talk more about the problems iei talk more about the problems mm talk more about the problems in the middle east - talk more about the problems in the middle east shortly, _ - talk more about the problems in the middle east shortly, but - - talk more about the problems in the middle east shortly, but 1st, i sport now with a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. european football's governing body — uefa — has confirmed the euro 2024 qualifier between belgium and sweden won't be replayed. the match was halted for security reasons after two people were shot dead in brussels on monday. a third swedish citizen was seriously injured in the attack, which took place three miles from the stadium. the result at half time, m, will stand. belgium had already qualified, and sweden were unable to make it through to the tournament next summer. in england, the football association says they "recognise the hurt" caused by their decision not to light the wembley arch in the colours of israel in response to the ongoing conflict there. chief executive mark bullingham called the decision "one of the hardest" he has had to make at the organisation. they faced criticism from some for not lighting up the arch in the colours of the israeli flag for england's friendly with australia, a period of silence was held instead.

bullingham says the fa had sought expert guidance on the israel—gaza issue before reaching its decision. india have made it four wins from four at the cricket world cup, with a comfortable victory this afternoon. the tournament hosts were set 257 to win by bangladesh — opener litton das top scoring with 66. india never really looked in too much trouble though, once again it was virat kohli who anchored the chase. he hit a magnificent century. this six with the last ball of the innins took him to three figures. 103 not out for him. india winning by seven wickets with more than eight overs to spare. they play new zealand next, on sunday. now, there's just under 2a hours until the start of the rugby world cup semi finals — with argentina playing 3—time champions new zealand, whilst england take on defending champions south africa on saturday. and ahead of that match — england have named their team. they've made three changes with freddie steward returning

at full back in place of marcus smith who's been ruled out through injury. joe marler and george martin also come into the side. england will go into the semi final as underdogs — but their head coach isn't too concerned about that. i think this team has progressed. through each week we have had in this tournament and we have built and we have built and we have built, and whatever situation the players find them subs in the game, the players have found a way to get to the result they want in the end of it. we know this game is different, every game is different, but i also know we have got a great group of players who care deeply about representing england and want to put on a performance that our supporters are proud of tonight. south africa have also named their team — and it's unchanged from the 15 that beat france in that thrilling quarter final last weekend. that means marnie libbok continues at fly half, ahead of handre pollard while cobus reinach keeps his place ahead of faf de klerk. so that's saturday, but the first semi final takes

place tomorrow evening — with argentina up against new zealand, also in paris. the pumas have defied expectation, after losing heavily to england in their first group match, reaching the semis for the third time in world cup history. they face a huge task though against the all blacks — who are coming off the back of that epic quarterfinal win against ireland. we are going to have to improve our performance because the stage get bigger and bigger at this time of the tournament and you have got to grow your game, and that is our strong focus. we are not buying into anything about favouritism or underdogs or whatever. it doesn't make any difference to us. we know we have to perform at our best and that is the only way we're approaching this game. and that's all the sport for now. earlier today, israel's defence minister, yoav gallant,visited the infantry massed at the gaza border and he told them that very soon see they will see the palestinian territory "from the inside". "there is no forgiveness

for this thing," he said. "only total annihilation of hamas. "it will take a week, it will take a month, "it will take two months, until we eliminate them." the americans are full square behind israel's right to defend itself. but they are concerned that a ground incursion would risk the war spreading to the northern border. in fact today the israeli military said 20 rockets were fired from lebanon intoto the western galilee area of northern israel. the israel defense forces responded with shelling, so lets get a view from someone who knows lebanon well. kim ghattas was born two years into the civil war in lebanon. in fact herfamily lived on the front lines, between east and west beirut. she is the author of black wave and a distinguished fellow, of the columbia university institute of global politics.

he wrote a really fascinating piece in the financial times the other day which caught my eye and you said that every attempts to wipe out palestinian militant groups on the forage is more extreme iterations. are you worried that this ground incursion that might be upon us might eventually spread to your home country? fist might eventually spread to your home count ? �* ., ., country? at the moment, there are two separate _ country? at the moment, there are two separate elements _ country? at the moment, there are two separate elements to - country? at the moment, there are two separate elements to this - two separate elements to this equation. what might happen to gaza and what might happen to hamas and what does it look like to eliminate them? there are lots of scenarios out there, including comparisons to what happened to the palestinian liberation organisation in 1982 when the israelis invaded lebanon, pushed them out, and the plo with a leader at the time, got on the ship and sailed off to the tune easier. it's hard to see how this would work out if this were to unfold in a similarfashion with out if this were to unfold in a similar fashion with hamas militants, but we are not there yet.

what we are more worried about now in lebanon is the potentialfor an escalation on the border between lebanon and israel. there have been exchanges of fire over the last few weeks, over the last few days since the october attack. in a sense, hezbollah, which is notjust a local militia a political group, but also a regional paramilitary force of foot soldiers with forces in syria, yemen and iraq, has —— hezbollah needs to show us apart, but at the same time it needs to calculated very carefully because my sense is that neither they or iran want to fall on war with israel. and certainly the chorus of voices out of lebanon at the moment is, yes, support for the palestinian cause, but we do not want to be dragged into another war. so the idea that there may be another iteration of a

more militant, more extreme version of hamas is a little bit far off, but the general idea that you can wipe out an extremist group and go on to discuss peace of the neighbours simply doesn't work. there must be concessions to the palestinians and a political horizon for them. i palestinians and a political horizon for them. ., _, palestinians and a political horizon for them. ., _, . ~ ., for them. i went to come back to the hezbollah issue, _ for them. i went to come back to the hezbollah issue, but _ for them. i went to come back to the hezbollah issue, but you _ for them. i went to come back to the hezbollah issue, but you are right, l hezbollah issue, but you are right, in the way that in five words that israel has fought with hamas, things have hardened. i was listening today to the us general who is a big military thinker, as you know, and he talked about the after action reports that were drawn up post—201a. he said that conflict lasted 50 days. the conclusions that were drawn back then was that hamas would want to increase rackets can expand their tunnel network, prepare for a longer conflict, incorporates new tactics and new technologies, all of which has come to pass. things have not got easier for israelis in these conflicts, they've got progressively worse. absolutely,

which is why — got progressively worse. absolutely, which is why even _ got progressively worse. absolutely, which is why even the _ got progressively worse. absolutely, which is why even the americans - which is why even the americans inprivate are telling the israelis, what is your plan exactly? be wary of military plans that are based on revenge and retaliation because that is what lead america down the wrong path after 9/11 into decades of war iraq and afghanistan for which frankly the united states has nothing to show for except for quite a mess in both countries. so those are the private warnings, of course, in public, president biden has come to hug the israeli prime minister in the nation of israel to show support for israel, but their sense is that they need to do that so they can have the tough conversations in private. establish trust and then ask the tough questions inprivate.

is there a risk once this ground incursion begins and the casualties pile—up that eventually hezbollah has no option that pressure in the arab world build to such a point that although it would be disastrous for lebanon at this particular time and with the economic crisis it faces, therejust and with the economic crisis it faces, there just is and with the economic crisis it faces, therejust is no and with the economic crisis it faces, there just is no other alternative but to get involved. it is very hard to tell exactly how things are, the indications are that hezbollah does not want this to escalate because, ultimately, hezbollah is also a key line of defence for iran, and the islamic or public of iran is worried about its own survival, generally, always, but particularly in the last few years because of economic pressures, and the fact that it's neighbours are cosying up to israel, so it does

feel encircled. iran may be willing to come in essence, sacrifice hamas for the cause to which it mostly pays lip service, rarely with some help with weapons and arms, but it has never really delivered much progress for the palestinians on the ground. but it is not going to want to sacrifice hezbollah, which is key, and which it will want to keep in case it feels that tehran is under threat. so at the moment, where everybody is calibrating very carefully and the secretary—general of hezbollah has not spoken yet and the 12 days since the 7th of october attack and he has not spoken yet, which is very unusual, which tells you that they are being very careful. inprivate, in my conversations with western diplomats and arab officials, i am hearing that the are looking for a way to de—escalate, to make sure this does not become a regional conflict, but mismatch calculations happen and a lot hinges on how the military campaign unfolds in gaza and how

high the death toll is.— high the death toll is. from your conversations _ high the death toll is. from your conversations with _ high the death toll is. from your conversations with people - high the death toll is. from your conversations with people in - high the death toll is. from your. conversations with people in beirut, for people who don't understand the way that the government is formed, hezbollah is one part of it. their other communities that have a stake in what happens to lebanon, but when i hearfrom lebanese government officials, it is almost, it is almost as if they defer to hezbollah when they talk about lebanon's defence, is that how it feels to you, and does lebanon in the other communities in some way feel rather helpless in all of this?— helpless in all of this? well, lebanon in _ helpless in all of this? well, lebanon in general - helpless in all of this? well, lebanon in general feels - helpless in all of this? well, i lebanon in general feels rather lebanon in generalfeels rather helpless because over the last three years, it has been through a herb economic crisis. the part explosion in beirut in 2021, and that has really brought the country to its knees. add to that, there is actually no president. we failed to elect a president since the last one was in position in october. it's

been a year. we have a caretaking cabinet, so there really is no one in charge, and effectively that hasn't stopped the international community, the us, the french, the germans, to make clear to the caretaking government that they are in charge and that they must assume their responsibilities and make sure their responsibilities and make sure the country doesn't get dragged into a war. because we have been to war before haswell in 2006 and the israeli response was devastating for this country with 1200 dead and really terrible damage to the civilian infrastructure across the country. so what you are hearing todayis country. so what you are hearing today is not so much the government speaking out against the potential for war, speaking out against the potential forwar, but speaking out against the potential for war, but various politicians, members of parliament, entrepreneur is saying we support the palestinian cause, but we have paid our dues and this and we will have to see how that weighs on hezbollah. and i'm sure it does, which is again what they think they are calibrating so carefully because they have had a

lot of tension with the various communities in lebanon over the last few years. lovely to see ou. over the last few years. lovely to see you. thank _ over the last few years. lovely to see you. thank you _ over the last few years. lovely to see you. thank you for _ over the last few years. lovely to see you. thank you for coming i over the last few years. lovely to see you. thank you for coming in j over the last few years. lovely to - see you. thank you for coming in the programme this evening. israel is certainly not taking any chances. it has mobilised 360,000 reservists. boeing says it is speeding delivery to israel of 1,800 kits that convert unguided bombs into precision munitions. the expedited deliveries of thejdam kits stem from a 2021 order valued at about $735 million. the sale provided for deliveries over several years has now been accelerated.the kits are for bombs of 200 kilos and heavier. let's unpack this with mikey kay, former raf pilot and military strategist. thank you for your patience. tell us first of all what we are talking about, what sort of equipment would this be used for? so about, what sort of equipment would this be used for?— this be used for? so it's a “oint direct attack i this be used for? so it's a “oint direct attack munition. h this be used for? so it's a “oint direct attack munition. it h this be used for? so it's a joint direct attack munition. it is - this be used for? so it's a joint direct attack munition. it is a l this be used for? so it's a joint. direct attack munition. it is a kit that can be strapped onto what is called a freefall bomb and the size

of the warhead that we are talking about can go from £250,1000 of the warhead that we are talking about can go from £250, 1000 lb 2000 liber, what it does is it takes a munition —— 2002 and it converts it by putting a tail on the back of which is called a gps or initial nab system on the back. he plug in court next to that potential target and what it will do is it is dropped from an aircraft and it will hit that target with a tolerance of around ten metres. so it is supremely accurate. and it is utilised heavily in urban environments where a cde, collateral damage estimate is taken on particular targets, and that collateral damage estimate suggests that there are, you know, high buildings, significant civilian population, so that weapon will be used to minimise collateral in circumstances. this isn't the first time that israel have got these kits

from the us between 2012 and 2015, they ordered 12,000 of them, but just to put that into context, the idf have come out and said that in the first five days of the war, over 6000 bombs were dropped on how so that's about 1200 a day, so you can see the size of the arsenal that israel are looking at the moment, hence the acceleration of these kits. ~ ., ., ., hence the acceleration of these kits. ., ., ., ., ~ hence the acceleration of these kits. ~ . ., ., . ~' . kits. we are going to talk later in the programme _ kits. we are going to talk later in the programme about _ kits. we are going to talk later in the programme about presidentl the programme about president biden�*s address to the nation tonight. he is obviously going to talk notjust about israel that about ukraine as well. when you see in order like this, does it, showed it to raise concerns that this is going to put more pressure on already strained inventories to the detriment of ukraine? i already strained inventories to the detriment of ukraine?— detriment of ukraine? i think the ca abili detriment of ukraine? i think the capability that — detriment of ukraine? i think the capability that is _ detriment of ukraine? i think the capability that is going _ detriment of ukraine? i think the capability that is going to - detriment of ukraine? i think the | capability that is going to ukraine is quite significantly different in some aspects of the capability that

is going to israel. so, for example, the us have supplied so far $24 billion in military weapons to ukraine with an additional 5 billion on top of that, so just under 30 billion of grants which has allowed ukraine to purchase the necessary equipment that needs, and we are talking about things like the abrams battlefield tank, we are talking about the patriot anti—aircraft, nt cruise missile system, we are talking about coastal siege defences, talking about surveillance, radar. in this latest purchase that's going to israel from may of 2021, the two key aspects in that where the capability and also all to artillery shells. the us provides just all to artillery shells. the us providesjust under $4 all to artillery shells. the us provides just under $4 billion worth of military aid to israel a year. so, you know, ithink very of military aid to israel a year. so, you know, i think very much to focus at the moment by the us is on ukraine and will give ukraine the capabilities that it needs, and these capabilities that i talked about comedy artillery, the

patriots, the coastal sea defence, it is all aimed at targeting long range russian artillery systems that are hitting civilian infrastructure from inside, just inside russian territory, which, at the moment, is a no go for ukraine and for the us and nato supporting any interruption strikes. you and nato supporting any interruption strikes. ., ., , ., strikes. you have “ust heard can talkin: strikes. you have “ust heard can talking about _ strikes. you have “ust heard can talking about the — strikes. you have just heard can talking about the northern - strikes. you have just heard can. talking about the northern border and how she sees it with respect to hezbollah. but one would presume given that they have called up 360,000 reservists that they are preparing for that war on the northern border if it should come. i've got three tours in afghanistan, psi, three tours in iraq, two in afghanistan. 20 years of knowledge of counterinsurgency, you know, from what i have seen over those 20 years, becoming an investigative reporter subsequently on such these types of scenarios, the most powerful military in the world, which is the us military at the

moment, in counterinsurgency never provided success in iraq in the 20 years it was there. never provided success in afghanistan, and even rewind before that when the soviets were in afghanistan in the 80s, they weren't successful either. hamas knows the gaza territory inside out. there are tunnels literally all over her that territory. i mean, think back to vietnam, it was the tunnel system that provided the vietcong with significant advantage over us troops. and whilst the two conflicts are different, but that tunnel system in itself and the knowledge of where to get the weapons when you need then, the knowledge of basically hamas not operating by any rules of warfare and foreign governments having to have some sort of rules of engagement. at this time, we can talk a bit more about that. these are tying the israeli hands behind their back. what happens to the hostages and the

israeli occupation of northern gaza. it's fiendishly complex. always good to have your expertise. thank you. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. all residents have learning disabilities or autism. it's not easy to recruit because retail and nhs jobs generally pay more. it worries me for the people that we support. it worries me what's going to happen to them and how are we going to make sure that we can keep recruiting and we can keep supporting them to live the best life ever? the government has put an extra £2.4 billion into social care, but it's only enough to match the increase in inflation. care worker pay is a really big issue. it's an issue that the local government association has lobbied hard on, and to make a step change is difficult. it needs funding to councils to increase and, of course, it needs to increase in a way that it gets through to the care worker pay.

many at the summit believe better wages won't solve everything, but care organisations like karen's say if staff were rewarded for what they do, there would be more personalised help to go around. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. - turning away from the middle east for the rest of this hour because there is a big weather events unfolding in scotland here in the uk tonight. hundreds of people are being advised to leave their homes tonight in parts of scotland as storm babet closes in bringing what may be unprecedented rainfall. the met office has warned that some communities could be cut off for several days by severe flooding. heavy rain is already sweeping its way through parts of northern and eastern scotland and a red weather warning has just come into force. one person is already reported to have died. ben richjoins us ben rich joins us what is a red

weather warning? ben rich joins us what is a red weather warning ?_ ben rich joins us what is a red weather warnin: ? . , , weather warning? that is the highest tier of warning _ weather warning? that is the highest tier of warning that _ weather warning? that is the highest tier of warning that the _ weather warning? that is the highest tier of warning that the met - weather warning? that is the highest tier of warning that the met office i tier of warning that the met office can issue. this is worth taking seriously. we don't have red warnings all that often. we haven't had one yet this year. the last time you read warning was issued was back in 2020 with a storm that was named storm dennis. so these things don't come around all that often and a red warning implies a risk to life. sadly, as we have already heard, a loss of life in this bad weather in the eastern side of scotland. and the eastern side of scotland. and the warning implies that lives could still be at risk, it implies obviously significant flooding, 250 ammendment of rain in the wettest places. well over the rainfall those places. well over the rainfall those places would expect.— places would expect. that's over ei . ht places would expect. that's over eight inches- _ places would expect. that's over eight inches. it's _ places would expect. that's over eight inches. it's about - places would expect. that's over eight inches. it's about ten. - places would expect. that's over eight inches. it's about ten. but| places would expect. that's over i eight inches. it's about ten. but in ten inches? _ eight inches. it's about ten. but in ten inches? yeah, _ eight inches. it's about ten. but in ten inches? yeah, getting - eight inches. it's about ten. but in ten inches? yeah, getting a - eight inches. it's about ten. but in ten inches? yeah, getting a foot l eight inches. it's about ten. but in| ten inches? yeah, getting a foot of rain. ., . , , rain. how much did he get in typical month? in the _ rain. how much did he get in typical month? in the wettest _ rain. how much did he get in typical month? in the wettest places, 190 l month? in the wettest places, 190 “ust a month? in the wettest places, 190 just a month- _ month? in the wettest places, 190 just a month. so, _ month? in the wettest places, 190 just a month. so, this _ month? in the wettest places, 190 just a month. so, this is _ month? in the wettest places, 190 just a month. so, this is double. i

just a month. so, this is double. two months rainfall in and 24 hour period. two months rainfall in and 24 hour eriod. ., . , two months rainfall in and 24 hour eriod. ., ., , , , period. potentially some places. power cuts. _ period. potentially some places. power cuts, whole _ period. potentially some places. power cuts, whole community i period. potentially some places. power cuts, whole community isj power cuts, whole community is likely to be cut off by this bad weather, and so no wonder then that people are being warned to take action to protect themselves. we see some breaches _ action to protect themselves. we see some breaches today _ action to protect themselves. we see some breaches today but _ action to protect themselves. we see some breaches today but the - action to protect themselves. we see some breaches today but the river . some breaches today but the river that's burst its banks and the floodwater in the town. are we likely to see, so, obviously the rainfalls that then you get flooding that fannie evolves over the next 24-48 that fannie evolves over the next 24—48 hour period. so what is the advice of the met office after the event has come through?- advice of the met office after the event has come through? there are two severe — event has come through? there are two severe flood _ event has come through? there are two severe flood warnings - event has come through? there are two severe flood warnings and - event has come through? there are two severe flood warnings and for. event has come through? there are| two severe flood warnings and for us now, so flood warnings different to weather warnings. issued by different agency, two severe flood warnings now, one in angus and that same area of eastern scotland. the problem is, of course, the rain will

stop buying at some stage, though it is going to continue, but even once the rain has stopped following him it will take its time to feed through into those river catchments, so the advice is to stay tuned to bbc radio scotland. you know, your local radio stations, any advice you have from authorities, the advice is to obviously take that, act upon that. i know places, people are being evacuated, people are being told to leave their homes and it's just a case of following that advice and keeping in touch with the forecast and the latest developments. i forecast and the latest developments.- forecast and the latest developments. forecast and the latest develoments. ., ., ., , ., developments. i am bound to ask you rive them developments. i am bound to ask you give them what _ developments. i am bound to ask you give them what you _ developments. i am bound to ask you give them what you have _ developments. i am bound to ask you give them what you have just - developments. i am bound to ask you give them what you have just said - give them what you have just said and how this has smashed previous records whether this is, obviously, to do with climate change. meii. to do with climate change. well, what we know — to do with climate change. well, what we know is _ to do with climate change. well, what we know is that _ to do with climate change. well, what we know is that climate - what we know is that climate change is making extreme rainfall events more likely. a warmer world can hold more likely. a warmer world can hold more moisture, the warmer the areas, the more capable of holding mike's chair, essentially, and so when we get these rainfall events, they are likely to bring more rain than they

would have done without climate change. such a sort of adds on to what would have already been at bad situation. and think i can show some graphics and help you through what is going to happen this time around. i will show you the red warning across the eastern side of scotland, but also broader amber warnings, so large areas are likely to be effective, but the rainfall in this chart, we will see what we've got such a problem, because that line of rain sitting across eastern scotland kennett does not move through tonight into tomorrow morning, so the rain can pile up. but tonight into tomorrow morning, so the rain can pile up.— the rain can pile up. but there are bi wins, the rain can pile up. but there are big wins. so _ the rain can pile up. but there are big wins. so i _ the rain can pile up. but there are big wins, so i sits _ the rain can pile up. but there are big wins, so i sits at _ the rain can pile up. but there are big wins, so i sits at the? - the rain can pile up. but there are| big wins, so i sits at the? because those winds _ big wins, so i sits at the? because those winds are _ big wins, so i sits at the? because those winds are coming _ big wins, so i sits at the? because those winds are coming from - big wins, so i sits at the? because those winds are coming from the i those winds are coming from the southeast and the band of rain, the french responsible is kind of getting stuck in that easterly flow, so rather than the wind blowing it through, it is setting in place, stuck in that each of the flow along the line of range, and so itjust rains in the same places, and this is where the climate change aspect comes in because in a warmer world, those weather features would have set up anyway, but the warmer air,

more moisture, that allows those weather features to bring you more rain than they would have done in the past. injust a bit further ahead as well, it's not only scotland, for the south, the south, the same sort of thing happens tomorrow during friday across parts of england and wales and across parts of northern england, there is an amber warning from the met office. that's the second highest tier of warning, again, flooding, disruption, so a really difficult style of whether i had for many of us. . , style of whether i had for many of us. ., , ., , , ~ us. that is really useful. we will of course _ us. that is really useful. we will of course keep _ us. that is really useful. we will of course keep watching - us. that is really useful. we will of course keep watching that. us. that is really useful. we will - of course keep watching that through the course of the programme and plenty on the bbc website as well. so do stay in touch with that. we will be right back after the break. hello. storm babet is bringing some extreme rainfall to the uk. the met office have issued a rare top level red weather warning for rain affecting aberdeenshire, angus, dundee, perth and kinross. it's for these areas that we'll probably see the most severe weather impacts. it's not the only place that babet will cause big problems.

northern and western scotland, the cheviots, the peaks, the pennines, north wales, the rainfall accumulations — ie the rain building up over the next day or two — could also bring some severe flooding. now, babet essentially is this area of low pressure. it's getting blocked from moving by this blocking area of high pressure over scandinavia. the weather front�*s become stationary, bringing torrential rain, and in the lowest mile of the atmosphere, we've got a low level jet that's just slamming the rainfall into the eastern mountains in scotland. so for communities within this amber weather warning area, there could be some severe flooding. but in this more concentrated zone, where we've got the red weather warning in force, well, the flooding may be so extreme that communities get completely cut off — and that's all thanks to up to 250 millimetres of rain. well, to put that in context, the scottish 24—hour rainfall record currently stands at 238. so this could be unprecedented rainfall for scotland. eitherway, overnight, the rain is going to be torrential in scotland, with impacts just increasing hour by hour. the rain getting a lot heavier

as well for england, wales and for northern ireland, too. on into friday's forecast, very gradually, you should start seeing improvements in the weather across scotland, but even long after it's stopped raining, all of that water will still be coming down the river catchments, and so some communities, the flooding will get far worse before it gets better, even long after the rain has stopped. and then the focus starts to shift further southwards. scottish borders, the cheviots, peaks, the pennines, north wales — these areas could see rainfall heavy enough to bring some locally severe flooding as well through friday, friday night and into the first part of saturday. so there will be further impacts as we look at the weather forecast into this weekend, thanks to storm babet. so, babet is going to be bringing some big weather impacts. we are going to see some flooding. it's quite likely to be severe, widespread in places, and disruption is expected to transport and power. keep up to date with the flood warnings online.

hello, i'm christian fraser. this is the context on bbc news. this is our darkest hour. it is the world's darkest hour. we need to stand together and we need to win. palestinians are victims of what hamas has done. it is important that we continue to provide humanitarian access.

and that this is the situation now that the... bunker, bunker! we're going to the... rockets are coming! go, go, go! the trucks in egypt are loaded and ready, and still they wait. israel has continued to bomb gaza today, including areas in the south designated a safe zone for those who have fled the north. the hospitals are running out of anaesthetic, pain killers, and fuel for the generators — there will be no diesel on any first convoy that crosses. rishi sunak has left israel for a meeting with the crown prince in saudi arabia. the egyptian and jordanian leader have condemned the "collective punishment" of palestinians which they say could plunge the region into catastrophe. our panel tonight, thejournalist author and broadcaster matthew syed and from washington republican strategist anneke green who advised

mitch mcconnel, during his time as senate majority leader.