describe as hamas terrorist targets, among them tunnels and ammunition depots. also on the programme... an ex—assistant of the former conservative minister peter bone tells the bbc abuse by the mp left him broken. a police officer who threatened and blackmailed underage girls on snapchat is jailed for life. and he's back... global megastar arnold schwarzenegger has returned to the uk and spoke to us about motivation, movies and making mistakes. arnold schwarzenegger, thank you very much. thank you. ow, ow, ow! laughter and coming up on bbc news: wales full—back leigh halfpenny retires from international rugby, after winning over 100 caps. he said it was a huge honour and privilege to represent his country.

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one live from jerusalem. there are growing calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting between israel and hamas, so that more aid can be allowed into gaza. the un agency for palestinian refugees has warned its shelters in the gaza strip are overwhelmed with displaced people. it says the facilities are now holding 600,000 palestinians, which is four times their capacity. israel has allowed limited food, water and medicine into the territory via the rafah crossing with egypt, but isn't allowing fuel supplies, over fears they'll end up in the hands of hamas. hamas is designated a terrorist

group by many western governments, including the uk. the united states said it would support a lull in the fighting, but not a full ceasefire, because it said that would only benefit hamas. the hamas health ministry says more than 6,500 people have been killed so far in gaza in this conflict. israel says the number of dead in the hamas attack more than two weeks is over 1,400, with 220 hostages taken. here's our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. broken gaza. huge holes where home once stood. this was khan younis in the south of the strip this morning. with almost 1.5 million people

homeless, the un says the humanitarian situation is set to worsen. its biggest agency in gaza warns its last fuel reserves are about to run out. if it warns its last fuel reserves are about to run out.— about to run out. if it does not come today. — about to run out. if it does not come today, then _ about to run out. if it does not come today, then we - about to run out. if it does not come today, then we are - about to run out. if it does not| come today, then we are going about to run out. if it does not. come today, then we are going to about to run out. if it does not - come today, then we are going to be put in a very difficult situation, where we are going to have to make the decision over a reduction of humanitarian operations, which is one of the largest we have ever undertaken in the history of unrwa because we have 600,000 people who depend on unrwa and our assistance was that israel won't let any fuel going, claiming hamas has supplies. translation: fuel going, claiming hamas has supplies. translation:— going, claiming hamas has supplies. translation: fuel will not enter the gaza stri -. translation: fuel will not enter the gaza strip. hamas _ translation: fuel will not enter the gaza strip. hamas needs _ translation: fuel will not enter the gaza strip. hamas needs it _ translation: fuel will not enter the gaza strip. hamas needs it for - translation: fuel will not enter the gaza strip. hamas needs it for its - gaza strip. hamas needs it for its operations. fuel which hamas stole from the un should be given back to power hospitals. mr from the un should be given back to power hospitals-_ power hospitals. mr secretary general. power hospitals. mr secretary general- at — power hospitals. mr secretary general. at the _ power hospitals. mr secretary general. at the un, _ power hospitals. mr secretary general. at the un, hamas i power hospitals. mr secretary i general. at the un, hamas and power hospitals. mr secretary - general. at the un, hamas and israel stood accused — general. at the un, hamas and israel

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overnight, reminder, israel's military says, that hamas is still a threat. it says it thwarted an attempted threat by see killing two hamas ago but iversen targeting a tunnel they used by the beach in gaza. but most of the thousands killed our civilians. parents have resorted to marking their children in case they are crushed in an air strike. translation: we in case they are crushed in an air strike. translation:— strike. translation: we put bracelets to _ strike. translation: we put bracelets to mark _ strike. translation: we put bracelets to mark each - strike. translation: we put bracelets to mark each other| strike. translation: we put. bracelets to mark each otherjust strike. translation: we put- bracelets to mark each otherjust in case something happens. i have seen bodies ripped apart. you can't tell the dead apart. if something happens and they are in pieces, this way, i will recognise them from their bracelets. i will collect their body parts. amid so much misery, some stories of hope emerged from the rubble. this father checking with rescuers over night that his wife and each of his children are still alive. they are, and his little girl is pulled out.

this family in gaza stays together, for now. yolande knell, bbc news. jerusalem. small glimmers of hope in a very dark time. let's get the latest on this story from our correspondents around the region. in a moment, we'll speak to our middle east correspondent, tom bateman who's in southern israel, but first to our gaza reporter, rushdi abu alouf who's in southern gaza. rushdi abu alouf, we know there was more intense aerial bombardment overnight. what is the situation now in the gaza strip where you are? yes, israel hit hundreds of targets, including a house nearby. this morning, two people were here injured from displaced inside the hospital. the number raised significantly in the last hour. 6500 people have been killed, including

2700 children. israel said they are targeting hamas but civilians always pay the price of this. if you look to the number of civilian women and children, they are almost half of the overall death toll number. also, the overall death toll number. also, the hamas local authority are saying that israel have destroyed over 600 houses without warning. that is why we have this huge number of civilian population that got killed since the beginning of this war. the humanitarian situation is also getting worse and worse. this hospital now, they shut this building, they shut the building behind me and they keep just the emergency room because they don't have fuel. they only have fuel to run the operation rooms. just life—saving mission is being conducted here. this morning, i saw a friend, his wife was injured in the morning and they came to the hospital and they said, she is not a priority, she is not in a serious

condition, you have to find another place or weight. so the situation is at the edge of catastrophic. no more aid came today and the situation is going to be worse and worse without fuel. , �* , going to be worse and worse without fuel. , ~ , ~ ., going to be worse and worse without fuel. , �* , �* ., ., ~' going to be worse and worse without fuel. , a m, ., fuel. rushdi abu alouf, thank you a . ain fuel. rushdi abu alouf, thank you aaain for fuel. rushdi abu alouf, thank you again forjoining _ fuel. rushdi abu alouf, thank you again forjoining us _ fuel. rushdi abu alouf, thank you again forjoining us from - fuel. rushdi abu alouf, thank you again forjoining us from gaza, . again forjoining us from gaza, where he said it is on the edge of a catastrophe. that is the word that has been used by the united nations repeatedly since the beginning of this crisis. let's cross the border now to southern israel and tom bateman is there. it is 3.00 in israel, how does it look now and sound now? well, just in the seconds before you have come to us, more outgoing artillery fire. wejust have come to us, more outgoing artillery fire. we just heard a very big blast in the last few seconds. i can see some dust rising just on the hills behind us as we look across towards gaza city, over the perimeterfence. there has been a lot of outgoing israeli artillery

into gaza in the last three hours, some heavy machine gun fire as well at one point. this morning, more alert sirens in southern israel because of rocket fire that continues to come from the gaza strip. indeed, one very long—range rocket that was reported to have been fired towards the city of eilat on the red sea coast, that is all the way over the negev desert and rocket sirens there as well. so the situation remains extremely tense. as for getting that aid in, the israelis are absolutely adamant that fuel will not go in, despite all those calls, including the now calling for a humanitarian pause to allow some relief to into gaza. tam allow some relief to into gaza. tom bateman in — allow some relief to into gaza. tom bateman in southern _ allow some relief to into gaza. tom bateman in southern israel and rushdi abu alouf in gaza, thank you to both of you for updating is on the situation. day19 both of you for updating is on the situation. day 19 of the israel—gaza war and this morning israel again

saying it is intensifying air strikes on gaza, killing this morning it says a senior hamas military leader and destroying hamas infrastructure. repeating its warnings to residents of the north to head south. but as we have been hearing in this programme, even in the south of gaza, civilians don't feel safe and all of the life—saving supplies are fast running out. we will keep an eye on all of the latest of elements but back to you in the studio for the rest of the daily�*s news. lyse, thank you very much indeed. the prime minister has said there needs to be "specific pauses" in the fighting in gaza to allow people out and aid in. but rishi sunak emphasised in prime minister's questions that was "distinct" from a ceasefire. it comes as the labour leader sir keir starmer meets muslim mps in his own party, to try to smooth tensions over his stance towards israel and gaza. our political correspondent, helen catt, is in westminster. so, the prime minister hasn't

changed his position entirely on this. he is still clear that israel has the right to defend itself and a spokesman for the prime minister after prime minister's questions told journalists they believe a wholesale ceasefire would only benefit hamas but he was clear and this is where there does seem to have been a bit of a shift, that to get hostages out, to get british nationals out and to get aid into gaza, which the government wants to do, there needs to be a safer environment. he said that would necessitate specific pauses as distinct from a ceasefire. there are some mps in parliament who want to see a full ceasefire. the snp certainly is in that position for some there is also increasing pressure on the labour leader sir keir starmer to adopt that position, too. about 37 labour mps have signed a call for that and he is also coming under pressure from labour councillors. more than 150 labour muslim councillors wrote to him this morning, saying that he should move to calling for a full ceasefire. there has also been some upset about

his tone and stance, things that have been said in public. there was a backlash when he visited the south wales eggs and i make centre at the weekend, suggestions he had misrepresented that visit. he is meeting mps this lunchtime to try and smooth over those tensions. is he is likely to changes position wholesale? he has been stressing over the last couple of weeks the importance of her as he put set speaking with one voice westminster on this. . ~ speaking with one voice westminster on this. ., ~ , ., mps are expected to vote later today on whether to suspend the former conservative minister peter bone for six weeks, which could lead to another by—election. the mp for wellingborough was found to have bullied a member of staff, and been sexually inappropriate. mr bone denies the allegations. the former assistant who says he suffered "physical, emotional and psychological abuse" has been speaking exclusively to our political correspondent hannah miller. peter's behaviour was erratic. his temper was often explosive.

like a pendulum. he'd go from one type of kind of personality to another. he was very hard to predict. they call it a siege mentality in terms of the relentless shouting, the screaming, the hitting. peter bone has been the mp for wellingborough since 2005. earlier this month, he was found to have subjected a former staff member to a pattern of abuse that the assistant says led to him being diagnosed with post—traumatic stress disorder. i entered parliament with a lifelong dream of wanting to be in politics. i went in with all this hope and excitement, and then it became this horrid, brutal, dark experience that left me a broken shell of the young man i once was. after resigning from the job, the staff member filed an official complaint with the conservative party. four years later, when there was still no conclusion,

he asked an independent parliamentary panel to investigate. both investigations were still open when borisjohnson promoted peter bone to become a minister. how do you think we come to a point where a prime minister can promote someone who's got these allegations going on against them? it's politics. it's a lack of care or empathy. peter was a strong supporter of borisjohnson. i believe it was purely self—serving. i don't believe they thought about me. the conservative party acknowledges that there were delays to its investigation and says its processes have since changed. peter bone has been suspended from the parliamentary party. he didn't respond to our requests for comment but has previously denied the allegations. he's expected to face a vote on his future today. nothing is ever really going to feel like enough, in terms of what was taken from me — my career, my dreams, who i was before i worked in parliament.

if he's suspended from the house of commons, it could trigger a by—election in peter bone's constituency — more than ten years after the bullying is said to have happened. hannah miller, bbc news. the time is 1.16. our top story this afternoon. there are growing calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting between israel and hamas so that adequate aid can be let into gaza. and still to come — the case of an off—duty pilot accused of trying to crash an alaska airlines blames his depression. coming up on bbc news... manchester city look to make it three wins from three in the champions league, but the holders have to contend with an artificial pitch later in switzerland when they take on young boys.

a police officer who incited more than 200 young girls to send him explicit pictures and videos of themselves over snapchat has beenjailed for life, with a minimum term of 12 years. lewis edwards groomed the girls — aged between ten and 16 — and forced them to send him indecent images that he secretly recorded and used to blackmail them. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports from cardiff. are we going to find evidence of you engaging in sexual communication with children? no comment. when he was arrested back in february, pc lewis edwards refused to answer questions about his campaign of unspeakable cruelty against girls as young as ten... no comment. ..but later in court, he admitted 160 offences of blackmail and sexually abusing children online. it is clear that he not only gained sexual gratification from his offending, but that he also enjoyed the power and control that he had over these young girls.

his reaction to their distress can properly be described as cruel and sadistic. lewis ran his campaign of online abuse from the front room of his parents' semi—detached house. posing as a teenage boy on snapchat, he befriended girls aged ten to 16 and then blackmailed them into sending him more and more explicit videos of themselves, by threatening to post their naked images online. he messaged one girl, "it's either you help me right now, or get everything shared all over and have your life ruined." in desperation, one 12—year—old replied, "no, i'm not being internet raped any more," but still felt compelled to send my pictures. compelled to send more pictures. the superintendent who oversaw the case recalls vividly when her senior investigating officer told her the suspect was a policeman. i still have goose bumps when i think about it now, because this sort of criminality in any event is just despicable, but to find out it was potentially being committed by one of your own —

because he was a serving police officer at the time — makes it all the more dreadful. during the sentencing hearing, cardiff crown court was played heart—rending videos of edwards' victims crying and begging him to stop, but still he asked for more. for almost all of the time that he was blackmailing and abusing the girls, pc lewis edwards was working for south wales police. detectives have checked his shift pattern and — yes, he was carrying out some of the online abuse while he was on duty. the jailing of former pc lewis edwards means that 18 officers have now been sent to prison for child sexual abuse since january last year. another 13 were convicted, but not sent to prison — making a total of 31. former pc lewis edwards is now facing many years injail. one of his victims — who was 12 when he demanded

explicit pictures from her — told the court that she would never get over the trauma. daniel sandford, bbc news, at cardiff crown court. to metropolitan police officers have been found guilty of gross misconduct after a stop and search on two athletes in london. they were pulled over in 2020. their three—month—old baby was in the back of the car while the couple were handcuffed and detained. no weapons or drugs were found. video of the stop and search went viral on social media. an independent panel concluded the actions of two offices, pcjonathan clapton and pc sam franks, did breach some professional standards of police behaviour in relation to honesty and integrity. a man has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 23 years behind bars for brutally murdering his girlfriend, claire inglis — just eight weeks

into their relationship. christopher mcgowan, from stirling, was out on bail when he attacked claire at her home in st ninians. the 28—year—old was found guilty at the high court in stirling last month. hospital failings are still causing too many deaths from sepsis — ten years after a report highlighted steps that could be taken to drastically reduce fatalities. that's according to the ombudsman which handles nhs complaints. with more details, here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. every year in the uk there are around a8,000 deaths from sepsis — many of them preventable. in 2021, 13—year—old martha mills died after hospital staff failed to correctly act on the warning signs of the illness. one—year—old william mead died in 2014 after his mum's concerns were dismissed by doctors. and in 2011, two—year—old maude watkins died, having been sent home twice after her infection was missed.

sepsis is a life—threatening overreaction to an infection by the body's immune system, that causes damage to both tissues and organs. today's report says that, despite years of trying to raise awareness, mistakes are still being made — including delays in diagnosing and treating sepsis, poor communication between staff, and substandard record—keeping. patients are not reliably being screened for sepsis. when sepsis is thought to be present, its not often recognised quickly, and there are also often delays in treating. and of course, for a life—threatening condition like sepsis, that can be catastrophic. the government has committed to implementing what is known as martha's rule — named after martha mills — to give patients the right to a second opinion if they believe their concerns are not being taken seriously. dominic hughes, bbc news. an off—duty pilot accused of trying to crash an alaska airlines passenger plane has pleaded not guilty to 83 charges of attempted murder.

joseph emerson was sitting behind the captain in the cockpit on sunday when he allegedly tried to disable the aircraft's engines mid—flight, before being subdued. court documents show he'd told police he'd taken psychedelic mushrooms and had been struggling with depression. sharon barbour reports. as the alaska airlines flight took off from seattle payne airport in washington state, joseph emerson — an off—duty pilot — was sitting in the cockpit just behind the captain and first officer. it's alleged, mid—flight on sunday, mr emerson — seen here entering court — suddenly tried to cut off both the plane's engines. one of the pilots wrestled with him. they then told air traffic control that they'd got him out of the cockpit. ok, i'lljust give you a heads—up. we've got the guy that tried to shut the engines down out of the cockpit, and he doesn't sound like he's got

any issue in the back right now. and he doesn't sound like he's causing any issue in the back right now. other than that, you know, we want law enforcement as soon as we get on the ground and park. mr emerson was handcuffed to a seat in the back of the plane, but court documents say he tried to reach for the emergency—exit handle as the plane descended. he told investigators he'd had a nervous breakdown, and hadn't slept for a0 hours. he also told the police that he'd been dealing with mental—health issues and, for the first time, had taken psychedelic mushrooms. joseph emerson has pleaded not guilty to 83 charges of attempted murder — one for every person on board the plane. sharon barbour, bbc news. after a more successful performance at the rugby world cup than many had predicted, there are concerns about where the next generation of welsh rugby players will come from. one coach has warned the number

of talented young players choosing to leave wales to develop their careers in england has gone "from a trickle to a flood". and a new bbc wales survey suggests a dramatic drop in the number of schools playing rugby at youth level compared to 20 years ago. wyre davies reports. they reached the world cup quarter finals and, for much of the last two decades, the welsh men's rugby union team has been at the top. but has that success been papering over deep cracks in the game? one, two, three, squeeze! come on. rugby in wales is at the heart of almost every community, but here, the game is struggling. more than 400 matches, or 13% of games at this level in wales, were cancelled last year — mainly because clubs didn't have enough players. it's perhaps most notable in youth rugby.

bit notable in youth rugby. of bad news. the game has cancelled. if we don't do something now, i dread to think what the grassroots game is going to look like in wales in ten years' time. and, you know, every player on the field that plays for wales has come through a grassroots club. and it looks like schools in wales are playing much less rugby, as well. 143 schools across wales responded to a bbc survey about participation in 16—to—18—year—old rugby. two thirds say they've run at least one senior sixth form team in the past. but of those, just under half told us they've stopped in the last 20 years. added to that, there's what's on offer across the border. state—run hartpury college in gloucestershire, play in the elite english college system. of the 15 starting players for hartpury, ten of them are from wales. i thought i was going to be picking up i thought i was going to be picking up an english accent but i've ended up up an english accent but i've ended up with more of a welsh one. i made

the decision — up with more of a welsh one. i made the decision i — up with more of a welsh one. i made the decision i want _ up with more of a welsh one. i made the decision i want to _ up with more of a welsh one. i made the decision i want to come - up with more of a welsh one. i made the decision i want to come here - up with more of a welsh one. i made the decision i want to come here andj the decision i want to come here and play english — the decision i want to come here and play english rugby. this the decision i want to come here and play english rugby-— play english rugby. this is where luis reece _ play english rugby. this is where luis reece and _ play english rugby. this is where luis reece and it's _ play english rugby. this is where luis reece and it's going - play english rugby. this is where luis reece and it's going to - play english rugby. this is where i luis reece and it's going to spurs. it has academic standards that few places in wales can compete with. the welsh rugby union, which oversees all aspects of the game, disputes some of our figures about participation and pushes back at suggestions all it cares about is the money making national team. the more successful the national team are, the more likely we are to fill out this venue. and that's what generates the majority of the revenue that supports all of the other programmes. so if we can create a successful national team, everybody benefits. but the fear is of falling numbers at critical ages and financially stretched club is unable to compete. in a country where rugby is almost a religion, is wales in danger of being left behind? wyre davies, bbc news. you can see more on this story on bbc one wales investigates — welsh rugby: keeping the faith —

tonight at 8pm on bbc wales and available now on bbc iplayer. when it comes to getting yourself a life coach, you could do worse than someone who has been a hollywood megastar, a leading politician, and the most muscular man in the universe. we're talking, of course, about arnold schwarzenegger. he's written a book filled with advice on how to be successful — and he's been sharing some words of wisdom with our entertainment correspondent colin paterson. arnold schwarzenegger, you will see the bbc has sent along its muscliest correspondent. when you see a body like mine, what do you feel — is it pity, or do you see potential? extraordinary. it's really amazing. and how you can cover it all up with a simple shirt. i think i'm blushing. i can't believe it. yeah, you are, yeah. we're in the very strange situation, because of the actors' strike — we can't talk about your movies. does this mean i have to do your catchphrases today?

what's the rules there? you can go and say, "get to the chopper!" you can say, "i'll be back." i'll be back. i'm very happy that i've had a great movie career... ..because one of the rules that i talk about in the book is, don't listen to the naysayers. so when they said to me, "you would never be a comedy star"... twins. ..i said, "i want to be a comedy star — i think i have a sense of humour." my name isjulius, and i'm your twin brother. 0h, obviously. and you speak in the book about lows that you've had, and how you came back from them. so many times people read about my successes. but, i mean, on the way to get there, there were tremendous defeats, and there were tremendous losses.

and so i talk about that, and what did it take when i was beaten the first time in body—building and i became second in the mr universe contest? and i realised — you're not a loser. you lost this competition. losers stay down, but winners always get up. and even on personal losses, you know — like my marriage, the mistakes that i've made — you have to be responsible for those mistakes. you cannot go and blame someone else for it. and i talk about that in the book — you know, take responsibility, take ownership of those mistakes that you've made, and learn from that and then come back and be a better person. one thing you're never going to be able to do is become us president — because you have to be born in the united states. how much of an annoyance is that to you? you know, it's not, really. ifeel like i would make a great president. but i feel, at the same time,

that everything that i've accomplished was because of america. so the only thing that it can't do — which is run for president — i'm not going to complain about that! arnold schwarzenegger, thank you very much. thank you. ow, ow, ow, ow! laughter. oh, wow. that looked painful. time for a look at the weather. here's christopher blanchett. thank you very much indeed. good afternoon. we start our forecast a little further afield than normal. this is the satellite image of hurricane otis as it made landfall in mexico around the city of acapulco. a category five hurricane, the highest on the scale, the first time we have seen a storm of this strength in the area. likely to bring some potentially catastrophic impact with flooding rains,

mudslides and destructive winds, sustained