the israeli military says a soldier is free, rescued from hamas captivity during the idf�*s ground operation in gaza. three israeli hostages appear in a video released by hamas. israel's prime minister says the video is "cruel psychological propaganda". benjamin netanyahu rules out a ceasefire with hamas, as israel's military expands its ground offensive. calls expands its ground offensive. for a ceasefire are cé for calls for a ceasefire are calls for israel to surrender to hamas, to surrender to terrorism, to surrender to barbarism. that will not happen. the un says all ten hospitals in the north of gaza have received evacuation orders. doctors say it's impossible to move patients. the uk covid inquiry hears a key aide to former prime minister borisjohnson say there was a "systemic

failure" in preparing for the pandemic. the cast of friends pay tribute to matthew perry, saying they are "utterly devastated" by his death. hi there, thank you for being with us. we start our programme with the war between israel and hamas. the israeli military has announced the first rescue of a hostage, a soldier who was kidnapped by hamas on the 7th of october. she is private ori megidish. she is said to be doing well and has been reunited with her family. no details have been given of the circumstances of her rescue. but as one hostage is rescued,

more than 230 are still believed to be trapped in gaza. today, we heard from three of them. this is a still from a video released by hamas. from left to right, you see rimon kirsht, danielle aloni and lena trupanov. we don't know anything about the conditions under which it was filmed, but the three women appear to be in reasonable health with no obvious signs of injury. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the video was "cruel psychological propaganda". our internatonal edtior jeremy bowen updates the day's developments. there's good news for one family at least. private ori megidish was rescued by the israeli army last night. she had been held in gaza since the 7th of october. they had a lot to celebrate.

for the rest of the hostage families, the agony of waiting goes on. in the centre of tel aviv, 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's 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. annihilate hamas, so it won't happen again. from masada to the holocaust. never again. you cannot butcherjews 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. hostage videos are made under duress, but danielle aloni, in the centre echoed those criticisms. translation: when i saw on the television, we were shocked. - in one aspect we felt relief, relief she was alive. the images of the 7th of october torment israelis. the prime minister has not accepted personal responsibility for the failure to protect the border.

and his response today was a ringing call to support israel. victory over these enemies begins with more clarity. it begins with knowing the difference between good and evil, between right and wrong. it means making moral distinction between the deliberate murder of the innocent and the unintentional casualties that accompany every legitimate war. even the mostjust war. life is on hold here in the israeli towns close to gaza. most people have moved somewhere safer with no end in sight to this war. hamas took hostages in the first place to gain leverage over israel. when the israelis launched their ground operation, when talks to release those hostages 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 declared 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 by palestinians as lies. this war is no different.

in the grounds of the hospital in gaza city, another palestinian couple mourn 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, in southern israel. gaza's hamas—run health ministry says, of the more than 8,300 palestinians killed since the war began, nearly 3,500 were 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 sent this report from jerusalem. 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

and 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 sistersjulia and juri. "one hour ago i was playing with her," 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. michael bociurkiw is global affairs analyst and senior fellow at the atlantic council. michael is also a former spokesperson for unicef covering the west bank and gaza. that's really a trickle. normally hundreds of trucks would cross that border crossing. and especially now, after so many days of war, the needs are absolutely immense. there is a huge backlog on the egyptian side. we are not quite sure where the problem lies, whether it's with the

egyptians, with the israelis or whether hamas run government are trying to throw up obstacles, as they often do, could be a mixture of all three. clearly that bottleneck needs to be cleared. i know the un and influential gulf states are doing what they can. it's a humanitarian catastrophe that we haven't seen on this scale for a long, long time. at we haven't seen on this scale for a long, long time.- for a long, long time. at the same time. _ for a long, long time. at the same time, the _ for a long, long time. at the same time, the evacuation l for a long, long time. at the - same time, the evacuation order for at least ten hospitals in the north of gaza. doctors have been saying it's not possible to move patients. yes, exactly. the other thing that happened of course, because of the communications blackout, ambulances haven't been able to receive calls, un staff and other agencies haven't been able to communicate with each other. even in gaza in the best of times when i was working there, there were a lot of obstacles to deal with. the

fact patients can't be evacuated, the wounded can't be moved, and even if they can, there's a lot of insecurity in terms of which routes are safe. there's been reports of journalists who have allegedly been threatened by israel, saying they have been told to move, but they don't know which route to take either. massive confusion and it's a very scary situation for everybody there. at the same time, calls for a ceasefire are growing, and there will be another vote at there will be another vote at the united nations shortly, but so far they have failed to come to agreement and prime minister benjamin netanyahu has ruled out a ceasefire. are there any chance of de—escalation, let alone a ceasefire? chance of de-escalation, let alone a ceasefire?— chance of de-escalation, let alone a ceasefire?- alone a ceasefire? well, it's basically _ alone a ceasefire? well, it's basically israel _ alone a ceasefire? well, it's basically israel and - alone a ceasefire? well, it's basically israel and the - alone a ceasefire? well, it's basically israel and the us l basically israel and the us running the show right now. john kirby recently said today that they are not calling for a ceasefire. perhaps a humanitarian pause. look, it's

interesting to see the diplomatic mood right now. i think we are seeing more daylight, more distance between the us and many of its key allies. because the numbers are so grim. 3200 children killed in the last couple of wheat, which surpasses the number of children killed annually in all of the world's conflicts worldwide. —— the last couple of weeks. the canadian foreign affairs minister said canada is now going to call for a humanitarian pause, they are not using the word ceasefire, but that's happening with more and more allies of the us. so perhaps the pressure will build up perhaps the pressure will build up and there will be more pressure on all sides to bring that pause. turkey has strongly condemned what it said was an israeli air strike on gaza's turkish—palestinian friendship hospital. in a statement, the turkish foreign ministry said:

they added that attacks and the blockade on gaza were clear violations of international law. this video, verified by the bbc, shows the hospital underfire, and engulfed in smoke. the israel defense forces have not responded to turkey's comments. dr medhat abbas, the health ministry director, sent through some video from inside the turkish—palestinian friendship hospital in southern gaza. he told us how patients were coping. this video's taken from the turkish hospital, to treat cancer patients in the gaza strip, the only hospital in gaza treating cancer patients.

the bombardment was all last night. the patients were inside the hospital with health staff. many damage happened to the hospital. partial damage, destroying windows and furniture of the hospital. in fact, those patients have nowhere to go. supposed to take chemotherapy and the of very difficult conditions. if they go outside this hospital, they will certainly die. that is the situation in turkish hospital. 60 people were arrested after a large group stormed an airport in dagestan in southern russia, looking for israeli citizens. video on social media showed a crowd running through the airport, some shouting anti—semitic slogans. israel has urged russia to protectjews. here's our russia editor steve rosenberg. outside makhachkala

airport, the mob was determined to break in. they brought with them palestinian flags and hatred ofjews. once inside, they ran riot through the terminal building, searching for passengers from israel, furious that a flight from tel aviv was expected here. in the mainly muslim russian republic of dagestan, it had all the hallmarks of an anti—jewish pogrom. 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 police seemed powerless and under attack themselves but

but reinforcements arrived and eventually order was restored. vladimir putin summoned his senior aides and did what he does so often, he blamed the west. translation: of the events last night were instigated _ translation: the events last night were instigated - through social networks, not least from ukraine, by the hands of the agents of western special services. only a few days ago, president putin had met with russian religious leaders to tell them that inter—faith 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 put up on the door. it read, "entrance strictly forbidden to israeli citizens, to jews." steve rosenberg, bbc news.

around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. halloween is nearly here, so it's time to pick those pumpkins. visitors to this farm can see pink ones for the first time. varma fiona came up with the idea after learning her father had terminal cancer. —— pharma. my dad lived and breathed all his time here, so we are really missing him and we are really missing him and we have been for a while because he hasn't been on the farm for a couple of months. how much money are you hoping to raise? we how much money are you hoping to raise? ~ , . . how much money are you hoping to raise? ~ , ., ., ., to raise? we set a target of £3000 and _ to raise? we set a target of £3000 and we _ to raise? we set a target of £3000 and we have - to raise? we set a target of i £3000 and we have surpassed e3000 and we have surpassed that. £3000 and we have surpassed that. w , . £3000 and we have surpassed that. , ., , ., . ~ that. each year we stacked it u . that. each year we stacked it u- with that. each year we stacked it up with the _ that. each year we stacked it up with the pumpkins - that. each year we stacked it up with the pumpkins and i that. each year we stacked it | up with the pumpkins and this has been _ up with the pumpkins and this has been our biggest and best year— has been our biggest and best year yet _ has been our biggest and best ear et. ., , year yet. the owner is following _ year yet. the owner is following in _

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was doing in the weeks before lockdown. ..and nothing but the truth. did you have plans to deal with the crisis which had broken upon the united kingdom government? there is a standard set of protocols which are actually cabinet office protocols for dealing with crisis. where i agree with you is they were inadequate to deal with the crisis we were confronted with. lines from a diary kept by the chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance, were read out, including calling mrjohnson "weak and indecisive". 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.

whatsapp messages were also shown. the head of the civil service, simon case, said of mrjohnson, "i'm at the end of my tether, he changes strategic direction every day. it has to stop. government isn't actually that hard, but this guy is making it impossible." and from the downing street aide dominic cummings, "totally agree, and he's careering around on whatsapp as usual, creating chaos and undermining everybody." another official, imran shafi, was asked about a note he'd taken about a meeting between mrjohnson and the chancellor, rishi sunak, just before lockdown. "why," it was said, "are we destroying the economy for people who'll die anyway soon?" mr shafi, who said those words? i can't say for sure. i think it was the former prime minister. - tomorrow, it'll be the turn of dominic cummings to give evidence, borisjohnson�*s former key adviser. and later in the week,

lord stevens, who used to run the nhs in england. as for boris johnson, he and other politicians at the time will get the chance to have their say later in the year. hugh pym, bbc news. international leaders and tech companies will meet in the uk this week, at a conference organised by the british 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 that have been altered or created using al to spread false information. their use is increasing in online scams and in general election campaigns, as fiona bruce reports. 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 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 i just 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 disinformation 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 pull 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. the cast of the hit television series friends has paid tribute to colleague matthew perry. in a joint statement, they said: that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. once again, the weather is going to make the headlines over the next few days.

we have another named storm following on from storm babet. this time it's ciaran, expected to arrive wednesday night into thursday. yes, damaging gusts of winds, but more importantly, widespread heavy rain falling on already saturated ground. that could cause some issues. before that, though, we've got an amber weather warning that remains in force until 9am this morning. we're likely to see this relentless feed of wet weather, with that easterly wind. so a further 70—100 millimetres of rainfall where we've already seen some flooding. so there could be some further issues this morning. we'll also see some wet weather as well spilling across parts of north—west england, down through lincolnshire, east midlands, over into the london area. south of that, slightly brighter skies for a time, but by the end of the afternoon, more wet weather starting to push into the south—west where we had flooding at the weekend. scotland, drier with some sunshine coming through, a few isolated showers,

cooler here, 7—9 degrees. elsewhere, 12—15 celsius. so that wet weather will arrive during the early hours of wednesday morning and pushing its way steadily north. and as it bumps into that cold air on the leading edge, there will be some snow for a time. it will be a pretty wet affair on wednesday, and windy with it across scotland. elsewhere, it's a case of sunny spells and scattered showers. and temperatures, similar story, we're looking at around 7—15 degrees. let's take a look at storm ciaran, then. expected to intensify quite rapidly during the early hours of thursday morning. now, the position of this low still potentially subject to change, but basically circulating around that low, we've got that weather front once again, feed of relentless rain across eastern scotland, northern ireland and southern coastal counties as well. and in addition to that, it's the strength of the winds that's a cause for concern. widespread gusts 50—60 miles an hour inland, on exposed channel coasts, 80—90 mile an hour, maybe even stronger close

to the channel isles. so we really do need to keep a close eye on the weather story wednesday into thursday. even once that storm has cleared through, it stays pretty unsettled with further outbreaks of rain into the weekend.

six weeks of strikes may soon reach an end as us autoworkers score big in a historic deal brokered by the union with car—makers. and — a special report on pumpkins, which saved a bakery business during covid — but it also nearly squashed its founder. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm mariko oi. let's start in the us because —— the union representing auto workers has agreed to a tentative new contract with general motors, two days after it expanded the strike at the car—maker. after a bruising six week walk—out at america's big three car—makers, the historic strike could soon be over if members of the united auto workers union approve the agreements. from new york, michelle fleury reports. all three of the big american car—makers now

have a tentative deal with the united auto