ori megidish — seen here in the centre — reunited with her family. the israeli soldier was kidnapped by hamas during the attacks on october 7th. meanwhile a video of three hostages who are still being held has been released by hamas. every civilised nation should stand with israel in demanding that these hostages be freed immediately and freed unconditionally. and with this sirens going here in southern israel, israelis are very conscious of criticism in that hostage video of mr netanyahu's performance, saying he was responsible for security breaches. sisters in gaza reunited after the ordeal of war — but hamas officials say 3500 children have been killed in the conflict.

also on the programme tonight... the covid inquiry hears how borisjohnson was sent no updates on the crisis during a period coinciding with the school half term in 2020. a bbc panorama investgation reveals the portugese police have apologised to the parents of madelaine mccann for how they handled the case. �*britons won't have to work any more. and it is me or is it a deepfake? ahead of the government's summit on al, we look at the spread of scams and misinformation online. and in london... a met firearms officer charged with the murder of chris kaba in south london is to be named, after a judge rules to lift an anonymity order. good evening from jerusalem, where the israeli military have this

afternoon announced the first rescue of a hostage, a soldier who was kidnapped by hamas on october 7th. she is private ori megidish. she is said to be doing well and has been reunited with herfamily. no details have been given of the circumstances of her rescue. meanwhile the families of three other hostages being held in gaza have been speaking in the last few minutes after hamas released a video of them. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called the video "cruel psychological propaganda". in gaza, israeli forces have cut off one of the main roads running north to south, as their expanded ground operations against hamas continue. witnesses there have reported seeing tanks and bulldozers on the salah al—din highway, which connects gaza city to the rest of the territory. this footage from social media, which our colleagues at bbc verify have geolocated, shows an israeli tank firing at

a car travelling towards the city. the israeli army says it has hit 600 hamas military targets in the territory in the past 2a hours and killed dozens of fighters. hamas, classed as a terrorist organisation by the uk government, says over 8000 people have been killed since israel's retaliatory bombing began. the hamas attacks on october 7th killed moo people and saw at least 230 people kidnapped, including, israel says, 33 children. in a moment we will speak to rushdi abualouf in gaza, but first, let's go to our international editorjeremy bowen who's in southern israel. thanks very much. water is notjust about the fighting on the battlefield of the week and hear it here in southern israel. it is also about the strains on the home front.

now proposed the in gaza of course it is the air strikes, air raids, the way so many people have killed, in the raids israel says are aimed at hamas. post don't believe that one. and in israel, ithink at hamas. post don't believe that one. and in israel, i think a lot of the traumatic memory of what happened on october seven when hamas attack. still some very real to people. and the continuing plight of the hostages and their for them, people. and the continuing plight of the hostages and theirfor them, it has been a date of bad news and good news. there is good news for one family at least. private 0ri megidish was rescued by the israeli army last night. she had been held in gaza since the 7th of october. for the rest of the hostage families, the agony of waiting goes on. in the centre of tel aviv at the families of the hostages have set up a vigil

opposite the ministry of defence. these are the faces of many of those who are missing. there is a table set for ajewish who are missing. there is a table set for a jewish sabbath dinner, empty places for those who are held in gaza. and along with the concern more of the anger at the actions of hamas, which is powering the response of israel. so it won't happen again. response of israel. 50 it won't happen again-— response of israel. so it won't happen again. never again. you cannot picture _ happen again. never again. you cannot picture jews _ happen again. never again. you cannot picture jews joyfully, - happen again. never again. you i cannot picture jews joyfully, send cannot picturejews joyfully, send messages to your parents, cannot picturejewsjoyfully, send messages to your parents, i cannot picturejews joyfully, send messages to your parents, i killed ten israelis, i am using the phone of one of them. after the video was released by hamas on social media, the israeli government said it was hugging the families of the hostages. but some of those families blame the prime minister and his government for not listening to their warnings about border security. in the hostage video, this

woman calls for a deal to free the hostages and free palestinians in israeli jails. prime minister netanyahu's response was a ringing call to support israel in this war. victory over these enemies begins with more clarity it victory over these enemies begins with more clari_ with more clarity it begins with knowin: with more clarity it begins with knowing the — with more clarity it begins with knowing the difference - with more clarity it begins withl knowing the difference between with more clarity it begins with - knowing the difference between good and evil, between right and wrong. the images of the 7th of october torment is released. the prime minister has not accepted personal responsibility for the failure to protect the border. the body of a german is tattoo artist has been recovered by israeli soldiers inside the gaza strip. herfamily recognised her in a video of gun men celebrating her capture, and they had hoped she was a hostage. life is

on hold here in the israeli towns close to gaza. most people have moved to somewhere safer with no end in sight to this war. hamas took hostages in a first place game an at lethbridge over israel. when the israelis launched their ground operation, when talks to release those were still going on, they said they would not grant hamas any kind of impunity for what they have done. but now by making this video, hamas has hit back with a calculated act of psychological warfare directed at the prime minister. the israeli military has released video of its tanks advancing into gaza. somewhere out there are the rest of the hostages. israel has acquired a clear objective to wipe hamas off the face of the earth. assuming its tanks and troops can do that, israel has not spelt out what comes next.

israel continues to inflict pain and death on palestinian civilians, throughout all the wars in gaza, israel's assertions that it targets hamas and not civilians have been dismissed here by palestinians as lies. this war is no different. in the grounds of sheaffer hospital in gaza city, another palestinian couple mourned their dead children. israel claims there is a hamas bunker under the hospital. this looks as if it will be a long war with cruelty heaped on cruelty. jeremy bowen, bbc news, and southern israel. gaza's hamas—run health ministry says of the nearly 8500 palestinians killed there since the war began, nearly 3500 have been children, and hospitals across gaza

are inundated with casualties. this is the story of one family in southern gaza, filmed by freelancejournalist mahmoud bassam. our special correspondent fergal keane has sent this report from jerusalem. you may find it distressing. sirens wail. they were living here in rafah when the war came. the rescuers found them in the rubble. and rushed 18—month—old julia to el—najar hospital. it is hard to imagine consolation in this place until this moment. when her sister learns littlejulia has survived. "my sister, my beloved," sasturi, aged five.

"this is my sister," she tells the nurses. the girls' physical wounds can be treated. but how is it possible to heal the trauma of being a child in such a war? their dad bilal has a minor head wound but consoles the girls' uncle mohammed. for he and wife lena have lost their six—month—old daughter, selah. witnesses to the grief of adults, the baby's sister fatima, her brother suleiman and her cousins, the two sisters julia and juri. "one hour ago i was playing

with them," says mohammed. go to any hospital in gaza and the flow of casualties is relentless. those who can be treated, and those who join the growing list of the dead, many of them refugees who sought shelter in crowded buildings after being forced to flee their own homes. so when these air forces strike the building, at least 20 or 30 persons will be killed. the sisters will sleep in another crowded building tonight. there is no safety. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. we can speak now to our correspondent rushdi abualouf who has been reporting for us from gaza,

and is in the southern city of khan younis. you have been reporting day after day three weeks now. we have seen the conditions people are living in. what have you seen and heard today? the living in. what have you seen and heard today?— living in. what have you seen and heard toda ? . ., ., . ,, heard today? the humanitarian crisis is caettin heard today? the humanitarian crisis is getting deeper _ heard today? the humanitarian crisis is getting deeper and _ heard today? the humanitarian crisis is getting deeper and deeper- heard today? the humanitarian crisis is getting deeper and deeper with . is getting deeper and deeper with very little aid considered not enough to feed about a million people who are displaced from their homes in gaza city and the north and who are living in a very difficult condition. not only in camps and warehouses and schools but here in this hospital. around me hundreds of people on this courtyard of the hospital, they are struggling to find food, struggling to find medicine, struggling to find water in this place, today the shocking news was about israelis tents cutting the main highway road to gaza, because most of the main

people here are displaced from the north and gaza city but they still have relatives there, about 700,000 people remain in the israeli operation area, gaza city is a bigger city in the entire gaza strip and the north, the israeli ground operation is working in four different areas and the focus today was on the north western part of gaza strip where people are reporting about heavy fighting there, very intense air strikes and shelling also around the al quds hospital again tonight.— shelling also around the al quds hospital again tonight. thank you ve much hospital again tonight. thank you very much for— hospital again tonight. thank you very much for that _ hospital again tonight. thank you very much for that update. - 60 people have been arrested after a large group stormed an airport in dagestan in southern russia looking for israeli citizens. video footage showed a crowd running through makhachkala airport, some shouting anti—semitic slogans. the mob appears to have been incited on social media. israel has urged russia

to protectjews. here's our russia editor steve rosenberg. 0utside they brought with them palestinian flags and hatred. 0nce palestinian flags and hatred. once inside they run riot through the terminal building searching for passengers from israel, furious that a flight from tel aviv was expected here. it had all the hallmarks of an anti—jewish pogrom in the mainly muslim russian republic of dagestan. they cried in arabic god is greatest, and chanted anti—semitic slogans. as they pushed their way through the airport, there was no resistance. terrified staff could do little to stop this. back outside, disembarking passengers were told to reboard immediately for their own safety as the mob spilled onto the

runway. the russian authorities blamed the violence on external forces. translation: the blamed the violence on external forces. translation: the mass riots that occurred — forces. translation: the mass riots that occurred in _ forces. translation: the mass riots that occurred in dagestan _ forces. translation: the mass riots that occurred in dagestan are - forces. translation: the mass riots that occurred in dagestan are the - that occurred in dagestan are the result of a planned external provocation aimed at undermining harmony among nations. just provocation aimed at undermining harmony among nations.- provocation aimed at undermining harmony among nations. just a few da s auo harmony among nations. just a few days ago president _ harmony among nations. just a few days ago president putin _ harmony among nations. just a few days ago president putin had - harmony among nations. just a few days ago president putin had met l days ago president putin had met with russian religious leaders to tell him that interfaith harmony was the basis of russian statehood. there were other anti—semitic protests in dagestan at the weekend. a crowd gathered outside a hotel where a jewish guest was believed to have checked in. they threw stones at the windows and a sign was hung on the door. it read, enter and strictly forbidden to israeli citizens. two jews. strictly forbidden to israeli citizens. twojews. steve rosenberg, bbc news. the prime minister has been chairing a meeting of the government's emergency committee cobra to discuss how the israel—gaza conflict is affecting communities in the uk.

jewish schools in london and manchester have stepped up their security over concerns about a rise in anti—semitism. our religion editor aleem maqbool reports. the demonstrations in the uk calling for an end to israel's bombing of gaza have drawn tens of thousands of people. stop bombing gaza! but the protests and some of the chants recorded have been viewed by many britishjews as threatening acts that make them feel unsafe. in the last 48 hours we have seen calls for an intifada, the last involved suicide bombings, attacks on kids, on people at discos, in restaurants. it is no wonder that thejewish community at the moment is full of dread, full of fear, like i have never seen before. campaigners say the fact some of the protesters were jewish is evidence the demos were not anti—semitic.

i saw no hate. comedian and author alexi sayle is bothjewish and a patron of the palestine solidarity campaign that organises the demos. he sastews that condemn israel's actions also pay a price. it has cost me friendships, i think, it has made relationships with people difficult sometimes. and, you know, it has made me feel uncomfortable in a way to speak out for the palestinian people. there has been a huge rise in incidents of anti—jewish hate in the uk over the past three weeks. twojewish girls' schools in north london have been vandalised. we are unfortunately used to it to some extent but we do feel that, you know, we should be feeling safer, should be safe, here in england. children should feel comfortable to come to school in the morning and not get harassed on the way.

the concern is, the longer this goes on, the more intensely and profoundly this is going to be felt from british jews right across the spectrum. aleem maqbool, bbc news, london. well, even in the quieter parts of israel, the country remains very tense. here injerusalem, there had been a sense of real life starting up again in the last week, with more traffic and more people out and about. but even this relative calm can be suddenly shattered. out of the blue, this. very close byjust as we started work. armed police were there immediately. jerusalem is full of them, on heightened alert because of the war. on foot, by car and on horseback. down below, we could see the injured man, a police officer being rushed to an ambulance. he'd been stabbed. around the corner, this footage

was taken by a bystander through a car window. it captures the moment the assailant was shot dead. he was killed outside the anglican cathedral. local reporters later said he was a palestinian from the mount of olives area of occupied east jerusalem. the minister of national security was on the scene shortly afterwards. the streets quiet again, but a reminder of the brittle atmosphere that prevails. a glimpse for us of the tensions right on our doorstep. let's go back now tojeremy bowen who's in southern israel. a glimmer of hope for israel with the rescue of one hostage, but the situation in gaza remains acutely miserable and dangerous for many ordinary people? yes, it certainly does, as we have been seeing today in this news programme and also of course

enormous strain for those families of the hostages. but one thing that strikes me, having listened to our output over the last ten or 20 minutes, is the extraordinary capacity of this conflict to make people really angry, full of hatred, notjust in this land where the palestinians and the israelis have been involved in this conflict for a century, but also around the world in places people here who have never been there. that points to the enormous diplomatic mistake that was made over really many years by many people in the international community, and on both sides of this conflict, who did not grasp the urgency of dealing with it, who did not manage to come up with a negotiated solution. i think as well one further lesson of that is that

if at the end of this war, whenever and however it ends, if there isn't and however it ends, if there isn't a process that starts to reconcile somehow the two site index, then this will not be the last war. jeremy, thank you very much, as always. jeremy bowen reporting from southern israel. that's it from me and the team injerusalem on a fast—moving day in this conflict. i'll be back at ten with more, but for now it's back to you fiona in the studio. here, the covid inquiry has heard that no updates on coronavirus were sent to borisjohnson nor were emergency cobra meetings held during a ten—day period in february 2020 coinciding with the half—term holidayjust a month before the first lockdown. messages have also been revealed from the most senior civil servant, the cabinet secretary, accusing borisjohnson of changing strategic direction every day and calling the government a tragicjoke. our health editor hugh pym has been

listening to proceedings. he was at the heart of downing street working with boris johnson and martin reynolds was challenged on what the government was doing in the weeks before lockdown. did you have plans to deal with the crisis which had broken upon the united kingdom government? as i say, there is a standard set of protocols which are actually cabinet office protocols dealing with crises. where i agree with you is they were inadequate to deal with the crisis we were confronted with. quotes from a diary kept by the chief scientific adviser sir patrick vallance were read to the inquiry, including a damning judgment on boris johnson. "we have a weak and indecisive prime minister." in the face of a viral pandemic, if those views are right, that was a deeply unfortunate position to be in, was it not? er, yes.

so what about the e—mail sent by mr reynolds inviting colleagues to drinks in the garden at number ten? i would first like to say how deeply sorry i am for my part in those events and for the e—mail message which went out that day. later, anotherformer downing street aide, imran shafi, was asked about a note he had taken about a meeting between mrjohnson and the chancellor rishi sunak just before lockdown. "destroy the economy for people who will die anyway soon." mr shafi, who said those words? i can't say for sure, i think it was the former prime minister. later this week the inquiry will hear from lord stevens who ran nhs england through much of the pandemic. then from late november some of the key political leaders from that time will start to appear. tomorrow there will be continued focus on downing street, with dominic cummings giving

evidence. hugh pym, bbc news. the metropolitan police firearms officer charged with the murder of a man shot dead in a police operation is to be named. 24—year—old chris kaba died from a single gunshot wound to the head after being hemmed in by a police vehicle in south—east london last year. a judge dismissed concerns about the "real and immediate risk" to the officer, named only as nxi2i, if his identity was made public. the met said the decision would be "hugely concerning" for officers. the former spanish football federation president luis rubiales has been banned from all football—related activities for three years by fifa. it comes after he kissed spanish playerjenni hermoso on the lips following the nation's victory at the women's world cup this summer. a bbc panorama investigation has been told that the portuguese police have apologised to the parents of madeleine mccann for the way they handled the three—year—old's disappearance in 2007. kate and gerry mccann were at one point named as suspects in the case

which remains unsolved. richard bilton has the details. it was the desperate search for a little girl... please, if you have madeleine, let her come home to her mummy, daddy, brother and sister. ..that turned on her parents. in the summer of 2007, kate and gerry mccann were declared suspects. that status didn't last long. but it's only now that the policia judiciaria, the investigative branch of the portuguese police who accused madeleine's parents of staging an abduction and hiding their daughter's body, have said sorry. the bbc�*s been told that officers from the pj travelled to the united kingdom. they met madeleine mccann's father, gerry, and they apologised face to face. it was an apology for the past. this pj is very different from the pj that was in charge in 2007.

i am sure they are trying to do their best. the portuguese officers also told the mccanns they think this man is the prime suspect. christian brueckner is under investigation by german prosecutors. from what you have seen, you are sure she is dead? yeah. where was she killed, do you think, was she killed in portugal or elsewhere? in portugal. she died in portugal? yes. christian brueckner, who is currently in prison in germany for rape, has not been charged, and denies killing madeleine mccann. his lawyer has criticised the german investigation. there has been no comment from the mccann family. they now have an apology, but still no resolution to their search. richard bilton, bbc news. international leaders and tech companies will gather at a summit at bletchley park this week organised by the government to discuss how to maximise the benefits and guard against the dangers of artificial intelligence. one issue they'll be

considering is the use of so called deepfakes — videos of people which have been altered or created using al to spread false information. their use is increasing in online scams and in general election campaigns, as i discovered. just ahead of the labour conference a few weeks ago, an audio clip was circulated of keir starmer berating an assistant. it is completely fake. and then there is this. britons won't have to work any more. elon musk has unveiled his new project in which he has already invested more than $3 billion. no other project has ever given this kind of opportunity. we asked elon musk about the news and here are his comments on it. spot the difference. that is not me. did you think it was me? it is pretty convincing, it's very disconcerting to find

yourself deepfaked in this way. this is a financial scam trying to get people to hand over money and i was worried that people would fall for it. in fact, even people who know me, know me well, were taken in by it. my hairdresser was watching videos on his phone and saw something that suddenly looked familiar. you're reading the news and ijust thought, i just listened. and you thought that was me? 100%. and it was basically a scam to get money out of you. did you give them your information? i gave them my phone number. totally regret it because they bombarded me for days and weeks and, um... how many times a day were they calling? at least 20 times a day, sometimes more. it was shocking. creating a deepfake can take just minutes thanks to increasingly sophisticated ai websites and it is hard to know who is behind them. how worried should we be? we are fundamentally unprepared to deal with the consequences of hyperrealistic deepfakes, whether that is audio, video or indeed images, partly because they are so convincing now, they have become so much more

realistic, and to that end we have seen them increasingly over the last year being introduced into the political sphere in places like ukraine, sudan and venezuela. so how true is it that venezuela is such a poor country? this isn't a newsreader, it's an ai avatar spouting fake propaganda supportive of the government in venezuela ahead of the election, a blatant attempt to try to influence the vote. there we go. even the prime minister has fallen victim, faked to look like he can't pour a decent pint. from elections to financial scams, how can we know what to believe? the technology to tell if a video is real or a deepfake is still unreliable. viewer, beware. time for a look at the weather, here's louise lear. i promise you she is real. well, fiona i wish i wasn't here because the weather is not great news. once again i am sure we will be talking about the storm is developing across the country late on this week. yes, for the second

consecutive week we have got another named storm, storm kieran arriving later on wednesday and into thursday, which has the potential to bring more flooding across the country. before that we could have some flooding tonight. we have an amber warning out for heavy rain across northern ireland where we have already seen flooding. we could get 50 to 100 millimetres, just shy of four inches of rain through the night, persistent rain. rain in north—west england, the midlands and north west london. in scotland we will see a touch of light frost as temperatures in rural parts get below freezing. it will be sunny first thing in the morning, the best of the weather tomorrow in scotland. a brisk north—easterly wind driving scattered showers. further south there will be a weakening front. a window of fine sunshine behind it, but not for long. more wet weather push into the south—west. we had flooding in cornwall at the weekend,

the ground is very