and tells the the bbc the hope of peace — despite everything — must never be allowed to die. and hundreds of homes are evacuated in parts of the uk, because of flooding caused by storm babet. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. the push to find a diplomatic solution to the israel—gaza war continues. us presidentjoe biden this evening again spoke to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. while france's president, emmanuel macron, and the dutch prime minister, mark rutte are due to also this evening, the israeli military expressed regret for the shelling of an egyptian position near the border with gaza by one of its tanks. it said the incident not far from the rafah crossing, was a mistake and would be investigated. egypt said one of its soldiers

suffered minor injuries from shell fragments. it happened as checks were carried out on a second convoy of trucks waiting to take humanitarian aid from egypt to the gaza strip. the seventeen vehicles at rafah were being searched to ensure they were carrying only humanitarian aid. twenty vehicles loaded with medicines and food passed through on saturday, the first since israel tightened its blockade of the territory more than two weeks ago. the rafa crossing is on the egyptian border, and is the only route not bordering israel, which means it's currently the only potential way to deliver humanitarian aid into gaza. in other developments, iran's foreign minister, has accused israel of committing genocide in gaza, and warned the situation in the middle east, risks spiralling out of control. israel has been continuing to carry out out aerial bombing of gaza. it's nowjust over two weeks since the hamas attacks inside israel, in which iii—hundred people were killed.

the health ministry in gaza says about 4,700 people there, mainly civilians, have been killed in the israeli air strikes. israel's military has warned civilians in gaza, to keep moving south for their own safety, as it prepares to increase pressure on hamas, which is designated a terrorist origanisation by the uk, us and other western governments. the israel defence forces have confirmed the death of a soldier. idf spokesperson, rear admiral daniel hagari, says an israeli soldier was killed by an anti—tank missile on sunday, during a raid in gaza. three other soldiers were injured. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has met soldiers at the israel lebanon border. he reiterated his support for the troops in their fight against the iranian—backed hezbollah, which, like hamas, is considered a terrorist organization by the uk, us and others. and had a strong warning for the group.

translation: we are now in a double battle. - one here, at the lebanon—israel border, to make sure hezbollah back off. and the other battle, there, in the south, to ensure a decisive victory that will crush hamas. if hezbollah decides to enter the war, it will miss the second lebanon war. it will make the mistake of its life. we will strike it with a force it cannot even imagine. and the significance for it and the state of lebanon will be devastating. with more, here's our correspondent wyre davies injerusalem. israeli air strikes against what it says are strategic hamas targets have left parts of the gaza strip looking like a wasteland. such bombings, say palestinians, is indiscriminate by its very nature and is resulting in thousands of civilian casualties. many of those victims are children. these casualties were filmed in central gaza. there are other graphic images too

distressing to broadcast, showing the bodies of at least a dozen children. at another hospital in gaza city, this 18—year—old, a us citizen who lost a sister in the shelling, urges the american government to get him and the surviving family out of gaza. after 20 trucks carrying basic food and medical aid were allowed into gaza yesterday through the border with egypt, it was hoped a similar number would cross today. but, says the un, it's nowhere near the 500 trucks daily that are needed to sustain a population of more than 2 million. 30%, according to our sources, of the infrastructure is already destroyed. the un says that many who fled south to escape israeli bombing are now heading back to homes in northern gaza, towards the shelling, so dire is the humanitarian situation. some people will die if they don't get insulin on a regular basis. there are 50,000 pregnant women in gaza. water is absolutely necessary

to keep them alive. but the situation is set to worsen. thousands of israeli troops, tanks and heavy armour are preparing for a full—scale ground offensive in gaza, once bombing from the air achieves its objective. it's what israel says it has to do if hamas is to be crushed. i have no doubt that israel will need to go in on the ground to be able to effectively hurt and undermine and weaken hamas, but also, to be able to project power in this region and show the world and its other adversaries that are watching that we have capabilities, and i think it's a matter of day or days until that happens. but israel knows a land invasion of gaza could trigger conflict in the wider region. in the palestinian west bank, a hamas cell preparing for an attack was hit in the city ofjenin, says israel. and in southern lebanon, where hezbollah militia have threatened to avenge any invasion of gaza, cross—border skirmishes may be a portent of things to come.

but israel's prime minister warned hezbollah and its sponsor, iran, not to get involved. "if hezbollah decides to enter the war, they'll be making the biggest mistake of their lives and hit with unimaginable force," said the prime minister, talking to israeli soldiers in the north today. one factor that mr netanyahu can't control is the fate of 200 israeli and international hostages being held by hamas in gaza. free them now! theirfamilies fear an israeli invasion may put their lives in further danger. president biden also discussed the conflict in a phone call with the pope. they spoke about mr biden�*s recent visit to israel. and about the efforts to get food, medicine and other humanitarian help to alleviate

the suffering in gaza. they also discussed the need to prevent a regional president braden four georgia and rishi sunak, president biden. they spoke about mr biden�*s recent visit to israel. and about the efforts to get food, medicine and other humanitarian help to alleviate the suffering in gaza. they also discussed the need to prevent a regional escalation of the conflict. and to work towards peace. live now to washington and our north america correspondent, shingai nyoka. the news is just the news isjust come in a prison biting having another call with a number of western leaders is quite

significant and so, mr biden, he is trying to engage in more diplomacy. more diplomacy and also a sense of increase of tensions in the middle east. we heard earlier in his call with the pope that they were concerned about this war between israel and hamas escalating and going out to other regions and what we understand is that the us and since said that they have ordered their iraqi and government employees who are in iraq and not an emergency staff to evacuate because of increased risk of terrorism, of kidnapping, of attacks. this is me concern by the us that the situation, that the tensions are

increasing the security risks are getting worse in the us is also increased with it closets defence posture in the middle east and send its warships and also announced yesterday that it's sending additional aid defence systems that is after it shut down several prawns and missiles that came we understand, iran, iran, yemen with iran backed soldiers and this is to be concerned by the us that the situation is escalating and we still don't have details of what was discussed in this because of the various leaders. you discussed in this because of the various leaders.— discussed in this because of the various leaders. thank you very much. the family of missing british teenager noiya sharabi has confirmed she was killed by hamas. 16—year—old noiya, her 13—year—old sister yahel and her mother lianne —

who you can see in this picture are now all confirmed to have been killed in the attack on kibbutz be'eri. they are all british. lianne was born in the uk. live now to david schenker, who between 2019 and 2021 was the main middle east adviser to the us secretary of state. he's also been a senior adviser at the pentagon, and is now a seniorfellow at the washington institute — so has first hand experience of working on diplomacy in the region. a very good to talk to you and thank you forjoining us here in the bbc. and a flurry of phone calls or presidentjoe biden has been having at the moment. if you were still advising the us government from the state department for a number of years, what would you be saying to them right now?— them right now? good evening, i think it's keeping _ them right now? good evening, i think it's keeping our _ them right now? good evening, i think it's keeping our allies - them right now? good evening, i think it's keeping our allies on i think it's keeping our allies on board and explain to them but he

understands israel's objectives are and trying to mostly contain what appears to be a trajectory towards a broadening of the conflict. and that is not happening on its own, it's happening because iran is giving the orderfor that happening because iran is giving the order for that with the posture not only of the united states but our partners should be towards that incitement, finally working with our partners in a humanitarian support to the palestinians were suffering so much under the yoke of hamas in this brutal campaign.— this brutal campaign. president biden's visited _ this brutal campaign. president biden's visited israel, - this brutal campaign. president biden's visited israel, some - this brutal campaign. president | biden's visited israel, some say biden�*s visited israel, some say that really played a part in the crossing and the strokes crossing test trucks. making sure that humanitarian aid is delivered to

those were still in desperate need? at least 20 trucks were trial run to see if they could get supplies over if israel could actually inspect the goods to make sure there would be no contraband, weapons, ammunition for hamas and the nature for those drugs, whether it is just food, medicine and water rather than fuel that hamas can use and possibly for the war effort and i think this issue of humanitarian recent supply for palestinians in the united states can play on a very constructive role and wouldn't have to put too much leverage and pressure on israel to get that going. pressure on israel to get that oiiin_ ,, . ~, pressure on israel to get that iioin. ,, . ., , ., pressure on israel to get that ioiin. ,, . ., , ., ,, ., pressure on israel to get that ioiin. ,,. ., , ., ,_, ~ ._ going. secretary of state, anthony one iran of — going. secretary of state, anthony one iran of any _ going. secretary of state, anthony one iran of any escalation - going. secretary of state, anthony one iran of any escalation of- going. secretary of state, anthony one iran of any escalation of the i one iran of any escalation of the conflict and where do you see iran's

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with the king and the key conversation that we have not heard about yet is with china and strong ties, and smuggled iranian oil violation of the sanctions and this is an important relationship to iran and i would hope that our senior us, european and other officials were talking with beijing about how they can play a constructive role in preventing this from broadening and including not only more middle eastern iranian proxy partners but also drawing and how the united states can be drawn into the conflict. figs states can be drawn into the conflict. �* , , ., states can be drawn into the conflict. ~ , , ., states can be drawn into the conflict. a , , ., ~ conflict. as you may be set, thank ou so conflict. as you may be set, thank you so much _ conflict. as you may be set, thank you so much for— conflict. as you may be set, thank you so much for sharing _ conflict. as you may be set, thank you so much for sharing your- you so much for sharing your insights.

disappointing news for the world cup champions. start with disappointing news for the defending cricket world cup champions, england — their leading wicket taker in this tournament, reece topley has been ruled out of the world cup after breaking his finger in saturday's defeat to south africa. england are back in action on thursday against sri lanka. in today's match — india have beaten new zealand by four wickets in daram—sharla, virat kohli hit two sixes and eight fours as he made 95 and top scored for indai. mohammed shami took 5 wickets for 5h as india chased down a target of 274. daryl mitchell's 130 made up the bulk of new zealand's runs. india top the table as the only unbeaten side left after five matches. football fans have been gathering all day at manchester united's old trafford stadium to pay their respsects to club legend sir bobby charlton, who died on saturday at the age of 86. a book of condolence has been

opened at old trafford with a digital version also created. sir bobby who won the world cup with england in 1966 and was also a european champion with manchester united, was diagnosed with dementia 3 years ago. his 106 caps and 49 goals for england were records at the time and during his career at united he won three top flight league titles, the european cup and the fa cup. people who came into contact with sir bobby will have realised that here you have a very humble, ordinary man from the northwest of england, who became a football player and achieved extraordinary things on the football pitch, things that will be remembered forever. aston villa continued their fine form under manager unai emery by beating west ham 4—1 to move back up to fifth place in the english premier league. after nearly a year in charge emery

has transformed the birmingham side, winning their 11th straight game at home. douglas luiz opened the scoring and then converted a penaltyjust after half—time. jarrod bowen got one back for west ham but england striker 0llie watkins scored his eighth goal of the season, and leon bailey got villa's fourth. last season, before emery�*s first game in charge, villa were in 16th place in the premier league. we are feeling special playing at this park. and then to play in this, and tied to the other teams playing and tied to the other teams playing and avoiding capacity, it was very great match with everything on the pitch, with the crowd and the fans and they are very proud of us. celtic restored their seven point lead at the top of the scottish premiership with a

4—1win over hearts. matt 0'riley got celtic off to a great start scoring the opener after just four minutes. brendan rodgers side were 2—nil up by half time and went on to take a confidence boosing4—1vicotry ahead of their champions league tie against atletico madrid on wednesday. england's men's rugby league side beat tonga 22 points to 18 to take 1—nil lead in their three—match test series. tom johnstone scored twice in the second half following first—half scores from toby king and debutant mikey lewis. tonga — who are the first pacific nation to tour england took the lead through starford toa and tyson frizell, tolu—tau koula added a late score for a close finish but england held on to take the victory. the series continues in huddersfield on 28th october. the us grand prix is under way in austin. you can follow all the news on the bbc sport website and app. and that's all the sport for now.

main story developments in the middle east. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has visited jerusalem, showing solidarity with anglicans in the city. the anglican diocese ofjerusalem manages al ahli hospital in gaza — where hundreds of people are thought to have died in an explosion on tuesday. archbishop welby knows the hospital well, having opened one of its wings. he's been talking to the bbc�*s clive myrie. it's just an oasis in the middle of eastjerusalem... we meet in the garden of st george's cathedral, an outpost of the anglican church here in the holy land. i come out here early in the morning to pray. there's been much to reflect on, following the bloody events of the last two weeks, beginning with the hamas attack that filled him with rage. when everyone sees something that is profoundly evil and horrific — the slaughter, the butchery,

the cruelty to the bodies of infants up to elderly people — it is a horror that if you don't feel a sense of anger, i think you're missing something in your humanity. but when you do see the bombing campaign that is taking place in gaza, what are your thoughts on that? it breaks my heart to see that, because i know that if you bomb a city, innocent people die, horribly, and in agony. children. people with no involvement, who are just caught up in this horrendous process. we can't lecture

israel, we can appeal. we're not better than them. we're two—faced if we lecture them. but we can appeal. and this is what i hearjoe biden doing, what i heard rishi sunak doing, what i hear other people doing, is saying, of course we understand, if we do, of course we know how angry you are, and rightly, and of course you have the right of self—defence and the duty of self—defence, but be who you are. be the best you are. archbishop, thank you. thank you. the impact of storm babet is still being felt across several parts of the uk. in nottinghamshire, people were told to evacuate hundreds of homes because of rising water levels along the river idle. a severe flood warning for the town of retford has now been lifted. 0ther warnings, though,

are still in place. andy gill reports. parts of retford are already suffering the aftermath of storm babet, up to 600 properties are affected by the severe flood warning. that means there's a threat to life. the water is already in liam's home. it peaked at around 3am, that's when we first noticed all the water had come in. the fire service came round this morning and told us that at 8pm tonight, it will rise by a further 30—35 centimetres, so we are going to be really, really hit by it. some residents have already left. this morning, when i came home, obviously, there was all this. so everyone's been asked to evacuate. i've tried to get as much as possible upstairs and out of the way but, yeah, it'sjust horrible. the nottinghamshire resilience forum says that although no more significant rainfall is forecast, they expect river levels to keep on rising, and they could be a threat to life until tuesday.

some of those evacuated are going to a local leisure centre. the absolutely unprecedented rainfall has created so much water. some of those evacuated are going to a local leisure centre. the absolutely unprecedented rainfall has created so much water. this hasn't happened before, and there's such a volume of water come down the river all at once that, basically, it's not designed to cope with it. in catcliff, in south yorkshire, the floodwater has been as high as people's ceilings. chesterfield, in derbyshire, has also been affected. andy gill, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news now. the united states has ordered eligible family members and non—emergency staff in iraq at its embassy in baghdad and consulate in erbil to leave immediately. the state department also advised us citizens not to travel anywhere in iraq because of "terrorism, kidnapping, armed conflict and civil unrest". ukrainian officials say six people were killed in a russian missile strike on kharkiv. a missile hit a postal distribution

centre just outside of the city — it's believed the dead are all postal workers. there's been no comment yet from russia. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. if the huge amount of rainfall in the last few days mystically to these figures in eastern scotland looks like an excess of 200 mm of rain injust that looks like an excess of 200 mm of rain in just that one storm and a 44 mm and a lot of rain and just because the sun is out it doesn't necessarily mean that the threat is completely over and you may want to check the environmental agency website and in scotland to see what

those river levels are doing because the risk for the delay when it starts raining between the peak of the flood waters started. it is quiet across most of the uk today and 12 degrees in newcastle and in newcastle the average for the time of year and with clear skies and light winds, a touch of frost, at least during the night across parts of above freezing in aberdeen but much of the milder and 13 in plymouth and that's because we have a south—westerly weather front end there was some rain around tomorrow and in the southwest of the uk, and the book of the country, another decent day with bright sunny skies but of rain threatening to reach the south later on monday and into tuesday. his next with the front from the south living more wet weather will come for some parts and weather will come for some parts and we are in a spell of dry weather now

but more rain is rain is forecast is likely to be anywhere is near widespread and persistent at least until tuesday or wednesday and later on wednesday, the weather looks like it's going to go downhill once again as another very large area of low pressure sweeps and of the atlantic and western parts of the uk to get the rain early on wednesday and the next with a friend in the southwest of england for wales and northern ireland and that weather front will progress towards the north and the east of the country and some very strong winds. the outlook is looking unsettled and no two days are going to look the same and temperatures will be around average and if you look at these weather icons of the screen showers are most days and most of us.

this is bbc news, the headlines. hopes are fading that more humanitarian aid will reach gaza today. checks were being carried out on a convoy of 17 lorries lined up on the egyptian side of the border. but it's still not clear whether they'll be allowed in. israel has stepped up its bombardment of gaza before a possible ground attack against hamas. it has again warned palestinians still in the north of the territory to head south. the white house says us presidentjoe biden has again spoken

to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu by phone. he is also spoken to other world leaders including francis emmanuel macron and british prime minister rishi sunak. iran's foreign minster warns israel and the us that the middle east may spiral out of control if israel doesn't immediately stop its military action. now on bbc news — unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to unspun world. at a time when, in the words of antony blinken, the american secretary of state, "the middle east is in danger of slipping into war" or,

as king abdullah ofjordan put it