palestinians still in the north of the territory to flee south. the push to find a diplomatic solution to the israel—gaza war continues. in the last hour — the white house has confirmed that joe biden has again spoken to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the us president has also held calls with western leaders including prime minister rishi sunak. meanwhile france's president, emmanuel macron, and the dutch prime minister, mark rutte are due to visit israel on monday and tuesday. also in the last hour several trucks from a convoy carrying humanitarian aid from egypt have crossed into the gaza strip. the convoy had earlier been detained at the rafah crossing for several house so that they could be 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.

elsewhere, 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. 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. the push to find a diplomatic solution to the israel—gaza war continues. in the last hour — the white house has confirmed that joe biden has again spoken to israeli prime minister

benjamin netanyahu. the us president has also held calls with western leaders including prime minister rishi sunak. 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. 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. several trucks from a convoy carrying humanitarian aid from egypt to have crossed into the gaza strip and the convoy had earlier at a raffle crossing for several hours so the convoy could be searched to ensure it was during only humanitarian aid and of course comes after 20 vehicles loaded with medicine and food passed through on saturday. to discuss the ongoing humanitarian needs in gaza, to discuss the ongoing humanitarian needs in live now to magnus corfixen — humanitarian lead at 0xfam gb. thank you forjoining us will be a very busy time given the work that you do. just a very busy time given the work that you do. just to his reaction to the developing news and

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colleaaues for gaza right now. and some of your colleagues also _ for gaza right now. and some of your colleagues also really _ for gaza right now. and some of your colleagues also really concerned - colleagues also really concerned about the plight of newborn babies in some facilities given that fuel crisis? �* ., . ., , , crisis? and we need to consider this in terms of — crisis? and we need to consider this in terms of the _ crisis? and we need to consider this in terms of the next _ crisis? and we need to consider this in terms of the next step _ crisis? and we need to consider this in terms of the next step because . in terms of the next step because the current scenario with letting it if you trucks a day is simply not sufficient and humanitarian needs and that is why humanitarian organisations are calling for unfettered access but in order for that to happen, we also need to see an immediate cease—fire because to get the supply across the border, we have to ensure that the suppliers are reaching those most in need and thatis are reaching those most in need and that is extremely challenging when thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us. 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 escalation of the conflict, and to work towards peace. here's our north american correspondent shingai nyoka who tell us more about president biden�*s diplomatic efforts more diplomacy but i think also there's a sense of increased tensions in the middle east and 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 citizens ordered its iraq government employees who are

also not emergency staff to evacuate because of increased risks of terrorism, kidnapping and attacks, there seems to be concerned by the us that the situation is, the tensions are increasing in the security risks getting worse in the us is also increased what he calls its defence posture in the middle east sending warships but also announced that it is sending additional aid defence systems and thatis additional aid defence systems and that is after it shut down several drones and missiles that came from iran from yemen with iran backed houthi members. this concerns that the us sees it escalating and we do not know what he discussed in the

schools and various leaders. we do not have details, _ schools and various leaders. we do not have details, we're _ schools and various leaders. we do not have details, we're playing - not have details, we're playing that. the white house —— we now have the details. prime minister benjamin netanyahu and joe biden had a conversation with a welcomed the two convoys of humanitarian assistance and since the 7th of october, the leaders said they would not be continuing flow of these critical assistance into gaza and that is a very key point there. the president expressed appreciation for israel possible support for accommodating the release of two american hostages in the statement goes on to say that the ongoing polices for the remaining hostages taken by hamas, including us citizens and to provide safe passage for us citizens in gaza who wish to depart. the statement and spacing the president and the prime minister agreed to stay in close touch and some details from

the white house about the conversation between president biden and prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the line there is that the leaders affirmed that there will be continued flow of this critical assistants into gaza. this move away from that story and go to argentina polls have opened in argentina for the first round of the presidential elections. the far right candidate javier milei is among the frontrunners. also standing are the incumbent minister of economy, sergio massa, from the center—left coalition, and the former minister of security, patricia bullrich, from the center—right. live now to our south america correspondent katy watson in buenos aires wire these players so significant? he has really thrown at these elections wide open. traditionally a balance between the left party and

the more conservative right. but he is a man like no other, he is an outsider and he is very little experience and up until the primaries, pivotably know who he was but he took it by storm and one and now he is quite a cult following and he is proposing proposals like bringing in the dollar is official currency and reflects the house for the people are in argentina with the ongoing economic crisis and inflation the new 40% and went so many living in poverty and with that change comes uncertainty and his critics are worried about that. he is seen as a shockjock but a candidate who really appeals to younger voters.—

candidate who really appeals to younger voters. jettisoned on the streets here _ younger voters. jettisoned on the streets here and _ younger voters. jettisoned on the streets here and bring _ younger voters. jettisoned on the streets here and bring aires, - younger voters. jettisoned on the streets here and bring aires, you | streets here and bring aires, you can and some billboards, all the candidates smiling for the camera and telling people to vote but you don't see him here because his campaign is all one tick—tock and garnered huge amount of support through social media. and that's quite a departure for argentina and yes, reflecting the huge amount for change but certainly, making a lot of people nervous about what the change will actually mean for a country that is economically very unstable when it gets harder and harder, number of people we spoke to voting earlier to stimulate any of the candidates and just wants something to change what the bad to go away, effectively and those of these elections are very much about. thank you very much. several trucks

from a comfort carrying humanitarian aid from egypt have now crossed into the gaza strip. it comes as president biden and prime minister netanyahu have a phone conversation today in the white house say that in that call, they will have a continued flow of aid into gaza. discussing the latest development, you can crawl stroke correspondent who was injerusalem. in the aid as under nightfall, managed to change the development? just under nightfall, managed to change the development?— the development? just a matter of time. it takes _ the development? just a matter of time. it takes some _ the development? just a matter of time. it takes some time - the development? just a matter of time. it takes some time to - the development? just a matter of time. it takes some time to check| time. it takes some time to check everything because the israeli's are demanding that it consists of food, water and medicine and nothing else

is on those trucks that can be of any use to hamas. i've been the marvels of the delay caused by there being an incident earlier on in which israelis admitted by the tanks fired accidentally an egyptian position and not far from the crossing of the different crossing from gaza into southern israel. that may have been an additional complication of the ia trucks are in the un bus was under secretary of state teddy general questions tweeted about it and he causes another one for those in dire need of humanitarian aid process reportedly, they need much more and this is just a tiny proportion of the aide that is needed. 20 trucks yesterday and ia trucks today and there are hundreds of people living

in a most apocalyptic conditions who need more assistance and according to the un, there is a very increasingly dire need for fuel because without fuel, head of the un agency responsible for dealing with palestinian refugees, there can be no humanitarian effort in the aide cannot be tracked to where it is neededin cannot be tracked to where it is needed in water cannot be pumped and they are running out of fuel. they think they have as little as two more days with the fuel before there is nothing left. that means an extremely serious concern for the un and the agencies involved. thea;r extremely serious concern for the un and the agencies involved. they need about a hundred _ and the agencies involved. they need about a hundred trucks _ and the agencies involved. they need about a hundred trucks a _ and the agencies involved. they need about a hundred trucks a day - and the agencies involved. they need about a hundred trucks a day and - and the agencies involved. they need about a hundred trucks a day and so i about a hundred trucks a day and so for, be seen only 3a. we've seen the details between president biden and benjamin netanyahu. the readout from the conversations as there will be a continued flow of aid. what do you

make of that? it does look like it's going to ratchet up a huge amount. know, the israelis are saying frankly, that is none of our business and that is between egyptian authorities and the un. they are kind of washing their hands of it and they're happy to let this go on, provided that the various conditions that we have stipulated are met and as for what he continued flow of aid means and whether that does become anything remotely resembling an adequate flow of aid, will have to see because some officials will tell you that we need to were 300 trucks, particularly of lord of those trucks are to be used up lord of those trucks are to be used up and bring in water. it's a pretty bulky process and so, they need a great deal more and needed very urgently. great deal more and needed very uraentl . ., ~

great deal more and needed very uraentl . ., ,, i. , great deal more and needed very uraentl . ., ,, , . great deal more and needed very uraentl . ., ~ , . ., urgently. thank you very much for brinuain urgently. thank you very much for bringing this _ urgently. thank you very much for bringing this up — urgently. thank you very much for bringing this up to _ urgently. thank you very much for bringing this up to date _ urgently. thank you very much for bringing this up to date on - urgently. thank you very much for bringing this up to date on the - bringing this up to date on the developing story. that is move away from the news for a moment and look at today's sport. 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 sa as india chased down a target of 27a. 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 a9 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. aston villa continued their fine form under manager unai emery by beating west ham a—i 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 good and something special playing at this park. and then to play in this, we are building. and tied to the other teams playing and avoiding capacity, today was very great match with everything on the pitch, with the crowd and the fans and i think we have to be proud of us. celtic restored their seven point lead at the top of the scottish premiership with a a—i win 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 boosing a—i vicotry 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. and that's all the sport for now. and spring trip to davidson developments that have just been prating, number of trucks carrying humanitarian aid of crossed into gaza from egypt and the second convoy in two days and we've also

heard details of the phone call between president biden and benjamin netanyahu. president biden welcomed the first two convoys of humanitarian assistance and both leaders affirmed there will not be continued flow of critical assistants into gaza. but they say they will need much more than what is already been going through. stay with us on bbc news. and just that one storm, wakefield, june aa mm in the south of england also had a number of rainfall and because the sun is out, doesn't necessarily mean that the threat is over and you may want to check the environment agency website and in

scotland to see what the river levels are doing because sometimes there is quite a delay from the moment it starts raining two of the peak of the floodwaters arrived. in terms of the weather, it is quiet across much of the uk today, 12 degrees in newcastle and run 15 in london. about the average for the year and quite london. about the average for the yearand quite a london. about the average for the year and quite a chilly evening on the will of the clear skies and light winds and there might be a touch of frost released earlier in the night across parts of northern britain, he can above freezing there at 5am in aberdeen but much milder than the sum of most of the country and around 13 in plymouth and that's because in the south westerly wind, or the front approaching the obese ran around tomorrow in the very for southwest of the uk, and the bulk of the country is very decent day with bright and sunny skies however, rain is threatening to reach the south later on monday and tuesday. this next with her friend sleeps in from the south more wet weather to come across some parts the country pages,

was full of dry weather now put more rain is forecast and it's not going to be anywhere near as widespread or persistent at least, not to tuesday or wednesday and late on wednesday, does look as though the weather is going to go downhill once again, as another large area of low pressure sweeps across the atlantic and i think it is initially was to impress the uk in early on wednesday, next with the front of the simplest of england, wales, northern ireland later on wednesday, that weather front will progress towards the north and east of the country was a very strong winds the outlook overall is unsettled and no two days are going to be the same, temperatures are meant to be around average if you look at these weather icons, showers for most of us.

this is bbc news, the headlines. several trucks from a convoy carrying humanitarian aid from egypt have crossed into the gaza strip. the convoy had earlier been detained at the rafah crossing for several house so that they could be searched to ensure they were carrying only humanitarian aid. the white house says president biden has held a phone call with a number of world leaders about the war between israel and hamas. earlier in the day mr biden also spoke to the israeli prime minister,

benjamin netanyahu. and hundreds have attended a rally in trafalgar square in london to demand the release of more than 200 israeli hostages taken by hamas. 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. three organisations representing jewish communities in the uk have held a rally in trafalgar square in london. they read out the names of about 200 hostages captured by hamas in their raid two weeks ago and demanded their release. marie van der zyl is the president of the board of deputies of britishjews and says

in the uk have a direct link to the horrors that unfolded in israel on the 7th of october. so many people here and they uk that have family and friends, people who know the hostages and their families. this is something that's not in a far—away place, this is something that's affecting londoners, affecting all of us in the uk. if you can hear now, their names are being read. it's beyond heartbreaking. 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. 0ur reporter rushdi abualouf has the latest from the rafah crossing. we just left rafah crossing back in khan yunis, the place where most 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 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're not going to intervene. the un will handle the distribution of the... 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 wants sustained... sustainable humanitarian corridor to feed those people who need in this area, especially the people in the southern part of gaza city. we're talking about two thirds of the population in this area. we understand that more than a,500 trucks in the. on the other side of the border in egypt waiting for that meeting to finish and for the mechanism to be clear. 0nce everybody is happy with the outcome of that meeting and the outcome of the first shipment, i think tomorrow, or after tomorrow, it's a matter of time, we can see more and more goods and food are delivered. but for now, we're 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 try to ask hamas about it. they said, we're not aware of any ceasefire. but we notice after covering two weeks of this war that today today, less fighting, today, less fire. condition everybody describes it here as the biggest crisis that gaza has ever seen since 1967. the director of this hospital for the last ten or 15 years has run, we've been through different wars, this is by far the worst wine. he said we're struggling to find any sort of fuel,

evenif struggling to find any sort of fuel, even if it's the back of a factory or being stored somewhere or a little bit of fuel and a petrol station. we will by any amount of fuel anywhere to keep this hospital running. we have to know that 600,000 people or more, displaced from their house in the north, in gaza city and they are taking other areas but mainly here as their shelter. the city which already overwhelmed by dealing with for thousand people now have to be with over1 million people, feed them, treat them and also offer them food and medicine and water. —— a million most people need to drink clean water for the finding most people need to drink clean waterfor the finding proper drinking water in the market is a struggle. we have been around and around. i had to travel about 20 km today to buy three boxes of water

from a nearby village and bring it here. a crisis but today there was some hope, the people feel a little bit of hope although nobody has received any aid, even at this hospital not receiving anything. today we can say there's a little bit of hope and hopefully this crisis will be ease because we're too far from saying the crisis is over. earlier i spoke 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. he told me what president biden's diplomatic intentions were. i think he's trying to keep our allies on board, trying to explain

to them what he understands israel's objectives are, and trying to mostly contain what appears to be a trajectory toward a broadening of the conflict. that's not happening on its own, and that's happening because iran is giving the order for that. and what the posture not only of the united states, but our partners should be toward that incitement, finally working with our partners to get the necessary humanitarian support to the palestinians who are suffering so much under the yoke of hamas and this brutal air campaign. we spoke last week just after, i think president biden's visit to israel. some people say that really did play a part in the opening of the rafah crossing and those 20 trucks crossing on saturday. but it's clearly not enough. can he use his leverage to ensure

that humanitarian aid continues to be delivered to people who are in desperate need? well, i think he can. these twenty trucks were something of a trial run to see if they could get supplies over, if israel could actually inspect the goods to make sure that there would be no contraband weapons, ammunition going to hamas. and the nature of what's on those trucks, whether it is just food, medicine and water rather than fuel, that hezbollah, that hamas could use, i think quite possibly for for the war effort. i think this and the issue of humanitarian resupply for palestinians is something that the united states can play a very constructive role in then and wouldn't have to put too much leverage and pressure on israel to get that going. david, your old boss, secretary of state antony blinken, today warned iran against any escalation

of the conflict. but where do you see iran's next possible moves? well, my former boss was actually secretary pompeo, but i think that that we're seeing a deliberate campaign of escalation by iran, not only encouraging hezbollah to broaden its provocative activities against israel in the north of israel, but targeting american troops in syria and iraq. and then, of course, as your correspondent mentioned earlier, houthies, the iranian backed militia in yemen, shooting off 19 missiles and drones at israel. i think there has to be a message europe matters to iran, the united states, they don't listen to us, but europe matters to them. and this is why these phone calls were so important. macron and others in europe have better, stronger,

more open ties. can talk directly with the iranians and convey a message to hold fire. because this is going to spin out of control. the israeli military says it believes 212 people are being held hostage by hamas in gaza — up from saturday's estimate of 210. one man who's experienced first hand the experience of being held captive by hamas is paul martin — he is a journalist who in 2010 was taken by hamas in gaza. paul is the editor—in—chief of the online publication correspondent.world. he's also interviewed senior members of hamas. i've been speaking to him and he began by telling me the circumstances in which he was taken hostage. well, it took place in 2010. i was making a film, a documentary film about a rocket firing militant who had changed his mind and become

a moderate i wanted to create peace with israel. as a result of which, he was arrested, told he was a spy, was about to be sentenced to death, as many others who have been arrested and accused of such things are. i felt he wasn't likely to be a spy since he was making a film with me about why he disagreed with the system, which is hardly what a spy would be doing. so i thought maybe i could save his life by going to gaza, as i often did, and give evidence in what was to take place, a military trial. when i got there, they told me i was his agent or spy master or something of that nature and was locked up and had two mock executions and was eventually set free 26 days later. in fact, that is a photograph of me being released. by one of my captors. so that was an unpleasant experience, but it happens injournalism and i have subsequently met a number of top hamas officials, they have kind of apologised, they invited me back to gaza.

and i have been able to continue myjournalism, not quite the same way, but it is still something i am very passionate about. tell us what it was like when you were held by hamas. you have written about it in the past. but just tell our viewers a little bit about what that experience was like. it was quite harrowing from what you have written, of course. yes, so the first night i was there, a gunman came in, i was handcuffed at that time, put a gun towards my head, started to pull the trigger and then he held the trigger for a while, it seemed like a long time to me, i must say. and eventually lifted the gun up into the air, laughed and smashed the barrel of the gun on my knee, which was seriously damaged. but that was just my introduction to the 26 days of captivity. another time, i was taken up to the top of a building where i expected to be thrown out. it turned out i wasn't, it was just an intimidator exercise. i was thrown into a much smaller

cell later with prisoners who had been tortured, i could hear torture going on all around me in the cells alongside me. i wasn't sure whether they were instructed not to torture me, but they did threaten that if i didn't sign a confession, then bad things would happen. of course, i did not sign it. and eventually, i don't know exactly why, but i think the pressure of holding a western journalist who was quite well known started to tell. i was supported by archbishop desmond tutu in south africa because i had a long anti—apartheid record and this may have helped. in the end, it was released after 26 days and i have been back only one since then. when you see what is happening at the moment and we have just been talking about more than 200 people who are being held hostage currently by hamas, what insights can you share about what might be happening at the moment? what secured your release, for example? well, as i say, i had the advantage

of being a well—known international journalist, that obviously did help. and these people who are now currently held and none of them are that well—known, i think the british and the american passport holders have got a greater chance of survival and the israelis do because they would hold a few israelis a day kind of bargaining chip, but they don't need that many. i am being rather cynical here, but i think that is the way things are seen. whereas the british and americans could be useful in persuading the americans or the british to do something that the hamas authorities want to be achieved. so i think there is a chance of survival for these people, but not a great chance for the majority. paul martin sharing his story. we have plenty more developments on our lives page bbc news website which includes an analysis from

correspondence on the ground. you could head to the bbc news website where you will find it. let's move on to other stories. let's move on to other stories. 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. from ukraine, here'sjenny hill. you can still smell burning in here and see the devastation for yourself. take a look up at the ceiling. that is where the missile hit. you can really see the violence of the explosion, bits of shrapnel leaving holes in those pillars here. the authorities say around 30 people were in here at the time, just before 10:30pm yesterday when the missiles struck. they would have had seconds to scramble to safety.

air raid sirens did go off but with very little time to spare. those workers, they were working for one of ukraine's most popular postal services. they were in here dealing with parcels, taking them on enough of these trolleys. you can see some of them behind me, completely destroyed, putting them on to backs awaiting lorries to be distributed all over this country. you can see there is wreckage everywhere. some of the packaging, some of the content of those packages. there are some children's toys lying on the floor, coloured balls. you can see how violent the attack was. investigations are still ongoing, forensic experts have been at the scene, we're told. the wounded were taken off to hospital, still being treated. we're told some of those people are in a serious condition. president zelensky of ukraine has condemned this attack on what he has said is purely a civilian facility. no word officially from moscow.

throughout this war they have continually denied deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure and facilities. here in the uk the impact of storm abet still being felt across several parts of the country. 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're 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. 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.

as storm babet causes damage across the uk, scotland is bearing the brunt of the weather. in angus and aberdeenshire people are returning to their flooded homes to assess the damage caused. people are now cleaning up and making repairs. alexandra mackenzie reports from brechin. so, this is where all the damage... yeah. ..has been. it's just devastating. christine and her partner davey are trying to salvage some of her belongings. ijust can't get my head round it. so, what's the worst thing for you, do you think, about what's happened? losing everything. i've got to start again. for people that doesn't have the money, how can they start again? it doesn't feel like home now. like many others in brechin, christine has no insurance. she said it was just too expensive because she lives

so close to the river. we'll do what we can, obviously, help her out and things like that, because she got told she couldn't have insurance here. a lot of companies wouldn't even look at her because it's such a high—risk area. the flooding has subsided in brechin, and this family has started on the clear—up. we've been in this house 60 years, and i've never seen it as high. you felt a bit helpless to start with, to be perfectly honest, because obviously, nobody could get access to places, and you were just wondering and hoping that everybody was ok and safe. that was the most important thing. and then as soon as people could get access, everybody, it was all hands on deck. as it is across all sorts of households across brechin, that's the way brechin does stuff. christine says her life is in limbo, and even if she can eventually go home, she is frightened this could happen again. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, brechin. let's return now to our main story —

the events 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 it'sjust an oasis in the middle of east jerusalem.— it'sjust an oasis in the middle of east jerusalem. we need regarding assault charges _ east jerusalem. we need regarding assault charges cathedral - east jerusalem. we need regarding assault charges cathedral here - east jerusalem. we need regarding assault charges cathedral here in i assault charges cathedral here in the holy land. i assault charges cathedral here in the holy land-— the holy land. i cannot hear early in the morning. _ the holy land. i cannot hear early in the morning. there's - the holy land. i cannot hear early in the morning. there's been - the holy land. i cannot hear early l in the morning. there's been much the holy land. i cannot hear early - in the morning. there's been much to reflect on following _ in the morning. there's been much to reflect on following the _ in the morning. there's been much to reflect on following the bloodied - reflect on following the bloodied events of the last two weeks. beginning with the hamas attack that filled him with rage.

whenever someone sees whenever someone sees something that is profoundly horrific, the cruelty to the bodies of infants up to elderly people. 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. before we leave you a reminder of the developing story thatjust coming in and that is un's humanitarian chief says the second convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid into gaza has now

entered the palestinian enclave. 1a tracks of guardand, a day after 20 trucks cross the border between egypt and gaza. more developments on the bbc news website. they live pages up on the screen. we will be back after a short break. to stay with us here on the bbc. hello. it's obviously been a lot drier, sunnier across most of the uk after that deluge. unfortunately, the flooding continues in some parts of the country and these are the rainfall amounts after storm babet. eastern parts of scotland — over 200 millimetres of rain, in excess of 100 across so many other parts of the uk. and in parts of east anglia, even record—breaking rainfall for the month of october. now, tonight, the skies are going to be generally clear

across the country and it's going to turn quite chilly. the winds will fall light. we are in a window of much calmer weather at the moment. you can see weather systems and cloud around the uk. but across the country, it's a case of clear skies. so, calm this evening, with light winds. a bit of mist and murk forming through the early hours. we've had a lot of moisture after that rainy weather. and the temperatures early in the morning — around freezing, orjust above, in the glens of scotland. for most of us, 5, 6, 7 degrees. the south coast there, in plymouth, around 12 or 13. rain is forecast in the tip of cornwall, perhaps nudging into parts of pembrokeshire, onlyjust, and into northern ireland. but i think the bulk of the uk, both in the morning and the afternoon, generally bright and sunny. and look at the picture across scotland in the north and east, generally sunny skies on monday. monday night into tuesday, weather fronts approaching the uk once again. we are expecting thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain almost anywhere in the uk.

there will be some sunshine too, so it's not raining all through the day, but these eastern coasts will be fairly cloudy and damp at times, only around 11 degrees. a little bit of sunshine in the south, and one or two showers are possible in the south—west. and then i think from wednesday onwards, it really turns very unsettled. atlantic weather systems sweeping in on a strengthening south—westerly wind, up to gale force. so here's the morning, then. some rain across eastern scotland, but here is that main weather front that spreads across ireland, reaches wales, south—western parts of england and moves northwards through the course of the day. so the last place you will see the rain on wednesday is the north sea coast. here's the outlook for the week ahead — it is a distinctly unsettled one. remember, it won't be raining all the time, but i think a fair amount of rain again is on the way towards the end of the week, but nothing of the level we've had in the last few days.

live from london. this is bbc news. several trucks from a second convoy carrying humanitarian aid from egypt have now crossed into the gaza strip. dialling up the diplomacy — president biden holds numerous calls with western leaders over the israeli—gaza crisis. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, tells soldiers the war against hamas was �*do or die' for israel. we are now in a double battle — one here, at the lebanon — israeli border, to make sure

hezbollah back off, and then the other battle there in the south, to ensure decisive victory that will crush hamas. israel intensifies its air strikes on gaza and again warns palestinians still in the north of the territory to flee south. the push to find a diplomatic solution to the israel—gaza war appears to be ramping up. us presidentjoe biden has again spoken to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the two leaders affirmed that there will now continue to be a flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. their most recent communication was over the phone — but the pair met in person on wednesday — when mr biden visited israel to show support. the white house also says the president has discussed the war

with the leaders of the uk, canada, france, germany and italy.