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hi there, thank you for being with us. we start our programme with the war between israel and hamas. benjamin netanyahu benjamin neta nyahu has benjamin netanyahu has ruled out a ceasefire in gaza, declaring this is a time for war. this ad he hailed the rescue of a hostage as evidence that israel's military offensive can free captives while delivering crushing blows to hamas. but as one hostage is rescued, more than 230 are believed to still be trapped in gaza. today, we heard from three of them. this is a still from a video released by hamas. 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". unicef propaganda". has warned the humanitarian unicef has warned the humanitarian situation in gaza is growing worse by the hour but the us has said it is confident there will be an increase in aid through the rafah crossing in the coming days. john kirby said there had been discussions with israel to increase the number of trucks entering gaza to 100 per day. 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. in the hostage video, one woman calls for a deal to free the hostages and free palestinians in israeli jails. translation: when i saw on the television, we were shocked. - in one aspect we felt relief, relief she was alive. and we see her. the images of the 7th of october torment israelis. the prime minister has not accepted any 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 moral clarity.

it begins with knowing the difference between good and evil, between right and wrong. it means making a 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. israel has made clear its objective to white ham are —— to white hamas off the face of the earth. to white hamas off the face of the earth-— the earth. the network of tunnels used _ the earth. the network of tunnels used by - the earth. the network of tunnels used by hamas . the earth. the network of. tunnels used by hamas are a huge challenge for israel, especially with concerns hostages could be held in this underground maze. let's bring in a senior political scientist at the rand corporation, joining us from washington, dc. thank you so much forjoining us. firstly, ifi thank you so much forjoining us. firstly, if i may ask, how do you assess israel's military operations so far? we can see the movement in the north, but

it's not clear what exactly is happening. it's not clear what exactly is happening-— it's not clear what exactly is haueninu. , . happening. first, thank you so much for having _ happening. first, thank you so much for having me. _ happening. first, thank you so much for having me. i - happening. first, thank you so much for having me. i think i much for having me. i think over the last couple of weeks, we have seen a couple of things play out. first a very intense aerial campaign lasting three weeks, the aim was to largely degrade hamas's military capabilities and pave the way for the ground incursion which will be the decisive phase of the operation. over the last few days you are beginning to see israeli troop movements trying to isolate the northern part of the gaza strip, particularly gaza city. that will set the conditions to try to begin clearing gaza of the hamas infrastructure which you referenced earlier. we understand _ referenced earlier. we understand that - referenced earlier. we understand that hamas has a large network of tunnels underneath gaza, so how difficult will it be for the israeli forces to fight in that environment?—

israeli forces to fight in that environment? , ., environment? yes, hamas does have a large _ environment? yes, hamas does have a large network— environment? yes, hamas does have a large network of- have a large network of tunnels. the hamas head of gaza said in 2021 he has 500 kilometres of tunnels spread throughout gaza. you need to take it with a grain of salt but nonetheless we know from media accounts as well as from some hostages who have been released that there is indeed a network of tunnels underneath all of gaza. the focus has been on operating in tunnels ever since the 2014 gaza war. that war kicked off with tunnels going from gaza into israel to infiltrate israel and conduct attacks accordingly. this one, trying to clear the networks of tunnels, which poses problems. including a clearance problem. israel has been working on this for the last decade with

technological measures as well as training to try to get through those challenges. i guess the rescue of the soldier is a positive development, but many more remain trapped. and they rescue more, and how can they rescue more, and how can they balance trying to eliminate hamas while minimizing civilian casualties? on the hostage front, it's important to know that israel has been thinking about hostage rescue for a very long time. prime minister netanyahu rose to fame partly on the success of his brother who led the most famous israeli hostage rescue ever, the entebbe rescue in 1976. it brought out most of the hostages, unfortunately at the hostages, unfortunately at the cost of the prime minister'sbrother�*s life. this current hostage rescue is evidence of israel still having that capability, but it's

important to note hostage rescue is a very complicated operation and requires good intelligence and it's hard to do it on a mass scale. particularly as conditions on the ground become more chaotic in gaza, further hostage rescue is going to be difficult. the second point on the civilian casualties angle. gaza is a very difficult area to operate on for any military. this is true for the israelis but would also be true that the us or the british army or any other advanced western military. the reason for that, there are 2.3 million people crammed into an area roughly the size of the city of philadelphia. israel has tried to move civilians out, has asked civilians to move out of northern gaza, that's very difficult when you are talking about hundreds of thousands of individuals.

israel also alleges hamas is blocking some of that movement. so there is no clear way to be perfectly capable of separating civilians from militants in this kind of environment. it is going to make for very hard fighting and very complicated fighting and very complicated fighting in the weeks and months to come.- fighting in the weeks and months to come. thank you so much for _ months to come. thank you so much forjoining _ months to come. thank you so much forjoining us _ months to come. thank you so much forjoining us with - months to come. thank you so much forjoining us with your. much forjoining us with your insights. the head of the united nations children's united nations child ren�*s agency united nations children's agency unicef says more than 420 children are being killed or injured in gaza every day, as israel continues its sustained bombardment of the territory. this is the story of one family in southern gaza filmed by a freelance journalist. 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. the united states said it is confident there will be an increase of humanitarian aid entering gaza through the rafah crossing at the border with egyptin crossing at the border with egypt in the coming days. but whether it will be enough remains to be seen. michael bociurkiw is global affairs analyst and senior fellow at the atlantic council. he told me about the challenges of bringing aid into gaza through the rafah border. 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 the 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 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 ofjournalists 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 the united nations shortly, but so far they have failed to come to agreement and prime minister benjamin netanyahu has ruled out a ceasefire. is there any chance of de—escalation, let alone a ceasefire?

well, it's 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. 3,200 children killed in the last couple of weeks, which surpasses the number of children killed annually in all of the world's conflicts worldwide. in terms of the break with the us, 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 and there will be more pressure on all sides

to bring that pause. joe biden has signed an executive order that requires developers of artificial intelligence to share their safety results with the us government. the white house calls it, quote, the most significant action ever taken by any government to advance the field of ai safety. the former president of the spanish football federation luis rubiales has been banned from the sport for three years. the world governing body fifa said he breached its disciplinary code when he kissed spanish playerjenni hermoso on the lips after her team won the world cup in august. she denied his claim that it was consensual. part of the uk are preparing for heavy rain and flooding over the next few days in the lead up to storm ciaran. flood warnings are in place across parts of england,

scotland and wales, and also amber rain warnings in northern ireland. several areas of the uk were flooded at the weekend. you are live with bbc news. the uk covid inquiry has heard that no updates on coronavirus were sent to then—prime minister borisjohnson. messages have also been revealed from the most senior civil servant, the cabinet secretary, accusing mrjohnson of changing strategic direction every day and calling the government a tragicjoke. our health editor hugh pym listened to proceedings. he was close to borisjohnson for much of the pandemic and usually in the shadows. today, martin reynolds, in the glare of the public inquiry, was challenged on what the government 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, 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. 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. back with the business news shortly, thank you for watching. 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 babette. 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 auto metres score big in a deal brokered by car makers. the special report on pumpkins which saved the bakery business during covid, but also nearly squashed its founder. welcome to the age business report. let's stop this morning in the united states because the union representing auto workers has agreed to a tentative new contract with general motors two days after expanded strike at the car—maker. after a bruising six—week walk—out at america's big three car—makers, the strike could soon be over if members of the united auto workers union approved the agreement. from new york,

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