of the children's tragedy became clear. ukraine accused russia of kidnapping up to 700,000 of its children. this led to the international criminal court issuing arrest warrants in march for both

russia's children's commissioner and president putin. but three months later, he met qatar's prime minister, who'd been asked to mediate on ukraine's behalf. the return of the children today, say qatari officials, is a pilot scheme. if all goes smoothly, then more will follow this seven—year—old boy — out of russia and back to theirfamilies, in ukraine. frank gardner, bbc news. now, it's exactly 100 years ago today since walt disney founded his film studio, which has made some of the world's best—known movies. what's less well known is walt disney's links to a small english village — norton disney, in lincolnshire, where his family originally come from, and which walt himself visited back in 1949, when he was tracing his ancestors. here's our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson. a disney fairytale, set in lincolnshire.

this home movie of walt disney visiting the village of norton disney in 1949 belongs to the walt disney family museum in san francisco and has rarely been seen. the man who made mickey mouse was in the uk supervising the filming of treasure island when he took a holiday with his wife lillian and their two daughters, and went hunting for ancestors in norton disney. they were particularly fascinated by what they found in st peter's church. you can see the three lions of normandy. the crest is particularly significant because, in 1965, walt disney wanted to commemorate the tenth anniversary of disneyland. a coat of arms for sleeping beauty's castle was suggested and walt was asked if there was a disney one. and he said, "well, yes, i remember that crest.

i saw it in norton disney in 1949, when i was in england." so they took photographs of it and they reproduced it on the castle at disneyland in california. since then, it is on every disney castle in all disney parks. and since 2006, that crest has been seen at the start of every single disney film. at the top of the castle, you can see that flag, and that flag comes from norton disney, here in lincolnshire. there is one person in norton disney who still remembers the disney visit and, appropriately, they live on disney court. hilda, now 94, was 20 when her brotherjim arrived in the pub with walt disney. i thought, who's that he's bringing in, you know? and then i thought, oh, he's not a bad—looking man. so... she laughs anyway, they all came in with his daughters,

and they was chatty, and they played a game of darts.