of northern ireland this morning, expiring at 9am. behind the weather front, it will brighten up before the next band of weather comes our way. the rain will arrive preceded by snow down to five or 600 metres, but tomorrow, as the rain continues to advance northwards, that will turn back to rain. for northern ireland in southern scotland, england and wales, it is a day of sunshine and showers, some of those could be heavy and thundery. windy across the north—east and south—west, and then we've got the of storm ciaran. this area of low pressure named storm ciaran is going to be pushing across southern areas as we go through wednesday night into thursday. the centre of the low will dictate where the strongest winds are going to be, there is still a little uncertainty about that, but what we do know is

that we have got all this rain wrapped around this storm following on areas that have had issues with flooding. the wind will also be a very major feature of this storm, strong winds, especially across parts of the south and west wales and cornwall, the isles of scilly, the english channel and also the coastline of east anglia. inland gusts, 50—60 mph, up to 90 with exposure through the english channel. we are looking at highs of up channel. we are looking at highs of up to 13. on friday the storm pushes into the north sea, but we still have a plethora of showers rotating around it, some of those heavy and thundery. in between there will be dry weather and also some sunshine around as well, and the wind will continue to ease. but into the weekend, the weather remains unsettled.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the israeli military says it is targeting hamas in all parts of gaza. it reports large exchanges with hamas overnight as the ground offensive continues. the united nations agency for palestinian refugees has urged the un security council to push for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. two of borisjohnson�*s closest aids during the height of the pandemic will give evidence at the covid inquiry later today.

king charles and queen camilla are starting their four—day state visit in kenya where he will acknowledge "painful aspects" of its colonial past. the israeli military says it is striking hamas targets in all parts of the gaza strip, as well as hezbollah facilities in lebanon. an army spokesman said it was tagetting hamas commanders and infrastructure. let's get the latest on the situation in israel with anna foster. samantha, thank you. as you are saying, the continuing striking of those targets, those hamas targets throughout gaza is very evident where we are. you can see the girls are skyline in the background, and we can show you these live pictures of what is happening in gaza right now, because where we are here in southern israel we are very close to an israeli artillery point, we can hear often and loudly the firing of artillery shells and mortars heading

from israel into gaza, also repeated air strikes that have been going on throughout the night. the israel defence forces say that they struck around 300 hamas targets just in the last 2a hours or so. they are inside, firmly and fully inside gaza now, they have troops on the ground, tanks and armoured vehicles, and we are seeing this picture regularly of engagements between hamas members on the ground and idf soldiers. they say that they have been targeting things like the launch is that hamas uses to fire barrages of rockets here into southern israel. but we are also told that this will not be are also told that this will not be a quick military operation. the israeli command saying yesterday this could take weeks or even months as the idf move slowly and painstakingly through gaza. 0f painstakingly through gaza. of course at the same time you have that very large civilian population inside gaza who are also under that bombardment in the same way as hamas r. we hear repeatedly suggestions

that humanitarian aid will expand, that humanitarian aid will expand, that more trucks will be able to come through the rafah crossing from egypt to gaza, but so far the amount of humanitarian aid which is getting through is painfully small, nowhere near enough of the more than a million people displaced with their families in the southern part of gaza who are running short of things like food and water. let's get more on those discussions of humanitarian aid coming through. 0ur correspondence is in cairo now. what are you hearing about

in this particular item, and light of the bad deed of the palestinians in gaza, together with the un humanitarian organisations, working there, and calling for immediate supplies of fuel and otherwise

services might stop at any time. this is a very important development in light of the statements from the us, we are waiting for it to materialise on the ground. as we have heard, could be behind—the—scenes negotiations between cairo, washington, israel and other key players in the world. together with the un organisations concerned. this is as far as negotiations are concerned, as for the aid moving to gaza, today as well there is a significant increase in the number of trucks moving. these really point where they unload, load and inspection taking place, today 60 trucks have moved in, another 16 moved place, today 60 trucks have moved in, another16 moved in, a significant increase after the conversation between the egyptian president and us president, more

effort promised to facilitate the movement of trucks. unfortunately what richard gasquet already, out of yesterday, 60 trucks, only 26 tracks. hopefully, i have heard just now my colleague in gaza saying that he has news reported that 32 trucks are moving on after they have been inspected, hopefully they could reach gaza soon. this will also make in addition, but as you have heard from the un spokesman spokesperson is, much more is needed and still there are bad need for huge amount of supplies. last i have to say that the palestinian side, the palestinian ambassador at cairo has stated that there could be an arab leaders summit in saudi arabia soon, could be possible on november 11, possibly by his own statements. to

discuss the situation in gaza. while at the moment and the egyptian prime minister is leading a team of many officials, including mvp is inspecting the rafa border. thank ou for inspecting the rafa border. thank you forjoining — inspecting the rafa border. thank you forjoining us. _ inspecting the rafa border. thank you forjoining us. as _ inspecting the rafa border. thank you forjoining us. as you - inspecting the rafa border. thank you forjoining us. as you can - inspecting the rafa border. thank. you forjoining us. as you can hear, the continuing signs of firing, i want to leave you for now with the live pictures you can see of the gaza skyline behind me, the damage is evident from this continuing outgoing fire from this intensification of the military operation, you can see the buildings, the amount of damage or that fina have half weeks of war has wrought on them. we continue to bring you up to date with the military operation, continually developers on their story, and if there is any movement in the humanitarian situation with the aid coming to gaza as well. we will continue to keep you up—to—date here

on bbc news, back to samantha. keir starmer is calling for a pause in gaza, but he will maintain that it is not the time to call for a permanent ceasefire. let's go live to westminster. this issue on keir starmer�*s stance on this war is causing a rift in the party. what is to say? it causing a rift in the party. what is to sa ? . ~ to say? it is, i think there were two things _ to say? it is, i think there were two things which _ to say? it is, i think there were two things which he _ to say? it is, i think there were two things which he wants - to say? it is, i think there were two things which he wants to i two things which he wants to achieve. the first is to live his sights beyond the current conflict and to argue that a labour government if elected would back a two state solution. another was israel living alongside a palestinian state. this would allow him to distance himself a bit from the current right—wing prime minister of israel and schmid netanyahu, which might go down well inside a town party but also showed

that he wants to engage in some issues with the international community he believes have ignored. there is a more immediate and pressing problem for him, the conflict within his own party, the fact that at 13 of his own shadow ministers are not perhaps in the very top positions but nonetheless have portfolios or our speaking on topics on behalf of the labour party that they had been calling for a ceasefire rather than simply a humanitarian pause. his speech today will be quite crucial as to whether he can continue to keep these people on board. he is not going to accept this call for a ceasefire, he will argue that his call for a pause would allow more aid into gaza and is in line with the position of the eu and us. his tone will be sympathetic to those who want to see him go further, he will not be berating them or try to sack anyone, he is trying to say, i will engage

with your point of view but this is why i think i am right, arguing that any longer term ceasefire might allow hamas to regroup. his difficulty, though, is that those on the left of his party are already out that a former shadow minister has been temporarily suspended from parliamentary labour party because he used the phrase, from the river to the sea, sometimes used by those who want to see israel wiped out, he said he was talking about peaceful coexistence. that has outraged a section of the party but in addition to that, if the reaction to his speech amongst those mps with large muslim communities or deeply held views on this subject, if they feel dismayed that he is not moving his position, towards this call for a ceasefire, we could see big divisions in the party. at the moment a fragile unity exist, simply because he has been engaging with those who are dissenting from his

line at the moment, rather than trying to eradicate any dissent inside the party. he is in a volatile position and notjust what he says but the manner in which he says it will be hugely important. this is bbc news.

you're live with bbc news. some breaking news coming from our correspondent in paris. we are told that the police have opened fire on a woman making threats in a paris police —— train station. a member of the public court the police and reported the behaviour of a woman, and the police intervened. they said the woman did not comply with

complete orders and that they used their weapons. we understand the intervention is still in progress, and we will bring you more on that as soon as it comes to us, but very much an ongoing situation in the paris metro today according to the police. two of borisjohnson�*s closest aides during the first months of the pandemic, dominic cummings and lee cain, are to give evidence to the covid inquiry today. it's after the inquiry heard yesterday that the uk's top civil servant had told colleagues at the time that the former prime minister could not "lead" at the height of the pandemic. ellie price reports. in fact, ellie has more from the enquirer macro. dominic cummings has been extremely critical of his former boss in the two years since he left downing street. what can we expect from him today, do you think? put simply, i think we can expect explosions. we are a few days off bonfire night here in the uk. i

think this is going to be quite explosive stuff. it has already been a very political week, and telling that yesterday, boris johnson's former head of communications was meant to give evidence. that was delayed because of what we heard from his former private secretary. baroness hallet, the chair of the inquiry, wants to get at the nub of what was going on at downing street at the centre of the decision making and the british government here during the time. yesterday for example we heard whatsapp messages from simon case, who was the cabinet secretary in essence, the top civil servant here at the time, talking about borisjohnson, how he was making the government look like a, quote, tragicjoke. that he couldn't make his mind up, and that in capital letters in one of the messages, this has to stop. you had a diary entry from sir patrick vallance, the chief scientific officer, saying that borisjohnson

was weak and indecisive. so it all paints a bit of a picture, i think, and dominic cummings won't exactly be coming to his former boss's defence when he gives evidence. he has gone in already, lee cain has gonein has gone in already, lee cain has gone in as well and he will be giving evidence first, director of communications. that is significant not only because he was clearly right at the centre of things but also he was in charge of the messaging to the public, and honestly a lot has been made of what decisions were made but also how they were communicated, and whether they were communicated, and whether the public took hold of them. and of course lots of conversations about scandals here in the uk, about her rules were broken by politicians. we had just yesterday one of the civil servants involved in the partygate scandal apologising. so as i say, plenty of issues going on, and in essence we are going to see a picture being painted of what was going on at downing street, and plenty more revelations, i'm sure. to this inquiry as a couple of months in, it has a long way to go,

but we are hearing from so many at the heart of downing street at the time. . the heart of downing street at the time. , ., , .,, time. this part of the inquiry has already had _ time. this part of the inquiry has already had three _ time. this part of the inquiry has already had three weeks, - time. this part of the inquiry has already had three weeks, so - time. this part of the inquiry has. already had three weeks, so there have been academics, scientists, other experts, but now it is the sort of backroom staff, if you like, the people you don't normally hear from, who were at the table or listening in while the decisions were being made. politicians themselves will be called. that is likely to be the first couple of weeks of december, so you will hear very likely from boris johnson, weeks of december, so you will hear very likely from borisjohnson, matt hancock, the health secretary, probably michael gove, the cabinet secretary, we suspect, and of course the then chancellor of the exchequer who is now prime minister, rishi sunak. so if you are thinking that this has moved on, it very much has an implication on the existing conservative government here in the uk and particularly rishi sunak who made several decisions during the pandemic, not least the eat 0ut made several decisions during the

pandemic, not least the eat out to help 0ut strategy which was essentially a voucher towards anybody going out to dinner here in the uk. popular with the hospitality industry, but not that popular with many people who said it had an impact and lead arguably, they say, to the second lockdown here in the uk. so there is a bit of history going over, but certainly some implications that could be on this current government. and the idea here is not to apportion blame per se, but to learn lessons, and baroness hallett who is the chair of this inquiry has talked before on the evidence she has already heard from scientists that the case of another pandemic is a case of when, do not if. and therefore that is why these lessons need to be learned, and they need to be learned now. ali price, thank you. now to japan. armed japanese police have surrounded a post office in tokyo where they believe a suspected gunman is holding at least one person hostage.

the suspect is alleged to have opened fire at a nearby hospital before fleeing the scene on a motorbike. live now to tokyo, we can speak to our correspondent shaimaa khalil. this looks like an ongoing situation, what more can you tell us? , , ., , ., ., ., us? gunshots were heard in the area near the general _ us? gunshots were heard in the area near the general hospital, _ us? gunshots were heard in the area near the general hospital, and - us? gunshots were heard in the area near the general hospital, and then | near the general hospital, and then we have confirmation saying that there was a shooting. two people were shot, a doctor in his 40s and a patient in his 60s. we also understand that the suspect that fled the scene on a motorcycle, we have been watching local tv stations and they have been showing a man that appears to be in his 70s, an elderly man, carrying a gun, essentially brandishing it and trying to yell something, he was standing at the entrance of a post office in an area nearby hospital. we understand now that there were two hostages inside the post office

building, that the area surrounded by security personnel, ambulances, fire trucks and security vehicles. we don't know yet what the demands are, what the motive is. we know this is a densely populated area. there is a school nearby. people have been told to stay put but we understand that buses have been called to take children home from the school. this is extremely rare happening injapan where gun violence does not happen often because gun possession injapan is extremely difficult. you have to go through a lot of checks to be able to have a gun. through a lot of checks to be able to have a gun-— through a lot of checks to be able to havea nun. ., ~ , . king charles and his wife camilla are starting their four—day state visit in kenya on tuesday where he will acknowledge "painful aspects" of its past. more than 10,000 people were killed and others were tortured during the brutal suppression of the mau mau uprising, one of the british empire's bloodiest insurgencies.

kenya's former white highlands, land previously exclusively owned by colonial settlers. it was the scene of a brutal uprising in the 1950s. agnes says she held the rank of a major in the mau mau rebellion, a group proscribed by the colonial government as a terrorist organisation. her husband is buried here in shamata, central kenya. he was a general. the revolt is regarded as one of the bloodiest in the former british empire. translation: we are not bitter in our hearts, - because the past is gone. agnes shows us a scar she says she got when she was shot at. tens of thousands of people were killed and many more were sent to detention camps. kenya later got its independence. but mau mau fighters like agnes say they were short changed. 0ur anger is about the fact that because we were not

compensated, the land we fought for was taken by others. we were disrespected. even the government we supported did not respect us. we don't know if they agreed with the british government to treat us like that. the leader of the mau mau, field marshal dedan kimathi, was honoured in nairobi only in 2007, a whole half a century after he was killed. and that's because for decades after independence, the group he led remained outlawed. it's only in 2003, under the third president, that the law was changed, and for the very first time the mau mau were recognised as freedom fighters. that's when they came out of the shadows, sued the british government and won an out—of—court settlement. the british government built this memorial to honour mau mau as part of the 2013 settlement. i still remember like it was yesterday. but lawyer paul muite argues that it's not enough. i urge his majesty the king to know that acknowledging alone

without concrete steps, actions speak louder than words, without a commission of inquiry, without addressing the plight of those who have never been acknowledged and giving them a bit of compensation, will never bring a closure to this issue. central to the compensation, he says, is land the mau mau fought for. with the recent recognition of their role in kenya's history and the king's acknowledgement, the last of mau mau veterans like agnes hope their quest for land can finally bear fruit. anne soy, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. we will be back live in israel and gaza for all the latest on the ongoing situation there. hello, you're watching bbc news. we

are going to turn our attention now to the covid inquiry. two of boris johnson's closest aides will give evidence at the choir me today. lee cain, former number 10 director of communications and dominic cummings, former chief adviser to prime minister borisjohnson, after the minister boris johnson, after the inquiry minister borisjohnson, after the inquiry heard yesterday that the uk's top civil servant that the former prime minister could not lead at the height of the pandemic. in the next few minutes, lee cain will return to give evidence to the inquiry, and we will cross live to that as soon as it starts. lee cain is the former number 10 director for communications, one of boris johnson's closest and longest serving aides. amid anger at the government's handling of the pandemic. let's go live to ali price that inquiry, and we will go across as soon as it starts, but talking us through things yesterday, i know

things overran and that is why things overran and that is why things have been delayed over into today, but talk us through some of the extraordinary thing is that the inquiry heard yesterday. it the extraordinary thing is that the inquiry heard yesterday.— inquiry heard yesterday. it was extraordinary _ inquiry heard yesterday. it was extraordinary yesterday, - inquiry heard yesterday. it was extraordinary yesterday, and l inquiry heard yesterday. it was| extraordinary yesterday, and of course that is probably why it overran. it is quite significant, because there hadn't been any overrunning timings during this inquiry, and it has been running, this part of it, for three weeks. i think very telling what baroness hallett wants to hear, wants to hear about and get to the nub of what was going on in downing street. and as you say, really all sorts of revelations yesterday, for example borisjohnson revelations yesterday, for example boris johnson wasn't revelations yesterday, for example borisjohnson wasn't briefed at all for ten days during the half term holidays here in the uk in february. that was five weeks before we finally went into lockdown, so the suggestion was at the time, italy was going to various lockdown is, things were really hotting up in the pandemic, but the prime minister as i say didn't hear anything for ten days. there were also questions about a whatsapp group that he was involved with called pm updates, in

which one of the civil servants switched on the disappearing messaging function, and the question why did you do that if you know that the whatsapp would be subject to a public inquiry in the future like this. the answer to that was, there might be leaks, but honestly the inference being, were things being slightly hidden? and then there were more whatsapp messages from key players at that time, including simon case, a former cabinet secretary, ie and the top civil servant at the time, who said boris johnson cannot lead, he was too indecisive, and in capital letters indecisive, and in capital letters in one of the messages, this has to stop. we also heard from sir patrick vallance, the chief scientific officer, who said borisjohnson was weak and indecisive. so really painting a picture of what was going on at the time in downing street, and that was just from one of the backroom advisers, so if it was explosive yesterday, i can tell you todayis explosive yesterday, i can tell you today is likely to be even more so, because lee cain was the then director of communications, so in the room where decisions are being

made, but not only that he was responsible for how those messages were then put out to the rest of us. how would we know what these messages were and what these decisions were? and of course dominic cummings, that then chief of staff, who was essentially boris johnson's right—hand man, who then rather went down in flames in effect when lost his job rather went down in flames in effect when lost hisjob in rather went down in flames in effect when lost his job in the rather went down in flames in effect when lost hisjob in the november of 2020 after in effect the pair of them fell out. he has hardly pulled his punches ever since then, and i expect it will be the same today. just ever since then, and i expect it will be the same today.- will be the same today. just to remind peeple _ will be the same today. just to remind people about - will be the same today. just to remind people about the - will be the same today. just to i remind people about the barnard castle incident. campaigners lit up barnard castle yesterday in protest showing the number of people who died in the uk during the pandemic. just to remind people what that was all about. . just to remind people what that was all about. , ,., just to remind people what that was all about. , ., .,, ., just to remind people what that was all about. , ., ., ., all about. yes, so that was one of the examples _ all about. yes, so that was one of the examples of _ all about. yes, so that was one of the examples of how— all about. yes, so that was one of the examples of how rules - all about. yes, so that was one of the examples of how rules were l the examples of how rules were broken during lockdown. that was in

the may, britain had gone into lockdown at the end of march. and in may, dominic cummings himself got covid. the rules were very clear at the time, if you get it, you self—isolate for two weeks. he basically drove up north from london up basically drove up north from london up to barnard castle, and then was, he said later, testing out his eyesight by driving his children to barnard castle to just see if he felt all right to drive home, and that excuse didn't go down terribly well with the public or indeed the press at the time. and it has stuck with him, basically. this idea of barnard castle. so that was a stunt last night to light up the castle, to talk about how many people had died with covid. there were protesters today, you can probably see a few behind me, some of them have gone there. we shouldn't do this down, there are many people

here in the uk very, very upset