homes because of the constant shelling, because of the constant violence that's been happening. again, ithink violence that's been happening. again, i think it shows how volatile the situation is in the fear that if this violence escalates, this could become a second one in this conflict. we know the israeli authorities have sent thousands of extra soldiers to secure the border with lebanon, and obviously the fear here is about what hezbollah is going to do. this is a formidable military organisation with tens of thousands of well trained fighters and also tens of thousands of missiles and rockets that can strike deep inside israeli territory. sol don't think that the israelis... i think the israelis are taking the threats coming from hezbollah very seriously, and i need fears, as you say, that this conflict could escalate. thanks to hugo for that. tomorrow marks two weeks since the hamas attack in which more than 1,400 israelis were killed. our international editor

jeremy bowen has this assessment on how things have changed in that time. palestinians on the west bank held protests when they'd finished their noon prayer, as they have done so many times in the long years of the israeli occupation. but nothing about this is routine for either side. almost two weeks into this war and thousands of lives later, the uneasy, unpleasant but mostly predictable rhythm of the conflict has gone. this was an israeli raid on the west bank, the other side of occupied palestinian territory that is separated from gaza by the israeli state. arrest operations like this happen often, but palestinians said israel used more force than usual. one israeli soldier was killed and the arrests were accompanied by a drone strike.

among the palestinian casualties, 13 were killed, including five boys. at the mortuary, palestinian families said goodbye to the boys, bystanders, the bbc was told, aged from 11 to 15. the pain of loss cuts across palestinians and israelis. in tel aviv, families and friends of the more than 200 people taken as hostages by hamas on 7th october are holding a vigil. 20 of the missing, israel says, are under 18. the vigil is getting bigger. more people arejoining in. the photos are going up on the wall of the defence ministry compound. the presence of hostages in gaza puts pressure on the generals and the politicians — as hamas must have intended. in a small country,

it draws in many families. daily life here is on hold. the war dominates everything. israelis are united behind theirflag and their army and in their contempt and hatred for hamas. they are not united about their prime minister benjamin netanyahu, a highly divisive figure whose opponents believe neglected their security. it's become a powerful event, highly charged for the people who see it. but it started when this person in the black t—shirt came here on his own. his wife and three small children were taking from a kibbutz by hamas. —— his wife and three small children were taken from a border kibbutz by hamas. if you look down at your son playing right next to you, you know what is right,

you know that he is in the right place — you know, my kids had done nothing wrong. we have three, which are four and a half, eight and ten. one of them just celebrated her birthday, she has still got cake in the fridge. so, we all know what the right thing is to do, where they should be, where my wife should be. it's a pretty easy choice to make, just bring them home to me. israelis and plenty of others, including presidentjoe biden, say this is their equivalent of the attacks on america by al-qaeda on september the 11th 2001, and for israelis, this is not a trauma you can get used to. every day, they're learning more about people, about the missing, about the dead. and that sadness and anger underpins the resolve of the government to hit back, to get their people, bring them home and to destroy hamas.

and in gaza, more funerals, many more. in a place cut off from the world, they might not have heard president biden telling his israeli allies not to be blinded by revenge while exercising their right of self—defence. one question is whether the israelis, in their pain and rage, will heed his call for restraint. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. we are going to head to the occupied west bank now. the united nations saying they are alarmed by a deteriorating human rights situation. take a look. just to underline, this is not gaza, there you can see on the coast, this is the west bank that we are talking about at the moment. israel says it is carrying out a widescale counterterrorism activity in the west bank. take a look at these

pictures. this is ramallah any bank earlier today, crowds waved palestinian flags —— in the west bank. there were fires lit too. here's the spokesperson for the un high commissionerfor human rights. take a listen. we are extremely alarmed by the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in the occupied west bank and the increase in unlawful use of lethal force. and the increase in unlawful use of lethalforce. since and the increase in unlawful use of lethal force. since the 7th of october, our office has received 0ctober, our office has received reports that 69 palestinians, including at least 15 children and one woman, have been killed by israeli security forces in the occupied west bank. yesterday, 14 people were reportedly killed in a drone strike. settler violence has also further increased. six palestinians have been killed by armed settlers and a number of

palestinian communities have been forced from their land. there's also been an increase in arbitrary arrests of palestinians in the occupied west bank and of arab israelis in israel, including palestinian activists and palestinian activists and palestinian workers that were previously working in israel, with reports of ill—treatment and lack of any due process. this must cease. live now to the west bank — dr mustafa barghouti is a palestinian politician and leader of the palestinian national initiative, a democratic movement that isn't affiliated with either fatah or hamas. thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you very much for coming on the programme-— thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you for hosting me. we the programme. thank you for hosting me- we heard — the programme. thank you for hosting me. we heard there _ the programme. thank you for hosting me. we heard there is _ the programme. thank you for hosting me. we heard there is spokesperson l me. we heard there is spokesperson for the united _ me. we heard there is spokesperson for the united nations _ me. we heard there is spokesperson for the united nations outlining - for the united nations outlining some of what has been happening. what is your reaction to that? the situation is _ what is your reaction to that? tue: situation is terrible, what is your reaction to that? he situation is terrible, but what is your reaction to that? tt2 situation is terrible, but before i say anything we just received an urgent call from a hospital run by the red crescent society in gaza

city. the israeli army called the mentor and they would bombard the hospital unless they evicted and evacuated. they have 400 patients in beds which they cannot leave and there are 12,000 people in this hospital who are taking refuge there from the population of gaza so i am saying that because i don't want the mum bartman to take place and then the ease release would say it is not their responsibility. just ease release would say it is not their responsibility.— ease release would say it is not their responsibility. just on that, because you _ their responsibility. just on that, because you raised _ their responsibility. just on that, because you raised that, - their responsibility. just on that, because you raised that, we - their responsibility. just on that, | because you raised that, we have seen that report as well, we had not independently verified the claims in that report, but we are across that and chasing and checking exactly that now. and your reaction to events in the west bank? the situation in _ events in the west bank? the situation in the _ events in the west bank? tt2 situation in the west bank is getting worse and worse, because first of all, the whole of the west bank is cut into pieces, into 224

separated communities, or should i say ghettos, and the israelis have blocked many of the 640 military checkpoints, so the movement between one area and another is very difficult, in addition to that, settlers are attacking cars on the roads, and so people don't feel safe even to drive from one spot to another, which creates a very big humanitarian problem and serious problem for the health services will additionally he settlers have been attacking many communities, as we told you before. 20 communities have already been evacuated all mac affected by settler violence and terror, and there are 935 palestinians arrested during the last five days —— have already been affected. lots of arbitrary arrests. people are not charged, they do not know why they are arrested and they are held under so—called administrative detention. almost 1600 people like that, including 200 children. and additionally there has

been a terrible massacre in the refugee camp yesterday, the israeli army rated the camp and killed 13 people, include five children, and... ., , ., , ., people, include five children, and... ., , ., . and... you brought up that incident, i 'ust want and... you brought up that incident, ijust want to _ and... you brought up that incident, i just want to bring _ and... you brought up that incident, i just want to bring you _ and... you brought up that incident, i just want to bring you the idf, - and... you brought up that incident, i just want to bring you the idf, is l ijust want to bring you the idf, is really —— the israeli defence force statement on that, they say they conducted counterterrorism activities during that camp. they operated five wanted suspects. the forces are continuing to operate in the camp to thwart tabor activity. —— they apprehended. more broadly, 524 wanted suspects have been apprehended since october seven over 330 of them are operatives of hamas, over 50 weapons have also been

confiscated. do you recognise israel's right to carry out counterterrorism activities against hamas operatives?— counterterrorism activities against hamas operatives? counterterrorism activities against hamasoeratives? ., , , , hamas operatives? know, because they are l inc. hamas operatives? know, because they are lying- what — hamas operatives? know, because they are lying. what they _ hamas operatives? know, because they are lying. what they told _ hamas operatives? know, because they are lying. what they told you _ hamas operatives? know, because they are lying. what they told you is - hamas operatives? know, because they are lying. what they told you is a - are lying. what they told you is a lie. the actual reality is that branded much more people in the camp, bp people. they apprehended, beat them, tortured them and then let them go. they did not keep them in prison. this is an act of terror on the whole civilian population there. they can kill any palestinian and shoot any palestinian and arrest any palestinian clinic there hamas. through the dehumanisation of hamas, they are dehumanizing the entire palestinian population. there is an area supposed to be under palestinian control. they invaded, they invaded ramallah, they invaded

nablus, all of which should be under the control of the palestinian authority. they are humiliating the authority, they don't respect any existing agreement and they continue their attacks on palestinians in the west bank. so far, during the last week, they have killed 82 palestinians, in addition to the 248 palestinians, in addition to the 248 palestinians that they have killed since the beginning of the year, including more than 50 children. tqm. including more than 50 children. ok, i am sure including more than 50 children. ok, i am sure the — including more than 50 children. ok, i am sure the idf would disagree with some of your characterisations about how... qt with some of your characterisations about how- - -_ about how... of course they would disauree, about how... of course they would disagree, because... _ about how... of course they would disagree, because... they - about how... of course they would disagree, because... they are - about how... of course they would disagree, because... they are an l disagree, because... they are an occupying force, they are occupying us. t occupying force, they are occupying us. , . occupying force, they are occupying us, , ., ., occupying force, they are occupying us. , ., ., ., occupying force, they are occupying us. i just want to ask you, and i know this _ us. i just want to ask you, and i know this is _ us. i just want to ask you, and i know this is an _ us. i just want to ask you, and i know this is an impossible - know this is an impossible answer make briefly. the two state solution will be the focus of talks, this weekend, doesn't any chance, in your eyes? —— does it have? tt weekend, doesn't any chance, in your eyes? -- does it have?— eyes? -- does it have? if israel removes— eyes? -- does it have? if israel

removes all— eyes? -- does it have? if israel removes all its _ eyes? -- does it have? if israel removes all its international - removes all its international settlements —— illegal sediments according to international law. if they do not, it is not. it is very simple. the way to a tuesday —— two state solution... that is the way. -- two state solution... that is the wa , �* , ., ., -- two state solution... that is the way. mustafa barghouti, thank you for cominu way. mustafa barghouti, thank you for coming on _ way. mustafa barghouti, thank you for coming on the _ way. mustafa barghouti, thank you for coming on the programme. - 0ur security correspondent frank gardner says tension across the region reminded him of 2003. he was speaking to my colleague matthew amroliwala. what i meant by that is back then, the middle east, it still had the underlying problems, the underlying denial of a homeland for the palestinians and ongoing violence against israel, butjihad was on the back foot. we were not hearing so much from al-qaeda, isis had not happened, and then the us—led invasion of iraq happened, and that reinvigorated the glowing,

the dying embers of violent jihadism. and what we are seeing now around the region, these angry protests we are seeing because to action by al-qaeda and isis, and we are seeing we are seeing warnings by the us by the us state department to their citizens to avoid certain countries. we are starting to see attacks on us basesin we are starting to see attacks on us bases in iraq and syria. it is quite a delicate time and really there is a delicate time and really there is a triple threat here of violence, conflicts spreading beyond israel's borders, of the protests starting to turn against their own governments, and individual acts of terrorism. let's take those three threats one by one. because the threat we have heard great in this conflict began, the worries about the spread, we have seen the americans said aircraft carriers, being really blunt in their language, warning others not tojoin in, but even last

night, you saw iron from yemen two or three missiles that had to be shot down —— fired from yemen. there is a real sense of concern that despite all of this american warnings and diplomas this has meant him. t warnings and diplomas this has meant him. ., warnings and diplomas this has meant him. ~' , , ., ., him. i think the biggest fear for the americans _ him. i think the biggest fear for the americans and _ him. i think the biggest fear for the americans and their - him. i think the biggest fear for the americans and their allies l him. i think the biggest fear for| the americans and their allies in the americans and their allies in the region is that hezbollah is going to get drawn into this, that the pressure on hezbollah to support hamas in their fight against israel is going to be so overwhelming that they eventually start to join in. they have had severe warnings from israel, don't do this, and i'm sure through back channels from the united states, and that is one of the reasons why the us navy is stationing two major carrier strikeforce is just offshore the eastern mediterranean, saying to israel, we have got your back. hezbollah fought an inconclusive war with israel in 2006. nobody won,

nobody lost it, but hezbollah since then have restocked their arsenals, dave got around 150,000 rockets. some of these are accurate enough to hit precise ministries in tel aviv and jerusalem. that is a threat to israel. �* , ., , ., , , israel. briefly on this one, because in terms of — israel. briefly on this one, because in terms of what _ israel. briefly on this one, because in terms of what we _ israel. briefly on this one, because in terms of what we are _ israel. briefly on this one, because in terms of what we are seeing - in terms of what we are seeing on the streets, with some countries, normalisation strategies have been developed, almost taking overfrom the two state solution push. how much of that is potentially being derailed here between what leaders perhaps wants and what people on the streets want?— streets want? you're absolutely riuht. streets want? you're absolutely right- the _ streets want? you're absolutely right. the leaders _ streets want? you're absolutely right. the leaders of _ streets want? you're absolutely right. the leaders of air - streets want? you're absolutely i right. the leaders of air countries, particularly those who have signed peace deals with israel, egypt, jordan, uae, bahrain, morocco, they are very aware of their people are angry and they cannot be seen to have close relations or friendly ties with israel, so it is incredible to think that only two

weeks ago, saudi arabia was well on the path to normalising ties with israel, the israeli tourism minister had visited riyadh, and if you look at these pictures here, the anger on the streets, that i think is tahir square —— tahrir square, it is an echo of arab spring. governments are very nervous. they want to lower the temperature. that means getting aid into gaza, but also they want to see a cease—fire, they want to see israel stop its bombing of the gaza strip, because the number of militant commanders of hamas or palestinian islamichhad that are getting killed is in a school compared to the number of civilians who have been killed in this conflict —— minuscule. who have been killed in this conflict -- minuscule.- who have been killed in this conflict -- minuscule. your final, frank, conflict -- minuscule. your final, frank. was _ conflict -- minuscule. your final, frank, was the _ conflict -- minuscule. your final, frank, was the threat _ conflict -- minuscule. your final, frank, was the threat of - frank, was the threat of radicalisation. you mentioned that warning that has gone out from the americans around the world. that is a real worry. we heard the head of mi5 a real worry. we heard the head of m15 talking about exactly that. the thin mi5 talking about exactly that. tt2 thing about radicalisation in the

terrorism threat is it is dynamic. it moves with the times and when you get an event such as this, such a huge event, the horrific attack of october the 7th, by hamas and others, on israeli places in southern israel followed by this horrendous bombing, when you get all of that, tempers rise, and people who would otherwise be pretty angry about something or sometimes tempted to take action and commit a sometimes tempted to take action and commita crime, sometimes tempted to take action and commit a crime, and that is what people are really worried about. in this very febrile atmosphere, that terror threat warnings are going to start proliferating and that we are going to see people... already, there are threats to synagogues, there are threats to synagogues, there have been attacks in places like berlin onjewish places of worship, so they will be the front line of this, but also american interests in the middle east i think are going to be on a very high alert. . ., are going to be on a very high alert. ., ,, i. ., ., ,,

are going to be on a very high alert. ., ~' i., ., ., ~' ., are going to be on a very high alert. ., ,, ., ., ,, ., ., alert. thank you to frank for that. want to bring _ alert. thank you to frank for that. want to bring you _ alert. thank you to frank for that. want to bring you some _ alert. thank you to frank for that. want to bring you some breaking | alert. thank you to frank for that. - want to bring you some breaking news now. the palestinian red crescent has in the last hour said they have received a warning from israeli forces to immediately evacuate gaza's al quds hospital. you can see the red crescent humanitarian workers and the hospital in these images. these images are from a few days ago, when air strikes hit nearby buildings. the al-quds hospital currently has over 400 patients and 12,000 displaced people. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. police in haiti have arrested a formerjustice department official suspected of being the mastermind

behind the 2021 assassination of presidentjovenel moise. armed police arrested felix badio as he left a supermarket in the capital, port au prince. the assassination of moise threw haiti into a prolonged political crisis. italy's prime minister, giorgia meloni, says she has separated from her long—time partner andrea giambruno. she announced the split on social media hours after a tv show broadcast explicit comments made off—air by giambruno, a tv host, to female colleagues. the couple met in 2015 and they have a daughter aged seven. the actress haydn gwynne has died, aged 66. for tv audiences, she was known for roles in drop the dead donkey and the windsors. just want to bring you some breaking

news on those hostages that we have been talking about over the last 20 minutes or so. thisjust been talking about over the last 20 minutes or so. this just coming been talking about over the last 20 minutes or so. thisjust coming into us here. hostages released from gaza are currently with the international committee of the red cross. that is a source talking to the reuters news agency, so that is not talking directly to the bbc. we are working to confirm that, but we have not independently verified that, but that latest line coming to us here with sources speaking to the reuters news agency saying hostages released from gaza are currently with the international committee of the red cross. and just to remind you of what this is concerning, hamas says it has released two us hostages, a mother and her daughter, for humanitarian reasons, in response to qatari mediation efforts. a hamas

armed wing spokesperson saying that in a statement on friday and reuters are picking up on that, so a mosque saying that it has released two us hostages, a mother and her daughter. that was the first news that we got, then in the last few minutes, from then in the last few minutes, from the reuters news agency, saying that these hostages released from gaza are currently with the international committee of the red cross i should say, we are waiting for a couple of media press briefings in the us and in israel. we will hopefully be finding out any more details they can bring us on these, because as i mentioned, the bbc has not independent he verified these reports that these two hostages, us hostages, a mother and a doctor, being released by hamas on humanitarian grounds —— a mother and a daughter. we will bring more

details when we get them. we will head to the us, us politics. jim jordan, backed by trump, candidate for the third time. he isa hard—line right of the republican party, backed by donald trump. republicans narrowly control the house, but cannot agree on a new speaker which means the chamber is effectively paralysed for the last two weeks. live now to our north america correspondent shingai nyoka. hi there, so what has been happening there? ~ . . , hi there, so what has been happening there? ~ . .,, , hi there, so what has been happening there? 2 ., , ., ,, , there? what has been happening is that jim there? what has been happening is thatjimjordan _ there? what has been happening is that jim jordan the _ there? what has been happening is that jim jordan the republican - thatjim jordan the republican nominee, has failed in the third round to get support from his party members. 217 was the magic numbers needed to become house speaker and he pulled 194 votes, 25 members of his party voted against him, so he seems to be moving backwards. and so as we speak the republican party

members have said that they are meeting to discuss a way forward. theyjust meeting to discuss a way forward. they just failing to meeting to discuss a way forward. theyjust failing to behind a single candidate amidst a fracture within that party. candidate amidst a fracture within that -a . ,, ., ., ., that party. shingai, what are the repercussions _ that party. shingai, what are the repercussions of _ that party. shingai, what are the repercussions of all _ that party. shingai, what are the repercussions of all this - that party. shingai, what are the repercussions of all this in - that party. shingai, what are thej repercussions of all this in terms of getting things done? the repercussions of all this in terms of getting things done?- repercussions of all this in terms of getting things done? the fact is, nothin: is of getting things done? the fact is, nothing is being — of getting things done? the fact is, nothing is being done _ of getting things done? the fact is, nothing is being done at the - of getting things done? the fact is, i nothing is being done at the moment. there is a temporary speaker from the republican party, patrick mchenry, who is a placeholder, in essence. it is not clear exactly what his powers are, but earlier today, presidentjoe biden requested a national security package of $105 billion to fund the war in ukraine as well as the war in israel. what that means is that while that might be discussed in the senate, there is very little hope of that being passed in this congress, unless the lower house of parliament finds a speaker to move this forward. there are many other bills that the house

of representatives will have to look at. there's the annual budget which will need to be approved by mid—november. and if they don't do that, the government funding will come to a close, and so there are many issues of extreme urgency that need to be considered, but that cannot happen until the republican party get their house in order. shingai, thank you very much for that with the latest from washington. stay with us. i am lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc news. hello. storm babet continues to batter the uk. now we've seen some large waves pummeling the coastline of the north sea. this was south shields. the winds have been gusting around 60 miles an hour at times around the north sea coasts. and of course, flooding has been the other major concern, particularly so in parts of scotland, where we still have five severe flood warnings in force along stretches of both the north

and the south esk. as well as these five severe flood warnings, we also have 16 flood warnings elsewhere in scotland, another five for wales and 189 for england. a large chunk of those are affecting the midlands, where we've also seen disruption to transport and some schools have been shut too. today's weather warnings, then — the amber warnings stretch from the north midlands up to the scottish borders. they'll be joined by further weather warnings in scotland overnight. and notice another top level red weather warning. well, these warnings for scotland stay in force for tomorrow as well. another 70 to 100 millimetres of rain in angus and aberdeenshire in this red warning. that means we are likely to see some further severe flooding. now during this evening and overnight, the heaviest rain will be probably to the eastern side of the pennines for the most part, some very wet weather here with the risk of some flooding building in. but overnight, the rain will move back in across scotland, hence that renewed amber and red weather warning area, where we are going to see some further impacts. for saturday, we'll start to see something of an improvement in the weather across the midlands

and eventually northeast england too. but some of the rivers across this part of the world can take quite a long time to respond. so even once it's stopped raining, the flooding could still get worse before it gets betterfor some. and all the while, the rain continues to pour down across eastern areas of scotland with those amber and red weather warnings remaining in force throughout the day. now, there is something of an improvement in the weather on sunday, many of us will have a dry day with a bit more in the way of sunshine around. flooding, though, could still be a concern, even if it's not raining where you are. as i say, some of those rivers can take a little while to crest, temperatures about 12—15 degrees celsius. what we really need is a long spell of dry weather after that. it's not what we're going to get, however. next week, we've got further areas of low pressure, bringing further zones of heavy rain. that's not going to be great news.

live from london. this is bbc news hamas says it has released two of the hostages taken in israel two weeks ago. us officials are due to give a briefing in the next hour. storm babet sweeps across the uk — three people are dead and a new "danger to life" warning is issued for parts of scotland tomorrow. keir starmer hails labour's two by—election victories as a " game ch anger" the party overturned huge

conservative majorities in tamworth and mid bedfordshire. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories from around the world. starting with this breaking news concerning those two hostages. now, hamas says two hostages have been freed, an american woman and her daughter. they say it is for humanitarian reasons. now, we are expecting a press conference from the idf in israel and from the us state department briefing. we will of course keep across both of those and could potentially get some more details on exactly what the situation is. i want to bring you

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