to say and what what elyse had to say and what we have been witnessing their grand central station, and the conversation here in the united states as well with regards to this conflict. shifa hospital we have seen a change in information operation in military campaigns.— in military campaigns. there is no question — in military campaigns. there is no question that _ in military campaigns. there is no question that hamas - in military campaigns. there is no question that hamas which | no question that hamas which was always effective in information operation can activate _ information operation can activate a new social media to activate — activate a new social media to activate popular opinion in its favour~ — activate popular opinion in its favour. the images are difficult _ favour. the images are difficult also. we have a generation of people who looked at things— generation of people who looked at things in social media and may— at things in social media and may not— at things in social media and may not be aware of the fact that — may not be aware of the fact that images can and are manipulated. you can look critically— manipulated. you can look critically at older generations who say _ critically at older generations who say you are not really getting _ who say you are not really getting the facts either. information is salient here. we

talked — information is salient here. we talked about what israel underwent on october seven in abstraction. the reference to the way— abstraction. the reference to the way state forjewish people since _ the way state forjewish people since the — the way state forjewish people since the holocaust, 9/11 for israei. — since the holocaust, 9/11 for israei. it— since the holocaust, 9/11 for israel, it should be 50,000 instead _ israel, it should be 50,000 instead of 3000 dead. these and emotionai— instead of 3000 dead. these and emotional element of trauma that most people are not fundamentally coming to grips with — fundamentally coming to grips with. imagine getting a notification that a family member being executed and their home _ member being executed and their home. parent tied together with metal— home. parent tied together with metal wire. gasoline was poured on them — metal wire. gasoline was poured on them and lit on fire and i had— on them and lit on fire and i had to— on them and lit on fire and i had to he_ on them and lit on fire and i had to be identified using mri machines. a father who could watch — machines. a father who could watch with one good eye as hamas _ watch with one good eye as hamas had carved out another one watch _ hamas had carved out another one watch his children get dismembered and then everyone

sit down — dismembered and then everyone sit down and eat dinner. the level— sit down and eat dinner. the level of— sit down and eat dinner. the level of trauma that i cannot begin— level of trauma that i cannot begin to _ level of trauma that i cannot begin to describe any comparison. as horrible as it is the — comparison. as horrible as it is the 9m. _ comparison. as horrible as it is the 9/11, i do not think we have — is the 9/11, i do not think we have broadly come to understand and engage with what people so and engage with what people so an experience that they on the ground — an experience that they on the ground in— an experience that they on the ground in israel.— an experience that they on the ground in israel. jonathan lord thank you _ ground in israel. jonathan lord thank you so — ground in israel. jonathan lord thank you so much _ ground in israel. jonathan lord thank you so much for- ground in israel. jonathan lord thank you so much for being i thank you so much for being with us on this panel. we appreciate your insights. thank you. we can circle back to the bbc teams on the ground with a closer look at how the ground operation might play out. jeremy bowen has more on that now. �* , ., ~ ., now. been this network of tunnels. _ now. been this network of tunnels, some _ now. been this network of tunnels, some people - now. been this network of tunnels, some people say| now. been this network of- tunnels, some people say could be hundreds of kilometres long. the israelis did a briefing this afternoon where where they said there were even bunkers underneath the main hospital in

gaza city, shifa hospital, where thousands of people had taken refuge, including quite a lot of hamas people who went over that killing and taking hostages. so, israel says it is going after these are bunkers. now, what they are also going to be doing is massively increasing the level of military action, of violets, directed at the gaza strip and while israel has said two people in the northern part of the gaza strip that they need to leave and go south, and a lot of people have, a lot of people have not also, and because your conditions in the south, where the israelis have let him to very few supplies and have cut off supplies of water, fuel and medicine, because of the lack of facilities that, some people have gone back up north to their homes. the un has talked in length about this. there are

lots of civilians in that area where they are operating who must be having an extremely terrifying and rough night and they will undoubtedly be even heavier civilian casualties than they have been up to now in the three weeks of bombing. that is important notjust because of the loss of life, it is important also because of the effect it has in driving the effect it has in driving the responses to the conflict, and the very heavy number of palestinians who have been killed by israel, i think, palestinians who have been killed by israel, ithink, has for some, killed by israel, ithink, has forsome, even killed by israel, ithink, has for some, even among israel's allies, has eroded the legitimacy of what they are doing. perhaps israel has decided finally to act on the ground because they sense, i think, that the mounting casualty figures were bringing up casualty figures were bringing up more and more pressure for a ceasefire and today in doha,

intermediaries between israel and hamas, hamas have offices in doha, and the information early on is negotiations were going pretty well to try to get a deal to try and release more hostages. more than 200 are in there. and perhaps to have some kind of unitarian ceasefire. they were stalling by late afternoon and certainly with this offensive going on, do not think there is any chance that those talks are going to progress. those talks are going to progress— those talks are going to rouress. �* ., ., ., progress. an international editorjeremy _ progress. an international editorjeremy bowen - progress. an international- editorjeremy bowen reporting. i am joined in the studio once again by elise labott and also joining us now from kentucky is lauren whitney god breath. lauren, welcome to you and good to see you. i do just want to start by getting your reaction

to what we appear to be seeing unfold over the course of the day. unfold over the course of the da _ “ unfold over the course of the da . ~ ., day. so, we knew that eventually _ day. so, we knew that eventually something | day. so, we knew that i eventually something of day. so, we knew that - eventually something of this magnitude was likely going to happen. every single day we were assessing, we thought they might be a bigger incursion. obviously the israelis are saying at the moment this is not the big ground invasion necessarily, however, what we are seeing now obviously is incredibly unprecedented, the bombardment on gaza, in the fact there are no communications for palestinians in gaza, so, on the one hand, you are sort of expecting at least something every single day but on the other hand, i'm not entirely sure a lot of people fully understand how palestinians must be in a state of panic at the moment. coming to ou, of panic at the moment. coming to you. the _ of panic at the moment. coming to you, the point _ of panic at the moment. coming to you, the point being - of panic at the moment. coming

to you, the point being made i of panic at the moment. coming to you, the point being made is| to you, the point being made is that the world was waiting with baited breath for something to begin, but were you surprised, just bearing in mind that there are over 200 hostages we believe still in gaza right now, did this operation surprise you at all and what you think it means for that operation? i you think it means for that operation?— you think it means for that 0 eration? ~ . ., , operation? i think clearly the us has made _ operation? i think clearly the us has made no _ operation? i think clearly the us has made no secret - operation? i think clearly the j us has made no secret about operation? i think clearly the - us has made no secret about the fact that — us has made no secret about the fact that it— us has made no secret about the fact that it has been asking the israelis to delay a ground... a philon grant incursion, _ ground... a philon grant incursion, to give more time for some _ incursion, to give more time for some of these negotiations on the — for some of these negotiations on the hostages and you had jeremy— on the hostages and you had jeremy bowen talk about those negotiations going on and i think— negotiations going on and i think the israelis thought that maybe — think the israelis thought that maybe this initial — this does not seem _ maybe this initial — this does not seem to be the forlan invasion- _ not seem to be the forlan invasion— but these tactical, more — invasion— but these tactical, more intensive strikes and incursions might have been away to try— incursions might have been away to try to— incursions might have been away to try to force to release more of these —

to try to force to release more of these hostages ——to force hamas _ of these hostages ——to force hamas. but it seems as if israei— hamas. but it seems as if israei is _ hamas. but it seems as if israel is starting to prepare the battlefield. perhaps they are going in to try and see, perhaps— are going in to try and see, perhaps they have some information about whether hostages are, whether they can -et hostages are, whether they can get a _ hostages are, whether they can get a little bit more information and trying to clear areas — information and trying to clear areas as— information and trying to clear areas as we have been talking about — areas as we have been talking about it _ areas as we have been talking about. it is going to be an intense _ about. it is going to be an intense urban warfare and they cannot — intense urban warfare and they cannotjust go in and start doing _ cannotjust go in and start doing it _ cannotjust go in and start doing it i_ cannotjust go in and start doing it. ithink cannotjust go in and start doing it. i think we're going to see _ doing it. i think we're going to see a _ doing it. i think we're going to see a lot more of these types _ to see a lot more of these types of— to see a lot more of these types of incursions over the next — types of incursions over the next couple of days. if we ultimately see that full monty, if you — ultimately see that full monty, if you will, tens of thousands of ground _ if you will, tens of thousands of ground troops that i do not know — of ground troops that i do not know for— of ground troops that i do not know for sure we're going to see — know for sure we're going to see that _ know for sure we're going to see that that the us and arab states— see that that the us and arab states have been asking israel to do— states have been asking israel to do the _ states have been asking israel to do the kind of incursions we're — to do the kind of incursions we're seeing right now and perhaps— we're seeing right now and perhaps we will see a lot of those _ perhaps we will see a lot of those i_ perhaps we will see a lot of those. i do not we really know. depending on how we see this operation play out, you think this is something that has been

changing over the past weeks with president biden in close contact with benjamin netanyahu about how this operation should involve due to those us consents you think we potentially could see more targeted rate because of those conversations with the united states? i am not sure if lauren can still hear us. it appears we may have lost it for now. she may be having difficulty hearing us. but i will take that point to you. do you think, as they have been having these discussions, essentially these discussions, essentially the calculus and strategy here may have changed because of some of the things the white house would have been speaking to benjamin netanyahu about? i to benjamin netanyahu about? i think it is having an effect. i think— think it is having an effect. i think it _ think it is having an effect. i think it is _ think it is having an effect. i think it is having an effect. i think it is having an effect. i think it is having an effect. there _ think it is having an effect. there is— think it is having an effect. there is a _ think it is having an effect. there is a lot of hurt and there _ there is a lot of hurt and there is— there is a lot of hurt and there is a _ there is a lot of hurt and there is a lot of anger and there _ there is a lot of anger and there is— there is a lot of anger and there is a _ there is a lot of anger and there is a lot of anger and there is a lot of anger and there is a lot of desire for

revenge _ there is a lot of desire for revenge right now and so i think— revenge right now and so i think president biden has weighed that with but your objectives are and what you really — objectives are and what you really want to accomplish and what — really want to accomplish and what you _ really want to accomplish and what you think you can accomplish right now and sol think— accomplish right now and sol think we _ accomplish right now and sol think we definitely have seen, the israelis were just ready to id the israelis were just ready to go in — the israelis were just ready to go in and _ the israelis were just ready to go in and perhaps the united states— go in and perhaps the united states sent this marine general to kind — states sent this marine general to kind of— states sent this marine general to kind of help them think through— to kind of help them think through their battlefield programmes and plans. i think that has— programmes and plans. i think that has had some effect and i think— that has had some effect and i think it — that has had some effect and i think it will continue to. i do not — think it will continue to. i do not think— think it will continue to. i do not think they will walk the israelis down but they might be able to— israelis down but they might be able to shape the operation a little — able to shape the operation a little bit _ able to shape the operation a little bit. ~ ., able to shape the operation a little bit. ~ . ., little bit. we have lauren back. little bit. we have lauren back- we _ little bit. we have lauren back. we know _ little bit. we have lauren back. we know that - little bit. we have lauren| back. we know that qatar little bit. we have lauren - back. we know that qatar has also been involved in terms of acting as a sort of middleman when it comes to speak into hamas. now, seeing this up operation right now, what you think that means about role of

qatar here and how those conversations may have been progressing? in conversations may have been progressing?— progressing? in terms of the negotiations _ progressing? in terms of the negotiations around - progressing? in terms of the i negotiations around hostages, israeli sausages told one of my colleagues earlier today that those negotiations had reached a stale point. there were reports by other media outlets saying they were progressing very well. so depending on who you are talking to they were going well or not. i do agree with other folks who obviously in terms of hostage negotiations, this will definitely make it much harder and i do think it is a loss of and i do think it is a loss of a chance to depending on how tonight goes and how the next few days ago but we do know that that guitarist will continue to talk to hamas as well and egypt as well. ——

qatar will continue. well and egypt as well. —— qatarwill continue. i well and egypt as well. —— qatar will continue. i do not necessarily think mediation efforts will and and by any means but there is less hope than people had yesterday or even this morning.— than people had yesterday or even this morning. we're going to take a look _ even this morning. we're going to take a look at _ even this morning. we're going to take a look at the _ even this morning. we're going to take a look at the us - even this morning. we're going to take a look at the us for- to take a look at the us for you because here in washington, the biden administration saying it's impossible is in israeli military operations to allow aid to get in. john kirby, the spokes of the national security council told reporters this morning that temporary, specific pauses on battlefield were an idea worth exploring. consideration made right now for humanitarian pauses. these are localised, temporary, specific pauses on the battlefield so that humanitarian assistance can get into people that needed or people can get out of that area

in relative safety. that is what argument are terry and pauses and we think it is idea worth exploring. fiur pauses and we think it is idea worth exploring.— worth exploring. our state department _ worth exploring. our state j department correspondent worth exploring. our state - department correspondent had more on the view from the us. us officials are not commenting about the expanded israeli ground incursion and about the escalation into the air strikes. they say that is what the israeli military should talk about, it would not be appropriate talk about it from washington and the security of the israeli military operation. the repeat that support israel's right to defend itself, they will supply it with security assistance that it needs. they are not drawing any redlines in terms of the execution of the operation. having said that, they are very clear about their concerns. john kirby, the white house spokesman talked about their concerns and the need to get humanitarian aid in, fuel, about the need to continue negotiating about hostages and

their concerns about the conflict spreading to the region. he said that were having these conversations with the israelis and asking them hard questions about where is this going, how will it end, what is your strategy, what are your aims, what is your strategy, what are youraims, how what is your strategy, what are your aims, how to conduct the operation? at the end of the date was up to israel to have the answers to those questions, the answers to those questions, the soundness of its planning and the effectiveness of the those plans and it is something the americans have very much connected themselves to because they support israel so strongly but they are also very aware of how complicated it is and what the consequences can be and that clearly conveying that to the israelis. earlier i spoke to the former us ambassador to israel. his thoughts on what we are now seeing in gaza. thank you for joining us here on the bbc. the idf says there is intensifying

strikes on gaza right now. it has also said it will be expanding its ground raids. do you think this is the start of the next phase in this operation? the ground invasion which the prime minister has been promising? it is which the prime minister has been promising?— been promising? it is likely so. not been promising? it is likely so- notjust _ been promising? it is likely so. notjust because - so. not just because electricity so. notjust because electricity and humanity —— communications have been cut off, but we are going up against a lot of clocks. we have 360,000 reservists called up, these young men and women who have left theirjobs up, these young men and women who have left their jobs for weeks now, that is not sustainable for any amount of time. so this is the beginning of the ground incursion, following intense negotiation about the hostages and the government and the military concluded that hamas is dragging its feet and trying to get a ceasefire, and a ceasefire for israel, i know it

sounds very positive, but a ceasefire for israel means the end of this country, means that people cannot go to their homes, we have 3000 people that have been evacuated, we cannot restore our neighbourhoods, so a ceasefire means a victory for hamas, they literally get away with murder, the massacre of 1400 with murder, the massacre of m00 people, so that is a nonstarter, so i believe this is the beginning of the ground assault. i is the beginning of the ground assault. ., ., ., assault. i want to ask whether ou assault. i want to ask whether you think _ assault. i want to ask whether you think this _ assault. i want to ask whether you think this is _ assault. i want to ask whether you think this is the right - you think this is the right moment to do so because if you take a look at the newspaper reporting at 49% of israelis thought it would be better to wait, there are serious concerns when it comes to civilians in gaza and needing to get more aid to them, and then of course the fact that there are hostages, we believe, still inside gaza. do you think this is the right moment, with all of that in mind? i this is the right moment, with all of that in mind?— all of that in mind? i don't think there _ all of that in mind? i don't think there is _ all of that in mind? i don't think there is a _ all of that in mind? i don't think there is a right - all of that in mind? i don't| think there is a right mind.

all of that in mind? i don't i think there is a right mind. i don't think there is a good solution, there is only bad and very terribly bad, and we have a situation, 229 hostages, we don't know where they are, not all of them are being held by hamas, some of them are being held by palestine islamic jihadists, and they are being held in being held for ransom, so there is no ideal situation, wejust so there is no ideal situation, we just know we cannot allow a situation where hamas survives, they will build up its military forces again and do the same thing again, and notjust that, if hamas gets away with it, hezbollah will get away with it and other enemies of this country will get away with it, this is a very hostile neighbourhoods so we need to restore our insurance power, we have to let people go back to their homes, i am not a representative of the government, i have been, but this country will become basically uninhabitable if we don't do this, there is no great solution, and as for the aid of the palestinians, i

don't think israelis want to see palestinian supper but the move by the israeli government to create a humanitarian corridor was very unpopular. the families of the hostages were deeply upset by the decision to open up the corridor because they feel that is the only leveraged. back corridor because they feel that is the only leveraged.- is the only leveraged. back to the oint is the only leveraged. back to the point about _ is the only leveraged. back to the point about the _ is the only leveraged. back to the point about the civilians i the point about the civilians in gaza, president biden himself made the point saying the vast majority of palestinians are not her master. are you concerned about the potential loss of life we have already seen of civilians and what some people here are calling collective punishment? it's actually a way of getting away from collective punishment. if these palestinians were to stay in the battle area, you're talking about the gaza city, northern part of the strip, i'm saying this is an old soldier, this is a nightmare for any soldier, this is a densely built up area that will be booby—trapped and mind and the biggest field of battle is not aboveground but

below, where hamas has built countless kilometres of tunnels and bunkers, and they have hostages in there and above the ground, they are using human shields, apparently tonight the israeli military announced what israeli military announced what i have known for a long time that hamas is located beneath the largest hospital in gaza and they are keeping about 30,000 civilians at gunpoint form — preventing 30,000 civilians from leaving the area. we are dealing with a very dark horse, and our preference would be to move them out, it isn't pleasant but if the alternative is much worse, having a million palestinians in the middle of a huge firefight. taste palestinians in the middle of a huge firefight.— huge firefight. we did see civil strife _ huge firefight. we did see civil strife in _ huge firefight. we did see civil strife in the _ huge firefight. we did see civil strife in the gaza - huge firefight. we did see | civil strife in the gaza strip after that election in 2006, with regards to hamas. i wanted to ask you about the next phase and if we do see idf troops going in, for essentially

challenging urban combat, we're talking about many who are reservists, what are your concerns for them? what are your concerns for the civilian population and what you think the strategy will be here? the strate: the strategy will be here? the strategy is _ the strategy will be here? the strategy is to _ the strategy will be here? lie: strategy is to move the strategy will be here? tie: strategy is to move as the strategy will be here? iie: strategy is to move as quickly as possible but not, but with great care at the same time, we are moving to an immensely hostile environment, booby—trapped, mind, with tunnels and bunkers underneath, it is going to be a nightmare, and because we are reservists army, we are soldiers with many children, my own cousin has a ten month baby, another example is a young man, so there has to be caution, this is a citizen's army, not a professional army, and every caution will be made.

we also have special forces who are trained to find hostages, and the big challenge is defined hostages, and then to rescue them, and that is a complicated operation and in taking out the tunnels, the obvious thing would be flooded the tunnels, and we cannot do that because the hostages are there so our special forces are trained to go into tunnels, extremely dangerous, they have one of the highest casualty rates of any unit in the israeli army but again we have no choice, there is no good option here but to go into the tunnels, tunnel by tunnels and look for those hostages. there will be great, great challenges to ask, certainly tactical challenges, logistical challenges, logistical challenges and moral challenges stop the warning from president biden has been in recent days to think about the day after, not to repeat the mistakes of the iraqi war.— the iraqi war. what you think would next — the iraqi war. what you think would next in _ the iraqi war. what you think would next in the _ the iraqi war. what you think would next in the gaza - the iraqi war. what you think would next in the gaza strip| the iraqi war. what you think| would next in the gaza strip if hamas was defeated, and you think there has been enough

consideration on that point? i consideration on that point? i have no privy to these discussions. i know the americans have always wanted to know our endgame, every time we are involved in a fight in gaza and this time we really have to discuss that in the endgame will look something like this, from the discussions i have had, demilitarisation of the gaza strip, no more weapons, rockets, the tunnels, the bunkers will be destroyed and an attempt made to internationalise gaza, not to make it an israeli or a egyptian problem, it's an international problem, because fact that there are two major us majorforces in our area is because a hamas, hamas has dragged the united states into this fight and may drag other forces into this fight as well, so it's notjust an israeli egyptian problem. former israeli ambassador - egyptian problem. former israeli ambassador to - egyptian problem. former israeli ambassador to the | israeli ambassador to the united states, thank you very much indeed. we havejust had

an update about the pentagon from the us as strikes, about the us as strikes in eastern syria on thursday, and i can just bring that you now, because brigadier general pat says the strikes were narrowly tailored strikes in self defence intended solely to protect and defend us personnel in iraq and syria, the statement going on to say that they are separate and distinct from the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas and do not constitute a shift in us approach to the israel hamas conflict, and the united states as fighterjets conflict, and the united states as fighter jets destroyed conflict, and the united states as fighterjets destroyed a weapon storage facility and ammunition storage which ryder said was used by iran's revolutionary guard in the pentagon said there were no civilian casualties in those strikes, and with me here in the studio is a lease, the founder of a media programme and lauren whitney, from acts

eos media, great to have you both with us this evening, just touching on this us reaction, do you think that this is playing out the way that the us have thought it would, the last 24 have thought it would, the last 2a hours, let's say for example do you think washington will be asking some tough questions to israel right now about what the strategy and the aim is here? i think they are continuing to announce one of the reasons we have seen this delay, we all thought that that big ground incursion was going to happen right away but i do think that the us has been really going to israel and saying again, as laura said, think about what you want to do, what are your objectives, can we help you think this through, learn our lessons, learn from our mistakes after 9/11, of acting precipitously without a thought out strategy, so i think the us, that us strategy has worked, it is pretty much

playing out as they intended, they have been talking to the israelis, and they are really in close co—ordination, and i think so far, they have been pretty in lockstep with israel. as this campaign goes on, and we continue to see more death and destruction of palestinians in gaza, and the us is under more pressure, from a moral standpoint on its own and also the arab world, it will be hard for the us to stay in lockstep. we have about 20 seconds lauren, your thoughts on what to say? i lauren, your thoughts on what to sa ? ~ , , to say? i think elise is exactly _ to say? i think elise is exactly right. - to say? i think elise is i exactly right. particularly to say? i think elise is - exactly right. particularly on the last— exactly right. particularly on the last point, the longer this goes — the last point, the longer this goes on. _ the last point, the longer this goes on, it's going to be a lot harder— goes on, it's going to be a lot harder for— goes on, it's going to be a lot harder for the biden administration to take the approach it has been taking over— approach it has been taking over the _ approach it has been taking over the last three weeks, we have — over the last three weeks, we have seen— over the last three weeks, we have seen president president biden— have seen president president biden talking about palestinians and humanitarian crisis — palestinians and humanitarian crisis are _ palestinians and humanitarian crisis are those signals and signs— crisis are those signals and signs that by and large, like

said.~~ _ signs that by and large, like said,... ~ ., ., ., said,... we have to leave it there unfortunately - said,... we have to leave it there unfortunately but - said,... we have to leave it i there unfortunately but thank you, both of you were joining me on bbc news. hello there. it's remaining unsettled this weekend with low pressure sticking close—by. we'll see showers or longer spells of rain, some sunshine as well. it's not going to be a complete wash—out. the winds will be quite blustery, particularly close to the coast, thanks to this pretty vigorous area of low pressure which has been with us for a while now, and could to the west of ireland bringing all these showers, even longer spells of rain and stronger winds with little areas of low pressure running around it — one such system moving across the country during saturday night. saturday itself starts off with a fine note through the midlands, some low cloud and sunshine but showers in the south and the west, spreading northwards, with more persistent rain affecting eastern scotland with stronger winds and some brightness for western scotland with shelter from the easterly breeze. temperatures 10—16. later in the day, we will start to see one of these little areas of low pressure bringing

wet and windy weather to southern england and south wales, spreading northwards during the night ending up across parts of scotland and northern ireland, the north of it staying windy and quite blustery, for the second half of the night across england and wales with clear spells and scattered showers. temperatures nowhere particularly cold, 9—11 degrees. don't forget early on sunday morning, the clocks go back one hour, so for many of us, it is an extra hour in bed. but sunday does look unsettled, particularly scotland, northern ireland, where it will be wet with some of the heaviest of the rain towards eastern scotland. we could have some flooding issues here, strong winds as well. england and wales will have a mixture of sunny spells and showers, most of the showers towards the south and the west, some of them could be heavy and thundery. temperatures a little bit cool across northern scotland, otherwise it's the mid—teens further south. little change into monday, the low pressure begins to weaken, but it's still close by enough to bring further unsettled weather, and i think for most, it's going be a mixture of sunshine and showers again. most of the showers towards the south and the west, where they could be quite heavy and blustery winds across the south and west. in northern and eastern scotland, rain over the tops

of the cairngorms — it will be chilly here. further south, low— to mid—teens. staying unsettled into the first week of november. with low pressure systems moving across the country, there is a chance towards the end of the new week, we could see some severe gales, so stay tuned to the forecast.

live from washington, this is bbc news. huge explosions over gaza as israel intensifies aerial bombardment and expand its ground operations. the un calls for an immediate humanitarian truth is 120 countries vote in favour of a resolution. meanwhile, the humanitarian situation in gaza grows worth. the hamas run health ministry says 7000 people have been killed since israel's bombing began. glad you could join me. they have been waves of intense