in fact the wind really pick up across north—eastern scotland and low pressure remains firmly in charge through tomorrow. showers circulating around below and this weather front becoming very slow—moving across parts of scotland. so through tomorrow, across england and wales, northern ireland too, we will see some sunny spells, quite a few showers, some really heavy, thundery ones again down towards the south—east of england, but for scotland, for eastern parts of scotland particularly, we are expecting heavy and persistent rain. some places could see in excess of 100mm of rain, especially up over higher ground, so that could well give rise to some further flooding. combined with very strong winds, gusting up to 50—60mph, those winds actually could bring big waves and some coastal flooding along that east coast. temperatures again generally between 10—15, maybe up to 16. things turn just a little bit quieter, but it's only a subtle difference,

into the start of the new week. and then later in the week, we're keeping a very close eye on developments. don't take the details too literally at this stage, but we could see a very deep area of low pressure developing. that could bring some stormy conditions in places. but whichever way you slice it, as we move out of october into the start of november, it remains very unsettled.

this is bbc news, the headlines: israel says it has "shifted phases in the war". it hit 150 targets in gaza overnight, and released video it says shows its tanks entering the territory. translation: the ground forces entered and continued expanding| the ground force operations. infantry, engineering and artillery are accompanied by heavy gunfire. our correspondent on the ground, rushdi abualouf, says the bombardment in northern gaza is on an unprecedented scale. for the first time ever they have seen this scale of explosion, huge black, huge fire in the sky. this is the scene live in gaza, where the israeli army has reissued its call for civilians to move south. israel's defence minister will meet the families

of hostages held by hamas. they are worried about the intensifying attacks on gaza. right now, we are striking from the air every single day when we don't know where my cousin is, where we don't know where over 200 hostages are and we don't know if any of our bombs is killing them. here in london, pro—palestinian demonstrators turn out in force. protests are also planned in other capital cities. fresh aid enters gaza, and the un tells the bbc they've managed to reestablish some contact with their teams on the ground. welcome to bbc news. the families of hostages being held in gaza say they spent a night in "great anxiety"

as the bombing increased. they have asked for a meeting with the israeli government and, in particular, the defence minister. he has reportedly agreed to that meeting. a friend of one of the hostages explained what families want. we are here today because yesterday's attack by the idf that invaded gaza, no one is talking to us, we want answers, we want to ask questions of the government. we are afraid for our hostages, our family. we want to bring them home alive. inaudible question. inafew inaudible question. in a few hours, we expect someone to come and speak to us, to look in our eyes, to answer our questions. if it won't happen, we are going to block the street and everyone will go out

of their houses. we will do a big mess here because this is the only solution. inaudible question. we have 21 days here, no one is talking to us, no one is answering questions, no one is explaining anything. we questions, no one is explaining an hina. ~ . questions, no one is explaining an hina. ., ,, ., questions, no one is explaining an hin_. ., ,, ., ., anything. we are hopeless for now. that was one _ anything. we are hopeless for now. that was one of _ anything. we are hopeless for now. that was one of the _ anything. we are hopeless for now. that was one of the family - anything. we are hopeless for now. | that was one of the family speaking at the protest before the defence minister agreed to the actual meeting. we will keep an eye on when the meeting happens and bring new developments. earlier, i spoke to udi goren. his cousin, tal, was among those kidnapped by hamas. he described to me how he felt watching what was happening overnight. overnight was probably the first time when i couldn't really, you know, hold it in. i've been trying, you know, on interviews, when i express myself online, on social media, to be very...

level minded. with the situation. last night was the first time that i just couldn't help myself. everyone in this government, bringing us to this point... and not, at least on the outside, not doing everything they can to solve this situation. as far as i'm concerned, as far as we are concerned, as far as the hostage families are concerned, it's unfathomable that this is not israel's top priority, that there are ministers in the government that say we should sacrifice these people for going after hamas. there are people... referring to government officials. people can say whatever they want. but referring to the fact

that this is not israel's top priority, it'sjust unimaginable. i mean it's... go ahead. find priority, it'sjust unimaginable. i mean it's... go ahead.— mean it's. .. go ahead. and you really think— mean it's. .. go ahead. and you really think it's _ mean it's. .. go ahead. and you really think it's not _ mean it's. .. go ahead. and you really think it's not the - mean it's. .. go ahead. and you really think it's not the top - really think it's not the top priority? i was listening to the idf and the prime minister'sspokesman today, both talking about targeting hamas but constantly saying the release of the hostages was their priority. by listening to you, you don't believe that. do i priority. by listening to you, you don't believe that.— don't believe that. do i need to tell ou don't believe that. do i need to tell you that — don't believe that. do i need to tell you that politicians - don't believe that. do i need to tell you that politicians don't i tell you that politicians don't always do what they say they would? obviously. i don't want to see them talk about this. i want to see them do something concrete about it. it's been published all over foreign media, not really in israel, that there is a qatari offer on the table and israel refuses to call a eu humanitarian ceasefire. is it true? can we trust qatar? can we trust

hamas? i don't know. but when israel strikes gaza from the air, and we just heard in detail how intricate the underground city in gaza is. and we know at least some of the hostages are kept over there. when they are shelling gaza from the air, with the definite intention of destroying these tunnels, how do they know they are not bombing my cousin? that they didn't kill my cousin? that they didn't kill my cousin last night? how do they know this? there is no way they know watson's happening in the underground tunnels. there is absolutely no way. —— they know what's happening. 15c! absolutely no way. -- they know what's happening. 150 underground tunnels, what's happening. 150 underground tunnels. the _ what's happening. 150 underground tunnels, the potential _ what's happening. 150 underground tunnels, the potential for _ what's happening. 150 underground tunnels, the potential for your - tunnels, the potential for your cousin tunnels, the potentialfor your cousin to be held in it, that must be excruciating to listen to, to endure. {iii be excruciating to listen to, to endure. . ., , be excruciating to listen to, to endure. , , . endure. of course. of course. we haven't heard _ endure. of course. of course. we haven't heard anything _ endure. of course. of course. we haven't heard anything about - endure. of course. of course. we haven't heard anything about the| haven't heard anything about the condition. i'm speaking about my

cousin, because that's who i really care about first and foremost, but there are over 100 people held there. babies, children, demented old people. how are they supposed to survive? israel has had about 1,400 deaths so far, there are 200 more lives on the line as we speak, all the time. the only way to get them back safely and to get all of them without saying that some of them are dispensable, is to stop the war and get humanitarian ceasefire and make sure they are back and if we do that and then hamas does not stick to their word or qatar don't stick to their word, i have nothing to say and we have to go after them as hard as we can, but right now we have the upper hand, we are on the offensive, we're not the defensive.

we have the situation contained, and we can call the shots and right now we are striking from the air every single day when we do not know where my cousin is, we don't know where over 200 hostages are and we do not know if any of our bombs have killed them. really briefly, because i am nearly out of time, but you think they should not have started this ground incursion, they should have given more space for whatever negotiations were going on, is that what you are saying? absolutely. they keep saying this is going to be a long—term war, we had to take down hamas... if we are going to take down hamas, this is going to be a new regional status quo, this will not happen within a week, month, six months, this is something that needs all the major powers in the area to be involved. that's why we could hold for now, stop the fighting, stop the war, get our hostages out at any cost, and then take care of hamas. then when we don't have a knife

to our throats, then we can do whatever we need to keep ourselves safe, but right now we cannot afford ourselves, as a western democracy that holds human lives above all, we cannot uphold — we have to uphold the value of human lives is our priority. the latest on the hostage situation there. back to the protests we have been seeing. we were looking at the london pictures. we also show you pictures from the protest in istanbul in turkey. turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan accused israeli of "war crimes" in the past hour, as he addressed a huge pro—palestinian rally in istanbul. he also reiterated his claim that hamas was not a terrorist organisation, which drew angry condemnation from israel earlier this week. hamas have been proscribed as a terror group by the uk, us and other western governments. we can cross live to freelance journalist victoria craig, who's at the rally in istanbul.

it was a huge turnout, wasn't it? huge turnout. i don't have the exact numbers, we are still trying to estimate the crowd size, but to give you a sense of the scale, the stage are behind me where president erdogan addressed the crowds, 45 minutes ago, thousands turned out and they started streaming in about and they started streaming in about an hour before he started speaking. as he was speaking, you mention some of the things he mentioned in his speech. the crowds were flying both turkish flags and palestinian flags as they were entering the gates this afternoon. benjamin netanyahu, afternoon. benjamin neta nyahu, israel's afternoon. benjamin netanyahu, israel's leader... they were cheering some of the other thing president erdogan had to say. a passionate crowd. also a passionate president erdogan today. he passionate crowd. also a passionate president erdogan today.— president erdogan today. he talked about the madness _ president erdogan today. he talked about the madness in _ president erdogan today. he talked about the madness in gaza, - president erdogan today. he talked

about the madness in gaza, that i president erdogan today. he talked | about the madness in gaza, that was how he described the situation. he called again for a pause, and a ceasefire. over the last while, he had edged towards restoring diplomatic relations with israel. recently just cancelled a diplomatic relations with israel. recentlyjust cancelled a visit, given what is going on, citing the inhumane war, that's how he described what is happening in gaza. all of that, in terms of inching closer together, unravelling. this is a question _ closer together, unravelling. this is a question a — closer together, unravelling. this is a question a lot _ closer together, unravelling. ti 3 is a question a lot of people, especially in western diplomatic community is that i have spoken to this week, have expressed concern about. as you say, president erdogan of turkey has been trying to build relations notjust with israel but with the west as well. this is a key component of his priority to turn the economy around. information here is about 60%. the promise he made when he was re—elected in may was to get the economic situation back in order, he appointed a new economics

minister. the new minister had said getting western investors to invest in turkey is a key component of making the plan a success. he himself has been travelling the world and the gulf and western nations trying to reassure them this is a place where economic policy takes place... these comments, the rhetoric from the turkish president over the last few weeks, diplomats and others in the communities are increasingly concerned that this would hurt not only the economic recovery here but also relations with the west.— recovery here but also relations with the west. . ., ., ., ., with the west. victoria, we have to leave it there. _ with the west. victoria, we have to leave it there, but _ with the west. victoria, we have to leave it there, but thanks - with the west. victoria, we have to leave it there, but thanks for - leave it there, but thanks for giving us the latest from istanbul. we will continue with thoughts on the region in a moment, but some breaking news coming in. it is being reported that a shell had hit you un peacekeepers' base in south lebanon. that has come from a spokesman. no other detail apart from that one line, a shell had hit the base of

the un un peacekeepers in southern lebanon. we have seen in the last few weeks, intense shelling at different stages across that border area. that has come from a force spokesman, we will keep an eye and bring you more detail and pictures as it comes in. live now to behnam ben taleblu, a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies, a us—based non—partisan thinktank that focuses on national security and foreign policy. thank you so much for being here with us. in terms of your assessment of the serious situation in the region, what is your assessment? it's a pleasure to be with you. most recently we have seen iran backed militias in syria respond to the first time ever the us used force against those militias following two

warnings from secretary blinken and the us presidentjoe biden, trying to keep iran on the sidelines as israel's military response to hamas in gaza continues. so far the regime is reportedly green lighting lower—level attacks on us forces but there have been anywhere from 12 to even 19 of these attacks depending on how you count them. the first time the us used force to deter them was unsuccessful it appears. attacks look likely to continue. the iranian foreign minister at the un in new york essentially threatened to widen the war if israel continued. that has been the — the war if israel continued. that has been the constant - the war if israel continued. that has been the constant worry, given what we saw overnight how much has changed? what we saw overnight how much has chanced? ,, . , what we saw overnight how much has chanced? ,, ., , ,., . changed? essentially, the islamic re-ubfic changed? essentially, the islamic republic looks— changed? essentially, the islamic republic looks like _ changed? essentially, the islamic republic looks like it's _ changed? essentially, the islamic republic looks like it's trying - changed? essentially, the islamic republic looks like it's trying to l republic looks like it's trying to divide washington and jerusalem. looking at the successes and shortcomings of the israeli operations in gaza. but the real proxy of the regime to keep your eye

on is lebanese hezbollah. following reports about lebanon, that is the most essential conflict area to keep your eyes on. lebanese hezbollah was a proxy created by the regime over military activity on its nuclear programme. you are seeing the regime right now trying to use a proxy to bail out and save another. the question is, will it be successful? will the americans and israelis be able to deter this?— able to deter this? what are the americans _ able to deter this? what are the americans and _ able to deter this? what are the americans and israelis - able to deter this? what are the americans and israelis don't - able to deter this? what are the l americans and israelis don't want able to deter this? what are the - americans and israelis don't want is to end up having this conflict on two frontss with hezbollah joining. what did you make of the meeting earlier in the week between hezbollah, hamas and islamichhad? i think they are looking for a common denominator, a threshold of what would be sufficient for one more actor tojoin the what would be sufficient for one

more actor to join the fray. hezbollah... its not black and white, there are lots of anti—tank weapons being fired, not again thanks but against fixed positions in israel in the north by hezbollah. at what point does it become another precision missile barrage? for those who like to disconnect the dots and not look at iran's proxy and actors of resistance... things like that meeting tell you there is more command and control and coordination among these armed groups than ever before, especially with tehran. given where we are, what is the best way to attempt to de—escalate this? some may see this as risk tolerant and problematic, buti some may see this as risk tolerant and problematic, but i will tell you this. the us need to respond more frequently and more decisively against the point of origin of many of these attacks. one of the situations you would want to see coming out of this cycle of violence

is for the islamic republic to be forced to sit this one out, as israel continues against hamas in gaza. to not be able to dangle the threat of a wider war any time it wishes. where you do that is not pinprick strikes in syria where there is no political cost, it is more direct strikes in iraq. i am specifically referring to the narrowly tailored statement by the us secretary of defence austin, following the us strikes in syria. aha, following the us strikes in syria. a final thought, following the us strikes in syria. a finalthought, how following the us strikes in syria. a final thought, how much do you think depends in the various choices you have just laid out on what we actually see emerging from gaza? the sort of scenes and pictures, the sort of scenes and pictures, the sort of scenes and pictures, the sort of casualties?— sort of casualties? bringing the focal point _ sort of casualties? bringing the focal point back _ sort of casualties? bringing the focal point back to _ sort of casualties? bringing the focal point back to gaza, - sort of casualties? bringing the focal point back to gaza, with l sort of casualties? bringing the l focal point back to gaza, with the regime strategy here, and i mean the islamic republic in iran, the strategy is, even if israel has a military victory, to have that

victory, through the images it creates, obscure and handicapped a political victory for the israelis in the gaza strip altogether. if we know one thing, the islamic republic thrives on chaos. so they are working to manage this chaos as it continues to unfold. taste working to manage this chaos as it continues to unfold.— continues to unfold. we have to leave it there, _ continues to unfold. we have to leave it there, thanks _ continues to unfold. we have to leave it there, thanks very - continues to unfold. we have to | leave it there, thanks very much continues to unfold. we have to - leave it there, thanks very much for joining us. news coming in from israel. the news that israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu will meet the families of the hostages tonight. that is being reported by israeli media. the media are reporting that mr netanyahu is expected to meet with those representatives of the families of 229 people who are thought to be held by hamas. earlier, we heard that the defence minister will also meet with those hostage families. you saw the protests earlier, with those families demanding that meeting, as they watch with horror

what happened overnight. their loved ones being held hostage. those meetings will happen a little later in the evening. we will pause from that, we will have the latest for you and talk to our correspondences in the region. we will have more expert analysis coming up in a moment. but let's pause. it is a busy sports day, so so let's cross to oui’ our sports centre. the rugby world cup concludes later. new zealand and south africa are both aiming to make history by winning the trophy for a record fourth time. holders south africa are looking to successfully defend their title, but not many would bet against the all blacks, given their pedigree in significant games like this one. if you look at the two teams, all blacks have won the world cup three times. we have won the world cup three times, you know? so this game is actually bigger thanjust a world cup final. whoever wins, they are probably going to have bragging rights

for the next eight years, you know, because the best team in the world, you have won it four times and then for us also who just want to make sure that we keep on making our people at home proud because the vibe and the message that we give at home is very special, so, yeah, a very special moment for everyone involved. the last couple of weeks for both myself and a lot of the other guys who have been here before have been awesome experiences and i guess over the next probably 24 or so hours, it is really going to start to hit home we are in a final, and just mentally prepping for the stage that that is. it's where you want to be, so we are very excited by it and, you know, a huge occasion for us tomorrow night. new zealand were involved in a thriller at the cricket world cup. they fell just of a remarkable win against australia in dharamsala. the black caps won the the toss and put australia into bat first — a century from travis head helped them to 388 all out. in response, a century from rachin ravindra and a quickfire

50 from jimmy neesham saw new zealand needing 12 off the final five balls, but neesham was run out to end their hopes. australia winning by five runs, moving them to fourth in the group stage table, just behind new zealand. in the other game of the day, netherlands are taking on bangladesh in kolkata, both sides looking for a second victory at this tournament. netherlands won the toss and chose to bat, posting a target of 230, scott edwards top—scoring with 68. and bangladesh are struggling in the chase, currently 101—6. chelsea have suffered their fourth defeat of the premier league season after losing 2—0 at home to brentford. despite dominating possession, chelsea failed to convert their chances, with second—half goals from ethan pinnock and bryan mbuemo securing brentford's third win of the season. it moves them up to tenth in the table, a point and a place above chelsea. confirmation of that result. two fixtures currently ongoing. arsenal can close the gap on neighbours tottenham to two

points, with a win over bottom club sheffield united. nketiah has them 1—0 up. struggling bournemouth and burnley face each other. 1-1. wolves welcome newcastle in the late game. newcastle midfielder sandro tonali will begin his ten—month ban from football in that game after fifa an the game's world governing body said it had confirmed the request made by the italian football federation. they said the italy midfielder had breached a rule which prohibits players from placing bets on football. there is little doubt about the big game in europe today, and that's taking place in barcelona. it's the first el clasico of the season, as real madrid make the trip to barca's temporary estadio olimpico home. 1—0 barca, gundogan's first goalfor the club. in serie a, juventus could go top of the table with victory over verona. in the bundesliga, leaders bayer leverkusen don't play until tomorrow, so that gives a chance for either

bayern munich or surprise package stuttgart to go top. but stuttgart are 2—1 down to hoffenheim. bayern munich leading 4—0, goals from harry kane and leroy sane. that's all the sport for now. hello. if you can see any blue sky overhead right now, do bear in mind it may not last, because rain continues to feature in our forecast for the rest of the weekend. and for some, quite a lot of rain. on our earlier satellite image, you can see clumps of shower clouds circulating around an area of low pressure. and then this stripe of bright white cloud pushing its way in from the south, bringing a band of heavy, thundery rain, squally gusty winds. could be a lot of rain in a short space of time across southern counties of england, up into parts of wales. it will be quite blustery here, particularly through the english channel. also windy up towards the north and the east of scotland. some outbreaks of rain here. quite a few showers across parts of northern ireland. still some spells of sunshine and temperatures, if anything,

a touch above the average for the time of year — 11—16 celsius. tonight, this band of heavy rain drives its way northwards, there will be plenty of showers elsewhere. northern ireland looks like turning quite wet for a time. some clear spells too, it stays quite blustery, in fact the wind really pick up across north—eastern scotland and low pressure remains firmly in charge through tomorrow. showers circulating around below and this weather front becoming very slow—moving across parts of scotland. so through tomorrow, across england and wales, northern ireland too, we will see some sunny spells, quite a few showers, some really heavy, thundery ones again down towards the south—east of england, but for scotland, for eastern parts of scotland particularly, we are expecting heavy and persistent rain. some places could see in excess of 100mm of rain, especially up over higher ground, so that could well give rise to some further flooding. combined with very strong winds, gusting up to 50—60mph, those winds actually could bring big

waves and some coastal flooding along that east coast. temperatures again generally between 10—15, maybe up to 16. things turn just a little bit quieter, but it's only a subtle difference, into the start of the new week. and then later in the week, we're keeping a very close eye on developments. don't take the details too literally at this stage, but we could see a very deep area of low pressure developing. that could bring some stormy conditions in places. but whichever way you slice it, as we move out of october into the start of november, it remains very unsettled.

live from london, this is bbc news. israel says it has "shifted phases in the war". it hit 150 targets in gaza and released video it says shows its tanks entering the territory. translation: last night, the ground in gaza shook. | we attacked above the ground and below the ground. we attacked terror operatives of all ranks in every location. our correspondent on the ground, rushdi abualouf, says the bombardment in northern gaza is on an unprecedented scale. for the first time ever they have seen this scale of explosion, huge black, huge fire in the sky. this is the scene live in gaza, where the israeli army has reissued its call for civilians to move south. israel's defence minister will meet the families of israeli hostages held, who are worried about the intensifying attacks on gaza.