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us forces have struck two military facilities in syria they say were being used by iran's revolutionary guards. it comes after us troops were attacked in recent weeks in the middle east amid heightened tensions. they are mac thank you forjoining us this morning. you are live with us this morning. you are live with us as we follow the israel gaza war. the main un agency in the gaza strip is again warning its humanitirian work is becoming more difficult because of a lack of fuel in the territory. its stocks are fast running out. on the military side. meanwhile israel's defence forces

say they have conducted strikes on hamas targets in central gaza overnight. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. israel says it will keep fighting until it eradicates hamas. it says its ground troops have continued carrying out limited raids in gaza ahead of a wider invasion, which adds to fears for palestinian civilians. and there are more worries about hostilities spreading, after the us said it hit iranian targets in syria, not long after warning tehran against targeting its forces in the region. as israel's continued its strike from the air, hamas claims nearly 50 hostages have been killed. we can't verify that. every day, hundreds of palestinians are being killed — mostly civilians crushed in the rubble of their homes or shelters, and hundreds of thousands are now displaced and suffering. yet aid is only trickling into gaza. european leaders are among those now

calling for safe corridors and pauses in fighting to get help to those in need. there is no contradiction between showing solidarity to israel and, of course, acting on the need of humanitarian aid for the people of gaza. at the un, israel has again been stressing the brutality of hamas. israel is not at war with human beings, we are at war with monsters. while arab states are calling for a ceasefire. israel is making gaza a perpetual hell on earth. the trauma will haunt generations to come. we want our ofir and all 22— — 224— israelis, who are sitting in gaza, we want them back as soon as possible.

the families of the 200—plus hostages being held by hamas in gaza hold another heartfelt protest, urging israel's government to do more to bring their loved ones home. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. as we have been hearing at the top of our news programmes, the top story on the humanitarian front is that the main aid agency working in the gaza strip, unrra, is warning that it the gaza strip, unrra, is warning thatitis the gaza strip, unrra, is warning that it is having to make very tough decisions about what work it continue, because it doesn't have enough fuel. lets get an assessment now of what the situation is from other aid agencies working in the gaza strip. joining me now is shaina low, from the norwegian refugee council. i'm sure all of the agencies are consulting with each other in what the un calls a humanitarian catastrophe in gaza. we have been

hearing from unrra about their predicament. how difficult is it for international charities like yours? you know, since october the 7th, we really have had to suspend all of our operations inside of gaza because it simply is not safe. our staff is not safe, they are focused on getting their families and themselves to safety, making sure that they have a roof over their head, making sure that they have enough food and water to survive. we have been able to provide cash assistance to some of the agencies, but many shops are out of stock. as the situation goes on and on, we are seeing that the needs are increasing for ordinary individuals, and what is available to help them is rapidly

decreasing. we need more aid to be coming in, we need at least 100 aid trucks per dayjust to meet these humanitarian need, and the longer that this goes on, the greater the needs will increase. the other thing in addition to getting aid in is that we need assurances that humanitarians such as my colleagues and the partners that we work with will be safe when delivering assistance to people throughout all of gaza, and the palestinians in gaza will be able to safely access aid from distribution points. yes. aid from distribution points. yes, the united _ aid from distribution points. yes, the united nations— aid from distribution points. yes, the united nations has _ aid from distribution points. yes, the united nations has lost possibly the united nations has lost possibly the highest number of employees in this particular crisis, which as you say is now entering its third week, and we have heard from other aid agencies saying that they don't even know where some of their staff are. are all of your staff accounted for now? $5

are all of your staff accounted for now? �* , ., are all of your staff accounted for now? a ., i, are all of your staff accounted for now? as of yesterday when we last did our headcount, _ now? as of yesterday when we last did our headcount, we _ now? as of yesterday when we last did our headcount, we have - now? as of yesterday when we last did our headcount, we have all - now? as of yesterday when we last did our headcount, we have all of l did our headcount, we have all of our staff accounted for. we have 5a staff on the ground in gaza, but what used to be a simple head count that would take a matter of minutes now takes hours because of challenges in connecting with people and people being focused on other things and not being able to access their phones easily. while our staff is all accounted for, we have had a number of staff members lose members of theirfamily, including one member who lost her only son last week along with ten other members of herfamily. it is week along with ten other members of her famil . , ., ., ., her family. it is a tough and dangerous _ her family. it is a tough and dangerous environment - her family. it is a tough and dangerous environment for| her family. it is a tough and i dangerous environment for aid agencies to work, and of course the people that you are trying to help. if you could just give us details if you have them, we hear about this large number of trucks which have been queueing at the border, we hear about the cargo planes arriving with aid. with the aid that is coming in, which the un says is a trickle, is

your agency able to access some of that aid so that you can continue to try to help even from a distance the communities you were helping before this war erupted? figs communities you were helping before this war erupted?— this war erupted? as of now, we haven't participated _ this war erupted? as of now, we haven't participated in _ this war erupted? as of now, we haven't participated in the - haven't participated in the distribution of the aid that has been coming in. we have been working round the clock to procure distribution once the aid is allowed in, but as i said earlier, the extent to which we have been able to help thus far is reallyjust providing cash to needy families, because we are able to do that here in jerusalem because we are able to do that here injerusalem and remotely, and that is the way that we are finding we are able to reach people without putting the lives of our staff at risk. , ., ., putting the lives of our staff at risk. h, ., ., . , putting the lives of our staff at risk. ., . , , ., putting the lives of our staff at risk. ., ., , , ., ., risk. good to hear this update from ou, even risk. good to hear this update from you. even though _ risk. good to hear this update from you, even though the _ risk. good to hear this update from you, even though the news - risk. good to hear this update from you, even though the news was - risk. good to hear this update from | you, even though the news was very bad. thank you. let's cross back to cairo again, because we can speak to

the egyptian food bank. joining me now is mohsen sarhan from the egyptian food bank. you are back in cairo now. what information you getting from people on the ground at the crossing? thank ou for on the ground at the crossing? thank you for having _ on the ground at the crossing? thank you for having me. _ on the ground at the crossing? thank you for having me. it _ on the ground at the crossing? thank you for having me. it is _ on the ground at the crossing? thank you for having me. it is very - on the ground at the crossing? thank you for having me. it is very tight, i you for having me. it is very tight, we are moving very slow. it is like a drop in the ocean, and we managed yesterday to get around 75 trucks in, and you are talking about an area that was receiving at least 50 or 60 trucks a day of aid even before the conflict. so now you have as everyone knows, more many people

displaced, and getting trucks and is like just window dressing compared to what the population needs. and we have on the border now... we have more than 4000 tonnes of aid, and they are saying that they want to inspect the goods, but they used to allow more than 100 trucks a day easily, so i think this isjust another excuse for the israelis trying to extend the torture of this population as much as they can. israel has said from the beginning that it wants strict checking, it wants to ensure that none of the trucks include hidden weapons which could get into garzo, but we have heard from the executive director of the world food programme cindy came, and the phrase she used was insane

bureaucracy. how long that the security checks take? give us a sense of that process. i wouldn't sa it is sense of that process. i wouldn't say it is bureaucracy. _ sense of that process. i wouldn't say it is bureaucracy. i— sense of that process. i wouldn't say it is bureaucracy. i think - sense of that process. i wouldn't say it is bureaucracy. i think it i sense of that process. i wouldn't say it is bureaucracy. i think it is| say it is bureaucracy. i think it is intentional to extend the pain and torture of the people that are there, and to have a bargaining chip may be to get something from the egyptian government, i'm not sure, another international government, i'm not sure. but at the same crossing, they used to let in at least 100 trucks a day, at least. now, 20 trucks takes maybe ten to 12 hours, so it is in check insane, and it is all from local nonprofits, this is not bureaucracy. this is an extension to the act of war crimes.

we have seen how so many issues at the crossing, there have been protesters gathering there making their concerns known. is there still that ground swell of support, people going down to the crossing? mano it going down to the crossing? now it is a little bit _ going down to the crossing? now it is a little bit restricted _ going down to the crossing? now it is a little bit restricted because i is a little bit restricted because the egyptian authorities are limiting the number of people who can be there, and i think ten days at the crossing gate i was, then i went back to cairo to prepare the next convoy from the egyptian food bank. they haven't stopped bombing every half an hour by the clock, three or four rockets an hour, and after the tower was hit on the egyptian side, they were just limiting the number of people that would be there again for our safety,

because they just wouldn't stop the bombing, and the area that is right after the crossing is wasteland. they're just bombing every half an hour to intimidate the workers and to allow only the trucks that they want to allow, otherwise they will be bombed. but if you think about the support measures, coming from the support measures, coming from the experience of the egyptian food bank, 41 trucks, and now i have another hundred that i am preparing now, and we can send every day hundreds of trucks, and i'm talking aboutjust hundreds of trucks, and i'm talking about just one hundreds of trucks, and i'm talking aboutjust one number, and we can clearly see what is happening to those people, and i have lots of friends in gaza, and we have extended family in gaza. there isn't

any extension, i have three children i have to but each of them and deliver it district, because i don't want my whole family harmed. we have lost at least 40 people, we have had at least five people killed. it is a nightmarish, medievalsituation at least five people killed. it is a nightmarish, medieval situation that i haven't seen in my lifetime, and i don't think anyone living again from this generation has seen it. mohsen sarhan, thank you very much for making time to speak about this, about the civilian casualties, and we are talking about the pressures building up on the egyptian side of the rougher crossing, so many aid agencies wanting to get that aid in, and as we have been hearing from the

head of unrra inside gaza, it is now a territory on the brink. israel says it has to keep intensifying its attacks against the networks infrastructure, and also its search for the leaders. we will continue to keep an eye on all of these developments. you are watching bbc news. this new birthing method has reduced the number of injuries from shoulder dystocia, which happens when the baby's head is born but the shoulder becomes stuck. according to a study by southmead hospital looking over a four—year period from 2008, not a single baby suffered long—term

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this is currently a perfectly legal dog type, but the government is planning to ban them soon following a number of attacks and fatalities. i'm a dog lover. i don't want to see dogs put down, but i'm also a dad. and i've got to think about public safety, you know? and is it right that a dog that has done that to someone, who is strong themselves, physically capable, is it right that that dog is then rehomed? come on then. this much better behaved dog is actually a banned type. it can live with its owner but has to comply with strict rules, like wearing a muzzle in public. what's this — is it a muzzle? lola is defined by the authorities as a pit bull type dog. are you ready? her owner was unaware she fell into a banned category and had to go to court after police seized her. shejumped up in the back of the van. they locked her in a cage, shut the door and drove off, leaving me sobbing in the road. and i didn't know whether i was ever going to see her again.

she's got to be on lead in every public place and muzzled, which includes our own car. she doesn't believe banning a type solves the problem of controlling dangerous dogs. banning a breed to start with makes them more attractive to the wrong owner. and it's these people that the government should be targeting, not innocent family dogs that have been well brought up, trained — from loving families. there willjust be another breed of dog that they're attracted to. the bbc has found that 3,499 animals are on the index of exempted dogs, meaning they can still live with their owners, and 99% of them are pit bulls like lola. good girl. this is usually because owners have successfully argued they are responsible and can keep their dogs safely. what's this? it's the police who assess a dog to see if it falls into a banned category. so we're going here. we're looking about... looks and measurements are basically what it boils down to. so we've got quite a square dog. this is a pit bull. also here is another xl bully.

no—one knows how many are out there. give us a bit of room because she's a bit uncomfortable, aren't you, darling? but many of them could be allowed to still live with their owners if they are banned. we will look at the home environment that dogs are kept in. we will speak to the dog owner. we'll obviously look at research into them and whether they're a fit and proper person. so, if that dog is exempted, you know, that person will apply the sort of restrictions that's been put upon it — hey! good boy. some owners are taking the initiative and getting their xl bullys ready to be assessed, like zuma here. he's a dead playful dog. loves people and loves other dogs. he loves to play. he's a family pet, who the owners completely trust with their children. just sprinkle a few and it'll take him a while to find it. so his owners are paying for professional dog training in case of future restrictions. they hope to be able to legally keep him, having already noticed other people's reactions. people are a bit more wary about him now.

the don't want their dogs to come close to him, they don't want their children close to him. they even don't want their self close to him. if he's ever off the lead, they'll start walking the opposite direction. he's a good boy. and i'd be really sad if he was ever taken away or anything like that. it would be awful really. good lad. a ban doesn't necessarily mean these dogs will disappear, but it should clamp down on irresponsible owners. danny savage, bbc news. british summer time comes to an end this weekend as the clocks go back, and we are certainly seeing things very autumnal, unsettled and changeable over the next few days. some heavy downpours for many of us, and blustery winds at times too. low pressure is

anchored out to the west of us at the moment, so low pressure systems and showers are rotating around that low pressure, driving in this area which could make the rain saturday into sunday. it is eastern scotland that will see the heaviest of the rain, perhaps up to 100 millimetres by the end of saturday falling on saturated ground, so the potential of further flooding saturated ground, so the potential of furtherflooding problems. today we have got that rain sitting across eastern scotland, windy and the north—east. elsewhere, some sunshine, particularly further to the south—west but also a scattering of showers moving in on a south—westerly breeze. temperature 10-16, a little south—westerly breeze. temperature 10—16, a little cooler across the far north of scotland. this evening and overnight, keep cloud and outbreaks of rain, further south clear spells, some mist and fog patches for central areas, but heavy, thundery showers around parts of southern england and some of these irish sea coasts. it isn't going to be cold or frosty, these irish sea coasts. it isn't going to be cold orfrosty, but these irish sea coasts. it isn't going to be cold or frosty, but it could be quite a murky start. the

mist and fog clears away, and again we have got more cloud and rain for parts of southern and eastern scotland, north—east england, a few showers elsewhere but more persistent, heavy rain moving in from the south later in the day, thunderstorms and perhaps some localised flooding across parts of southern england. don't forget the clocks go back by one hour through the early hours of sunday morning, so 2am becomes one i am again. through sunday, this area of low pressure drifts northwards and we have the tail end of this front sitting across eastern scotland where we really could do without even more rainfall accumulating, so we could see further flooding problems here on sunday. further south are sunshine, again around parts of southern england and into wales that we can see the bulk of the heavy, thundery downpours, blustery winds around as well. some sunshine for the likes of eastern england and temperatures in the mid—teens, but it isn'tjust unsettled into the end of october but the start of november too.

plenty of showers in the forecast. goodbye for now.

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declan poole katie's we've been having, but we want to bring information we have just been getting in from our un geneva correspondent. let's look at some live shots we are seeing of guards at the moment. this comes as a un humanitarian coordinator of the occupied territories in gaza has confirmed that 53 un staff have been killed inside gaza. lynn hastings also told journalists that 1.4 million people in gaza have been displaced, an estimated 6500 had died, been killed, and 17,000 were injured. those figures coming from the un in geneva. she said also that some in gaza are returning to the north because the south of gaza is being bombed too, and as she said,

nowhere is safe. she said that trickle of aid getting into gaza is a very difficult to distribute because of the ongoing conflict and in particular israeli bombing, unaids agencies have received no security guarantees to travel to the north. again, that is coming from the un's humanitarian coordinator. hello. british summertime comes to an end, and we are seeing things very autumnal, unsettled and changeable over the next few days. some heavy downpours of rain for many of us, and blustery wind at times too. some heavy downpours for many of us, and blustery winds at times too. low pressure is anchored out to the west of us at the moment, so low pressure systems and showers are rotating around that low pressure, driving in this area which could make the rain saturday into sunday. it is eastern scotland that will see the heaviest of the

rain, perhaps up to 100 millimetres by the end of saturday falling on saturated ground, so the potential of furtherflooding problems. today we have got that rain sitting across eastern scotland, windy and the north—east. elsewhere, some sunshine, particularly further to the south—west but also a scattering of showers moving in on a south—westerly breeze. temperatures 10—16, a little cooler across the far north of scotland. this evening and overnight, keep cloud and outbreaks of rain, further south clear spells, some mist and fog patches for central areas, but heavy, thundery showers around parts of southern england and some of these irish sea coasts. it isn't going to be cold orfrosty, but it could be quite a murky start. the mist and fog clears away, and again we have got more cloud and rain for parts of southern and eastern scotland, north—east england, a few showers elsewhere but more persistent, heavy rain moving in from the south later in the day, thunderstorms and perhaps some localised flooding across parts of southern england. don't forget the clocks go

back by one hour through the early hours of sunday morning, so 2am becomes one 1am again. through sunday, this area of low pressure drifts northwards and we have the tail end of this front sitting across eastern scotland where we really could do without even more rainfall accumulating, so we could see further flooding problems here on sunday. further south some sunshine, again around parts of southern england and into wales that we can see the bulk of the heavy, thundery downpours, blustery winds around as well. some sunshine for the likes of eastern england, and temperatures in the mid—teens. but it isn't just unsettled into the end of october but the start of november too. plenty of showers in the forecast. goodbye for now.

live from jerusalem, this is bbc news. the head of the un agency for palestinian refugees has said that the last remaining services it's providing in gaza are collapsing. israel says it has carried out more air and ground attacks in gaza overnight, hitting dozens of hamas targets. israel's defence force says it's killed a senior hamas commander, who helped plan the attacks on october the 7th. giving birth amid shelling and power cuts, we hear what life is like for pregnant women inside gaza.