the remaining captives continue. i'm helena humphrey. it's good to have you with us. a glimmer of hope today at the temporary opening of the crossing point between egypt and the gaza strip. hundreds of trucks are waiting to enter on the egyptian side. but 20 trucks were allowed through with vital humanitarian aid. the rafah crossing has been closed since hamas carried out its bloody attack in israel two weeks ago and aid agencies say the situation in gaza is now catastrophic with the territory under siege and constant israeli bombardment. the convoy that entered gaza was carrying food, water and medicine, which have been running out. but israel refused to allow in fuel needed to power hospital generators and water pumping stations. the un says at least a hundred

aid trucks are needed every day to cover gaza's essential needs and that it's negotiating for a second aid convoy of 20 to 30 trucks to be allowed into gaza on sunday. speaking at a special summit in cairo to discuss the israel—gaza war, the un secretary—general antonio guterres said much more needed to be done for the people of gaza than the aid that was currently supplied. those trucks need to move as quickly as possible in a massive sustained and safe way from egypt into gaza. a 20—truck convoy of the egyptian red crescent is moving today and i want to express my deep gratitude to egypt for the essential role that egypt is playing in this regard. but the people of gaza need a commitment for much, much more.

a continuous delivery of aid to gaza to the scale that is needed and we are working nonstop with all parties that are relevant to make it happen. here in the us, president biden says his administration remains committed to ensuring that civilians in gaza will continue to have access to food, water and medical care without diversion by hamas. our correspondent wyre davies has the latest from tel aviv, and a warning his report contains images you may find distressing. two weeks into this war, signs of limited progress is aid now travels between the borders of egypt. 20 trucks in total, not nearly enough, bringing in basic supplies, food, water and mesoderm. many victims of the bombing our children and the humanitarian crisis is worsening. this woman and her

six children are some of the many sheltering in public buildings. many sheltering in public buildi"95-_ many sheltering in public buildinus. , ., ' , buildings. there is not even 1% ofthe buildings. there is not even 1% of the good. — buildings. there is not even 1% of the good, healthy _ buildings. there is not even 1% of the good, healthy and - buildings. there is not even 1% of the good, healthy and safe i of the good, healthy and safe life for a child. there is no safety. if we don't die from war, we would die from epidemics and diseases. at war, we would die from epidemics and diseases. at an emergency — epidemics and diseases. at an emergency summit _ epidemics and diseases. at an emergency summit on - epidemics and diseases. at an emergency summit on the - epidemics and diseases. at an i emergency summit on the crisis, in cairo, the foreign secretary criticised hamas's murderous action. i criticised hamas's murderous action. ., criticised hamas's murderous action. . , criticised hamas's murderous action. . ., action. i have spoken to the israeli government - action. i have spoken to the israeli government about i action. i have spoken to the. israeli government about the importance of preserving civilian lives in gaza. there is a reason _ civilian lives in gaza. there is a reason why _ civilian lives in gaza. there is a reason why many - civilian lives in gaza. there l is a reason why many israelis support what the government is now planning. a huge invasion of gaza to crush hamas. two weeks ago, this man was a peace—loving 20 something having the time of her life in

the israeli desert. an innocence she will never recover. as squads of hamas gunmen stormed the festival, shooting indiscriminately, she fled for her life, finding cover under some desert scrub. she would hide here motionless for eight hours. i she would hide here motionless for eight hours.— for eight hours. i didn't realise _ for eight hours. i didn't realise they _ for eight hours. i didn't realise they were - for eight hours. i didn't realise they were going for eight hours. i didn't i realise they were going to for eight hours. i didn't - realise they were going to take hostages. every time i heard or saw their interaction, they were shooting, and shooting for killing. were shooting, and shooting for killinu. ., , , killing. today is the first time she _ killing. today is the first time she has _ killing. today is the first time she has ventured l killing. today is the first i time she has ventured out, killing. today is the first - time she has ventured out, the nerves in her late damaged by the ordeal. she believed in coexistence but she is now a frightened sceptic about the possibility of peace between israelis and palestinians. 0ur correspondent rushdi abualouf

who lives in gaza was at the rafah crossing and he told us what he saw at the border. we just left rafah crossing back in khan younis, the place where most of the, like, all of the trucks that brought today are now in warehouse for the un. drop in the ocean, everybody here is describing this aid, but it's hope that open for 2.3 million people. a window of hope opened today after transferring those 20 trucks that are carrying essential medical kit, including portable operation room that should be placed somewhere here in this hospital soon. the meeting in the un is to make sure two things. one thing is to make the priority for this very small amount of aid. second is that to make sure that hamas is not involved in distributing or taking any of these. we understand from very early in the morning from a senior hamas source that hamas has agreed to some form of not intervening in this.

they say the crossing is open from our side and we are not going to intervene. the un will handle the distribution of what they have today, a very small amount of medicine and food and probably some medical equipment, but very big hope after that, that egypt want a sustained sustainable humanitarian corridor to feed those people who need in this area, especially the people in the southern part of gaza city. we are talking about two thirds of the population in this area. we understand that more than 4,500 trucks on the other side of the border in egypt waiting for that meeting to finish and for the mechanism to to be clear, once everybody is happy with the outcome of that meeting and the outcome

of the first shipment, i think tomorrow or after tomorrow, so it's a matter of time, we can see more and more goods and food are delivered. but for now we are certain to say that nothing has been distributed. all of the 20 trucks that were loaded back to back on the no man's land between egypt and gaza now in warehouse for day one. we have to say that today was relatively less fighting, less air strike and less hamas rockets into israel. and there is no official ceasefire. we tried to ask hamas about. we tried to ask hamas about it. they said we are not aware of any ceasefire. but we noticed after covering two weeks of this war that today is different today, less fighting today, less fire. joining me now is patrick hamilton, head of the delegation to the us and canada for the international

committee of the red cross. patrick, we know that the international committee of the red cross was involved in the release of the two us hostages being held in gaza. can you tell us more about the red cross role here and how this happened? so, thanks for having me on your programme and, indeed, we were able to facilitate the release of those hostages yesterday, which was a positive sliver of hope in what's been an otherwise devastating set of weeks. they remain a large number of israeli families can send about the missing hostages, still held captive and at this stage, no news, no

access, no local information as to when they will be released. the red cross has this role to work as an intermediary in conflict and so we have been working since the last two weeks, nonstop, at all sorts of levels, engaging with hamas, israeli authorities and anyone else who could have an impact on broad humanitarian outcomes around this conflict, including making this a top priority to help these hostages in any way we can. so we've been seeking access to them, trying to supply mediation, passing messages between families hostages, to act as an intermediary to facilitate their release but we've said that the fairy taking of hostages is prohibited by

international law and civilian should be protected from this. an important point, patrick. as you are speaking, we were looking at images on the screen of that handover taking place, mother and daughter, hand in hand, with a red cross facilitator there. hand, with a red cross facilitatorthere. how hand, with a red cross facilitator there. how was the handover, are you able to tell us? i handover, are you able to tell us? . . ., . ., handover, are you able to tell us? ., _, ., us? i cannot comment on the welfare of — us? i cannot comment on the welfare of the _ us? i cannot comment on the welfare of the hostages. - us? i cannot comment on the welfare of the hostages. 0ur| welfare of the hostages. our team were extremely relieved they were being released in this opportunity —— back and this opportunity —— back and this opportunity —— back and this opportunity had come up. theirfamilies had been worried absolutely sick about them for the last two weeks so we were extremely pleased this took

place, and against this backdrop of this really devastating conflict, over the last few weeks, it was the first small sliver of hope, a symbol of the first positive small step in this otherwise situation of suffering for so many. i situation of suffering for so man . ., ., situation of suffering for so man. ., ., ., . situation of suffering for so man. ., ., ., many. i want to touch a little bit more _ many. i want to touch a little bit more on _ many. i want to touch a little bit more on the _ many. i want to touch a little| bit more on the humanitarian situation on the ground, as you know, a convoy of 20 trucks getting in today. a message from the united nations that thatis from the united nations that that is not nearly enough. can you tell us about the needs of the people on the ground in gaza? i the people on the ground in gaza? ~ �* , . ., the people on the ground in gaza? ~ �*, . ., ., gaza? i think it's clear that this is indeed, _ gaza? i think it's clear that this is indeed, on - gaza? i think it's clear that this is indeed, on the - gaza? i think it's clear that this is indeed, on the one | this is indeed, on the one hand, a very positive step that this has happened, a small amount of aid has been able to make its way to gaza but it is indeed a drop in the ocean.

there are many people in desperate need, with no access to fresh water. the hospital, health infrastructure that's really on its knees. doctors have been working nonstop for the last two weeks trying to have to deal with an immense number of wounded coming in. they themselves don't know what's been happening to their own families. they've not been able to check on them and some are beginning to break down. there is no fuel. people are living out on the streets. no shelter, no communication, they run out of food, water. and, we have a team of over 120 staff who have been in gaza who have had to ration their own water in the same way as the rest of the population so there is a really urgent need. it is important to make sure that

humanitarian aid can get into gaza in a much more sequential way. gaza in a much more sequential wa . ~ , y gaza in a much more sequential wa . ~ , ., , way. absolutely, and i did 'ust want to come i way. absolutely, and i did 'ust want to come back i way. absolutely, and i did 'ust want to come back to i way. absolutely, and i did 'ust want to come back to one i way. absolutely, and i didjust| want to come back to one point that you made with specific regards to fuel. we no fuel did not get in, was not allowed in and i wonder what your concerns are about the need for hospitals, essentially when it comes down to it, the ability to keep people alive.- to keep people alive. that's riuht. to keep people alive. that's right- fuel _ to keep people alive. that's right. fuel is _ to keep people alive. that's right. fuel is needed - to keep people alive. that's right. fuel is needed to - to keep people alive. that's i right. fuel is needed to power hospitals, water supplies in gaza. and without it, this infrastructure which is essential for sustaining life in gaza will be unable to work and it's really crucial that the fuel begins to find its way back into gaza to aid that infrastructure and help it operate. infrastructure and help it operate-— infrastructure and help it o erate. , ,., operate. there is something else i wanted _ operate. there is something else i wanted to _ operate. there is something else i wanted to touch - operate. there is something else i wanted to touch on. i operate. there is something i else i wanted to touch on. we know there's been a warning to

people once again to get out of north gaza. 0ur people once again to get out of north gaza. our people able to move quickly enough, faced with that destruction we are seeing? faced with the humanitarian needs they are seeing? i wanted to touch on the role of the red cross, it's done by volunteers. some have said they will stay in the area in the north. what are your concerns for their safety? are your concerns for their safe ? ~ , , ., , ~' are your concerns for their safe ? ~ , ~' ., safety? absolutely. i think for all concerned, _ safety? absolutely. i think for all concerned, there's - safety? absolutely. i think for all concerned, there's that i all concerned, there's that obligation on the parties to ensure civilians as well as health staff, infrastructure and humanitarian workers as well are able to operate safely, carry out their activities to save lives in this context, securely. in many civilians are not in a position to be able to move. they are elderly, disabled, reallyjust

elderly, disabled, really just stuck elderly, disabled, reallyjust stuck where they are terrified of what's going on outside and so... clearly there is this need for the party to recognise that and meet their obligations under the law to protect civilians as well as humanitarians and health staff. thank you, patrick, for your insight tonight.— insight tonight. thank you, very much- _ the father of the freed american hostage who was seized at gunpoint by hamas told the bbc that his daughter is doing well, after being held for nearly two weeks in gaza. mother and daughterjudith and natalie raanan are now the first hostages to be freed since hamas's deadly attack on southern israel earlier this month. originally from illinois, they were in israel visiting family. hamas says they were released for humanitarian reasons. live now to our north america

corrrespodent, nomia iqbal, who is in chicago where she has been talking to family and neighbours of the released hostages. great to have you with us. i can imagine there's a palpable sense of relief there but what are people telling you? that this close-knit _ are people telling you? that this close-knit community, | are people telling you? t'isgt this close—knit community, this suburb of chicago wherejudith and natalie are from, it's just been horrific watching the last two weeks unfold and know that people that they love and care for are involved in that, has been indescribable for them. the area where the family and the local rabbi live, he's been leading prayers for them. it's an absolute relief that they are ok. i spoke to natalie's father who he's said he had a

two minute conversation with his daughter and couldn't go into detail but he said she was doing well, was healthy. he said to me that she's a tough girl and it would take her some time to get over this but she will do it. he said he has spoken to president biden and thanked his efforts for securing their release. the uk are working with the qatari government to make sure they get their citizens back. i also spoke to natalie and judith is well saying that he was looking forward for them returning to the us. he says he hopes it's the us. he says he hopes its next week because that is when natalie turns 18. at, next week because that is when natalie turns 18.— natalie turns 18. a small glimmer— natalie turns 18. a small glimmer of— natalie turns 18. a small glimmer of hope - natalie turns 18. a small glimmer of hope are - natalie turns 18. a small - glimmer of hope are coming at a time when many others are still being held and ijust wonder how the community where you are is dealing with that cognisant

of the situation and the fact that this is an over? it’s that this is an over? it's really hard _ that this is an over? it's really hard for - that this is an over? it's really hard for them - that this is an over? it's really hard for them to l that this is an over? it�*s really hard for them to fully celebrate the fact thatjudith and natalie are back. because, as you say, there are dozens and dozens of hostages and other people who are unaccounted for and that includes extended members of natalie and judith�*s family. they were in israel, in a kibbutz in southern israel, celebrating natalie's graduation and her grandmother's 85th birthday. their grandmother survived the attack by hamas but other members of the family are missing. so while the community are glad thatjudith and natalie are well, they are very much focused in hopefully trying to get back the other members of the family who are still unaccounted for. that

bullet and _ still unaccounted for. that bullet and coming - still unaccounted for. that bullet and coming from i still unaccounted for. that bullet and coming from chicago where we have been speaking to the neighbours of two us hostages who have now been released. thank you very much. as israel readies for its promised offensive against hamas, the white house has published details of the billions of military aid it is asking congress to authorise. in a letter sent friday to the acting speaker of the house of representatives, joe biden�*s budget chief laid out a raft of measures totalling nearly $106 billion. joe biden announced the package in a rare oval office address on thursday evening, in which he sought to draw a link between hamas's attack on israel and russia's war on ukraine and asked the american people to keep backing both countries as they defend themselves. more than 60% of the $106 billion mr biden has requested is actually earmarked to aid for ukraine's military. israel's military would get a far smaller chunk — $14.3 billion. in both cases, the money also goes to replenishing the us�*s own stocks of weapons

when they are sent to allies. the aid package includes a tranche for the indo—pacfic region — half of which would go to taiwan. the package also includes humanitarian aid — $9.2 billion dollars in total — for ukraine and for gaza. thousands of people have taken part in pro—palestinian protests in several cities across the world. police say up to 100,000 people took part in a pro—palestinian march in london. 10 people were arrested, most for public order offences. the co—organisers, the palestine solidarity campaign, called for an immediate ceasefire in gaza and for full humanitarian aid to be sent in. the march finished outside downing street. police had earlier warned that that anyone showing support for hamas would face arrest. and here in washington on saturday, pro—palestinian demonstrators marched from the washington monument to the us capitol, calling for an immediate

ceasefire in gaza. the protest was one of several planned in cities across the us this weekend. let's take a look at stories making headlines across the uk. the second red "danger to life" weather warning this week has come into force in eastern parts of scotland, with torrential rain and high winds forecast across much of the uk. it's from storm babet, which has already claimed at least three lives and left 40,000 homes without power. hundreds of flood alerts are in place, and travel is expected to be badly disrupted. tributes have been paid to one of england's greatest footballers, sir bobby charlton, who's died at the age of 86. he held goal—scoring records for manchester united and england for decades and was one of the last survivors of england's 1966 world cup winning team. england's current manager gareth southgate said, the world of football would unite in its sadness at losing an undisputed legend. bobby was diagnosed with dementia in 2020. sir bobby was diagnosed with dementia in 2020.

returning now to our top story, and the israel—gaza war has provoked an outpouring of posts on social media over the past couple of weeks. well, now, facebook parent company meta has apologised for adding the word "terrorist" to the biographies of some instagram users who describe themselves as palestinian. meta said it fixed a problem that briefly caused inappropriate arabic translations in some of its products. it told the bbc, "we sincerely apologise that this happened." bbc reporter azadeh moshiri has more. the apology comes after one user flagged the issue on x, formerly known as twitter. now, he isn't palestinian himself, but he tested the issue out after hearing it had happened to one of his friends. this is his instagram bio withjust the arabic word alhamdulillah. instagram translated it to thank god. it's also commonly translated to praise be to god. but when he added the word

palestinian next to a flag... ..this happened after clicking see translation. viewers were given an english translation reading "praise be to god. palestinian terrorists are fighting for their freedom." meta has told the bbc it has fixed the issue that, in their words, briefly caused inappropriate arabic translations in some of its products. they also told the bbc that they sincerely apologise that this happened. meta is also facing accusations that it's been shadow—banning pro—palestinian content. now shadow banning is when a platform reduces the visibility of a user's account or their content on the platform. but that usually happens when a user has fallen foul of the community guidelines. meta earlier this week did acknowledge that there was a bug affecting their stories feature. those are those posts that only last 2a hours. and in a statement they said this bug affected accounts equally around the globe and had nothing to do with the

subject matter of the content. they also said that they fixed that bug as soon as possible, but this isn't the first time that they faced accusations of shadow banning pro—palestinian content. in fact, last year, the model bella hadid made similar claims about her own content that was pro—palestinian. and even before that, in 2021, when meta was facing similar allegations, it asked for an independent review of its moderation of the conflict that year. and this is what that review found. it found that meta's actions did have an adverse human rights impact on the rights of palestinian users to freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, political participation and non—discrimination. but the review did not find that there was any intentional racial or political bias on meta's part. now, instagram has released a transparency tool that allows you to check if your instagram account has any restrictions placed upon it. and we have a whole how—to

about that on our website, so please do check it out. and remember for the very latest on the israel—gaza war, you can head over to our website. or check out our app. we have a live page constantly updated by our correspondents in israel, gaza, and around the world. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. although storm babet is now easing away, we'll continue to see flooding and disruption over the next day or so. now, let's just take a look at where the rain has fallen over the past 2a hours. it's been heavy and persistent across parts of england, wales and particularly for northern and eastern scotland, too. if we have a look atjust how much rain has fallen since wednesday with this storm babet, many areas have seen between 100 and 200 millimetres. now for places, that's

almost twice the expected monthly rainfall. thankfully, though, sunday is looking drier with lighter winds, too. so a window of much quieter weather on the way for the rest of the overnight period through into the early hours of monday. still a few showers around across the far north of scotland, one or two in the west. elsewhere, two to nine degrees are overnight lows for most of us. could be a touch cooler first thing in the countryside. but the low pressure that's been such a troublemaker over recent days is drifting away towards the north. on sunday, the isobars become more widely spaced, showing that it's not going to be as windy as it has been. the breeze just coming in from a westerly direction. so that will bring one or two showers for northwest scotland, perhaps a few for wales, the southwest of england as well. but as they drift eastwards, they tend to ease away so much drier thankfully for eastern scotland, right down towards east anglia in the southeast, a largely dry day towards northern ireland too, and temperatures ranging between around about ten for stornoway to about 16 down towards the london region. but then we will see the next area of low pressure just moving in later on monday. now this is storm bernard.

it's been named by the portuguese weather service and it's going to bring the next spell of wet and windy weather on monday. so we start off monday on a dry note and mist and some fog patches. could be a touch of frost, but it clouds over from the south and during the afternoon this area of rain will spill its way in. to the north of that, most places looking dry around about 10 to 16 degrees. but the wet and the windy weather in the south willjust push its way a little bit further north. so into tuesday, you can see where we're expecting to see some showers around, turning a little bit breezy again towards the east coast, a bit of uncertainty exactly where this rainfall is going to be by this stage, but could be quite unwelcome for some of us, turning a little bit milder as we see the rain coming in from the south after that window of drier weather for some of us sunday into monday, things really are looking fairly autumnal and unsettled through much of the week ahead. bye for now.

this is bbc news. we'll have all the main news stories at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. hello and warm welcome to talking business wiki. let's have a look at what is coming up have a look at what is coming up on the show. as well as at war with hamas, its biggest conflict in 50 years comes at a time when israel has been

building unprecedented trade links with its arab neighbours. as the fighting continues and the death toll rises, can those new economic realities help stop the damage spreading across the rest of the middle east? i will discuss all this with these two, a leading israeli business figure who will explain the impact the war is having on his country's economy and what it means for links in the region. and we will speak to one of the key architects of the abraham accords about why trade was the key to peace and whether more countries might be persuaded to sign up. and also, in troubled times, do investors turn to fine art and rare collectables? in a world of higher interest rates and a stolen global economy, the boat —— boss of sotheby�*s tells us who is still flashing the cash.