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the first people to leave since israel's siege began. sport and for a full round—up, here's the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. we'll start with the cricket world cup, where south africa are on the brink of securing a semifinal spot. it's after they thrashed new zealand by 190 runs in pune, a win which takes them to the top of the table. new zealand won the toss and must soon have regretted putting south africa into bat. opener quinton de kock tore into the black caps bowlers, racing to a century. he shared a partnership of 200 with rassie van der dussen, who also quickly reached three figures as south africa piled up 357—4. new zealand were never in the hunt and slumped to 167 all out, four wickets for spinner keshav maharaj.

it means they drop to fourth after a third straight defeat, with crucial matches against pakistan and sri lanka to come. england's david willey has announed he'll retire from international cricket following the world cup. the bowler is the only player in the squad for the tournament not to be offered a central contract, with the team's director of cricket rob key admitting willey "wasn't best pleased" about it. england are the defending champions in india, but have lost five of their six matches so far. former england captain michael vaughan thinks england's treatment of willey has been "disgraceful". to think that anglin handed out 29 contracts, one of the only players performing in the world cup is david wille, arrived at breakfast if you weeks ago, ijust wille, arrived at breakfast if you weeks ago, i just find wille, arrived at breakfast if you weeks ago, ijust find it wille, arrived at breakfast if you weeks ago, i just find it staggering that they gave out 29 contracts, you had players in the starting 11th for

the last games as well, and the present one has not been given a contract, ifeel for present one has not been given a contract, i feel for david willie and i think they've got it wrong in terms of the contract. well, england's next match is against australia on saturday and aussie all—rounder glenn maxwell will be missing because of concussion and bruising after falling off the back of a golf buggy on monday. australia say it's hoped he will be able to play later in the tournament. maxwell hit the fastest century in world cup history earlier in the tournament. hundreds of people gathered in colombia today to form a mass protest demanding the release of liverpool player luis diaz�* father, who was kidnapped at the weekend. luis manuel diaz and his wife cilenis were taken by armed men on motorcycles at a petrol station in barrancas on saturday, the town where luis diaz grew up. his mother was later rescued by police but a major police and military operation is continuing to try and find his father.

world numer one novak djokovic showed no signs of rust in paris, world number one novak djokovic showed no signs of rust in paris, easing past tomas martin etcheverry 6—3, 6—2 to win his opening match at the paris masters. it's the first time he's played a tour—level singles match since lifting the us open title on the tenth september. he's aiming to win a record extending seventh paris masters title. he looked pretty sharp throughout — showing his usual precise hitting and athleticism — winning three of seven break points. eddiejones has spoken about his departure as australia head coach for the first time, saying his vision for the wallabies didn't align with his superiors. jones signed a five—year contract at the wallabies injanuary but his team crashed out of the world cup in the group stage. this weekend he takes charge of the barbarians in a match against wales having offered his resignation to

rugby australia earlier this week. obviously the results are disappointing, but i went in there with a plan to change the rugby, which not only involves the team but the system putting them together. when you've had 20 years of unsuccessful rugby it's because something is wrong in the system and the system needs to change. and when that unity where we were going wasn't the same, the only thing i could do is resign. don't forget you can get updates on all of this evening's football — lots happening — including the fourth round of the english league cup and scottish premiership on the bbc sport website and app, but that's all the sport for now. we'll be back later. yemen's houthi rebels say they launched a large batch of drones at several targets in israel in the past few hours. a spokesperson said the group will keep carrying out military operations in support of palestinians until �*israeli

aggression�* in gaza stops. there has also been an uptick in israel's exchanges with hezbollah — the iranian—backed proxy in lebanon — which raises fears the group could soon enter the conflict. the israel defense forces said they fired on targets in southern lebanon today. both sides have increased the scope of their operations in the past week, going beyond the one to 2m range from the border. there are reports from lebanon that israel is now targeting towns some 10 miles into southern lebanon, with hezbollah extending its range in response. on friday, hassan nasrallah, the secretary general of hezbollah — is set to deliver a hugely important speech in beirut. that will, most certainly set the tone of what happens next. lebanon of course is facing an acute economic crisis, that has only got worse since the start of the war. whether that would be enough to entirely constrain or deter hezbollah, is the question. let's get the thoughts ofjonathan panikoff, he was deputy national intelligence officer

for the near east at the us national intelligence council and is now with the atlantic council. thank you very much, jonathan, for coming on the programme. so all eyes on him on friday, what do you think we are going to get?— on him on friday, what do you think we are going to get? thanks so much for having me- _ we are going to get? thanks so much for having me. look, _ we are going to get? thanks so much for having me. look, i _ we are going to get? thanks so much for having me. look, i think- we are going to get? thanks so much for having me. look, i think it's - for having me. look, i think it's going to be, obviously, incredibly important speech, it's really the first public statements he has made during this conflict. traditionally used those friday speeches as an opportunity to rally not only hezbollah members but try to rally lebanese support. broadly if there is going to be something that's may be unpopular. right now lebanon is incredibly on the edge. the reality is the tit—for—tat between hezbollah and israel, is what led to a previous war. it led to a brit

broader conflict than anyone intended. as these tit—for—tat strikes go back and forth is only increasing. and a conflict of that nature would be of an entirely different order, would it not, to the conflict we see on the southern border? it absolutely would. so his—brother—word—mack�*s weapons inventory team is much more advanced than what hamas is. hezbollah has weapons that can strike deep into israel with great precision. islamic jihad, otherterror israel with great precision. islamic jihad, other terror groups in gaza are not able to do so. you would expect that if hezbollah entered the war in a responsive matter, with the gas field, a number of the ports and israel, israel does have a missile decision defence system but for this

very reason, but as we've seen those systems are not perfect, they are very good but they can be overwhelmed and the damage could be extensive. i5 overwhelmed and the damage could be extensive. is it overwhelmed and the damage could be extensive. , , overwhelmed and the damage could be extensive. , _ _, . . overwhelmed and the damage could be extensive. , _ . . ., extensive. is it by coincidence that sec. extensive. is it by coincidence that see blinken _ extensive. is it by coincidence that sec. blinken is _ extensive. is it by coincidence that sec. blinken is returning _ extensive. is it by coincidence that sec. blinken is returning to - extensive. is it by coincidence that sec. blinken is returning to the - sec. blinken is returning to the region the very same day? i don't think it is, — region the very same day? i don't think it is, secretary _ region the very same day? i don't think it is, secretary blinken - region the very same day? i don't think it is, secretary blinken hasl think it is, secretary blinken has done everything in his power with biden�*s guidance, to try and keep the conflict from spreading. it may be really out of the us control and maybe even out of the iranians control. the capacity to mandate what they should do in yemen or what hezbollah should do. there are domestic considerations for each group that do play in, and i think there is a question how can sec. blinken have enough influence to haveit blinken have enough influence to have it contained, or can iran, they don't want a regional war but they

are certainly acting in a way that they are willing to have one if necessary from their vantage point. just a brief final one, jonathan, about the domestic threat in the west. told senators this week the war will serve as an inspiration, the likes of which we haven't seen since isis launched its so—called caliphate a few years ago. the uk government suspects iranian agents staking unrest among pro—palestinian supporters. how much worse do you think this would get if hezbollah entered the war? i think this would get if hezbollah entered the war?— think this would get if hezbollah entered the war? i think it would aet entered the war? i think it would get exceptionally _ entered the war? i think it would get exceptionally worse. - entered the war? i think it would l get exceptionally worse. obviously the dash and destruction in israel, and lebanon, would be much beyond what we've even seen in gaza thus far. but in the west, you also see propaganda being used. i think it's notjust iran stoking this, it's the russian telegram stoking this, you see in china stoking this, and see

time —— anti—semitism in the us is on the rise, you've seen it on couege on the rise, you've seen it on college campuses. at the same time, anti—muslim sentiment is massively on the rise. it's frankly going to be a problem on both sides, and for anybody who is seeking, right now, peace and calm. anybody who is seeking, right now, peace and calm-— peace and calm. yeah, president biden hasiust — peace and calm. yeah, president biden hasjust told _ peace and calm. yeah, president biden hasjust told us _ peace and calm. yeah, president biden hasjust told us his - biden hasjust told us his announcement, he'll need to be. jonathan, thank you very much for coming on the programme. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. windemere is one of the most studied lakes in the world, but concerns about its water quality are growing. since june last year, hundreds of local people have been involved in one of the biggest water sampling projects ever seen in britain. but the latest survey, taken in august, was worrying. we had quite high rainfall before the survey, which brought in a lot of water to the catchment and that brought in, we think, quite

a lot of phosphorus and nitrogen and other pollutants from the catchment, whether that be from septic tanks, from sewage discharges and also from agricultural runoff. the samples are brought here to lancaster university to be tested. what that gives us is a real ability to identify hotspots in the catchment where water quality is good, but also where it's poorer. and then we can use those hotspots of poor water quality to direct further activity, to try and work out why and to address that through action. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. prime minister rishi sunak says artificial intelligence firms cannot be left to "mark their own homework". his government released details of what it calls the "landmark" bletchley declaration on al, as a major summit got under way in the uk on the risks the technology poses. the declaration, agreed by 28 countries including

the us, eu and china, covers the risks and opportunities of so—called "frontier ai" — that's the government's term for highly advanced systems which go way beyond what we have right now. global tech leaders including elon musk, academics and ministers have gathered at bletchley park, north of london, for the world's first summit to discuss how to control them. from now on it will become a yearly event, with south korea and france to host the next two summits. will cavendish is global digital services lead at arup, the engineering consultancy which is dedicated to more sustainable development. previously will was strategy lead at deepmind — google's ai lab. so he sees this from both sides, where it could take us and how it could be better used to our benefit. let's first of all start with the risks. it seemed today, from what i could pick up just dipping risks. it seemed today, from what i could pick upjust dipping into risks. it seemed today, from what i could pick up just dipping into the conference, there seem to be an

agreement that we should focus on the existential threats. but there seems to be a disagreement on what the near term threats are and how urgent those are?— the near term threats are and how urgent those are? thanks christian, i think there — urgent those are? thanks christian, i think there is _ urgent those are? thanks christian, i think there is a _ urgent those are? thanks christian, i think there is a very _ urgent those are? thanks christian, i think there is a very helpful - urgent those are? thanks christian, i think there is a very helpful kind . i think there is a very helpful kind of discussion around some of those in your time risks. the risks of for example, disinformation. challenges to cyber security and cyber safety. and some of the risks of malevolent actors acting with al systems. and i think it's actors acting with al systems. and i think its welcome that 28 countries from around the world, for the first time, have come together to start really putting those things on the table and discussing them. part of the bletchley summit, that we aren't particularly pleased about, we see the world we work in, admitting human needs and promoting carbon and promoting nature, we are developing and employing ai promoting nature, we are developing and employing al to have any real impact in those areas. we think a

real healthy focus on the near—term risks is helpful, but an equally focused on the opportunities that al can provide us. focused on the opportunities that al can provide ua— can provide us. what sort of things would make _ can provide us. what sort of things would make our— can provide us. what sort of things would make our world _ can provide us. what sort of things would make our world better- can provide us. what sort of things would make our world better in - can provide us. what sort of things would make our world better in a l can provide us. what sort of things l would make our world better in a are using yourfield? would make our world better in a are using your field? fiur would make our world better in a are using your field?— using your field? our ability to desirn using your field? our ability to design greener, _ using your field? our ability to design greener, cooler, - using your field? our ability to design greener, cooler, more | design greener, cooler, more resilient cities, because of the approvals for satellite data, we can train artificial intelligence models to really understand how our cities live and breathe, what they look like and what they could be, and that allows us, in arup to see and how to design inventions to design clean or green or less polluting and more friendly cities. fik i more friendly cities. ok i understand _ more friendly cities. ok i understand that, - more friendly cities. ok i understand that, and - more friendly cities. ok i understand that, and understand the principles of arup, and i'm trying to understand how does ai, the

technology itself, deliver it for you. what is it looking at, that a human being couldn't do? it’s you. what is it looking at, that a human being couldn't do? it's the abili of human being couldn't do? it's the ability of artificial _ human being couldn't do? it's the ability of artificial intelligence - ability of artificial intelligence systems to cope with huge amounts of data and complexity, and to find kind of meaning and prediction in those. to then augment human ability to design better buildings, build cities, better energy systems, better transport systems. they augment human intelligence just because of their ability to deal with data at scale. and that's, you know, proving to be very very helpful and we would be able to do it without it. shill helpful and we would be able to do it without it— it without it. all right. i am persuaded _ it without it. all right. i am persuaded by _ it without it. all right. i am persuaded by that, - it without it. all right. i am persuaded by that, i - it without it. all right. i am persuaded by that, i thinkl it without it. all right. i am| persuaded by that, i think a it without it. all right. i am - persuaded by that, i think a lot of people are persuaded by that, so is sunak. it's he says it could be as important as financial in the role the city plays. today i picked up two stories, the eu regulator has banned ai data for personal advertising. $2 billion apple lawsuit can go ahead because they were hiding defective batteries and

millions of our iphones by throttling software updates. or throttling software updates. or throttling the batteries with software updates. and it'sjust throttling the batteries with software updates. and it's just two examples today of how big tech puts their interests ahead of ours. and so i think what people look at these technologies, don't they have concerns that really they don't put people first? pr. concerns that really they don't put people first?— people first? pr, and people are riaht people first? pr, and people are ri . ht to people first? pr, and people are right to have _ people first? pr, and people are right to have concerns. - people first? pr, and people are right to have concerns. we - people first? pr, and people are right to have concerns. we need| people first? pr, and people are i right to have concerns. we need to balance and ethics of precaution with an ethics of use. and one of the helpful things that the ai safety summit has done is start putting on the table quite a wide range of opportunities for trying to build ai safely and reliably. so things like watermarking, or privacy protection techniques, or guardrails or explain abilities solutions, these are all things that can help ensure that al is used in a safe and responsible way. and that has to be done by governments, by regulators, notjust by private companies on

their own, so it's a very welcome that countries are coming together to try and address these things and it's helpful that that is bringing out lots and lots of different ways in which we can develop ai systems in which we can develop ai systems in a safe and effective way and i think that's going to be very important. think that's going to be very important-— think that's going to be very im ortant. h , , ., important. it's very interesting to hear how al _ important. it's very interesting to hear how ai can _ important. it's very interesting to hear how ai can help _ important. it's very interesting to hear how ai can help in _ important. it's very interesting to hear how ai can help in our - hear how ai can help in our environment, thank you very much for that. well, we talk a lot about al on this programme and we will be starting a special weekly segment tomorrow called ai decoded. and it seems like as good a time as any — because the collins dictionary has just announced ai as its word of the year. helen newstead joins us from collins. so we are right to be lunching because everyone is talking about al. how do you decide that it's the ai. how do you decide that it's the word of the year?— word of the year? well, we always start off by — word of the year? well, we always start off by looking _ word of the year? well, we always start off by looking at _ word of the year? well, we always start off by looking at the - word of the year? well, we always start off by looking at the collins l start off by looking at the collins corpus and we gather all the words that have been trending in the year. we look at the evidence, and ai that have been trending in the year. we look at the evidence, and al was one of the words they came out in

usage frequency for this year. what usage frequency for this year. what other words were _ usage frequency for this year. what other words were top of _ usage frequency for this year. what other words were top of the list? usage frequency for this year. what | other words were top of the list? on the list we had a cricket term, where you just knock it out of the ground, yeah i know that. and we had d banking. d ground, yeah i know that. and we had d bankina. , ,, ground, yeah i know that. and we had d bankin.. , ,, ., ., ground, yeah i know that. and we had d banking— a i d banking. d banking, nigel fara'. a lot of people — d banking. d banking, nigel fara'. a lot of people talking i d banking. d banking, nigel fara'. a lot of people talking about i d banking. d banking, nigel fara'. a lot of people talking about the h lot of people talking about the banking, so that's the other one. we had nebo baby, that's short for nepotism baby. i’ll had nebo baby, that's short for nepotism baby.— had nebo baby, that's short for nepotism baby. i'll have to buy a collins dictionary _ nepotism baby. i'll have to buy a collins dictionary to _ nepotism baby. i'll have to buy a collins dictionary to look - nepotism baby. i'll have to buy a collins dictionary to look that - nepotism baby. i'll have to buy a| collins dictionary to look that up. i'm quite pressed for time though, does the number of words in the college's dictionary increase every year or do you take some out? irate

year or do you take some out? we have our year or do you take some out? - have our visual dictionary online, we have unlimited space that we wouldn't have in a print dictionary, we don't need to take any words out, so we can maybe mark some words as being old—fashioned or obsolete if they are not as frequently used as they are not as frequently used as they used to be, but we don't tend to take words out.— to take words out. including revious to take words out. including previous words _ to take words out. including previous words of _ to take words out. including previous words of the - to take words out. including previous words of the year? j to take words out. including i previous words of the year? to they go in and out of fashion so quickly? i think we try and pick words that have some longevity, so those tend to stay in the dictionary. i’m have some longevity, so those tend to stay in the dictionary.— to stay in the dictionary. i'm not -auttin to stay in the dictionary. i'm not putting my _ to stay in the dictionary. i'm not putting my name _ to stay in the dictionary. i'm not putting my name on _ to stay in the dictionary. i'm not putting my name on 10 to - to stay in the dictionary. i'm not l putting my name on 10 to though. to stay in the dictionary. i'm not - putting my name on 10 to though. new word, ai, dojoin us tomorrow, we are going to do that at quarter to nine each thursday if you're into ai and want to understand more about it. if you're watching in the uk, don't go away. due to the clock change, things are a little different here this week — we're going to say a quick goodbye to viewers around the world, who are leaving us.

world news america is up for you next. the former deputy cabinet secretary has told the covid inquiry that she warned other top officials at the start of the pandemic that there was "no plan", the country was heading for "disaster" and thousands of people would die. helen macnamara, made the statement ten days before the first lockdown was announced. our political editor chris mason reports. closed... ..empty... ..little moving but the escalators. bleak memories of 2020. a virus at first distant, and then quickly frightening. and a government that was vastly unprepared, as this senior civil servant told downing street at the time. what she said then, read out today by the lawyer questioning her. "i have come through here, to the prime minister's office, to tell you all i think we are absolutel i think this country

is heading for a disaster. i think we are going to kill thousands of people." is it right that that is an accurate account? yes. it's very striking. yes. no doubt, you can still remember that moment of realisation? yes, it was horrible. helen macnamara was herself fined for notjust turning up at a leaving do in westminster when leaving dos were banned, but turning up with a karaoke machine. she reckons in downing street the covid rules were broken nearly all the time. i would find it hard to pick one day when the regulations were followed properly inside that building. and i know that, because, as i've said in my statement, there was one meeting where we absolutely adhered to the guidance, to the letter, and that was the cabinet meeting. and everybody moaned about it. at the inquiry yesterday, a whatsapp message from dominic cummings, borisjohnson's most senior adviser, about helen macnamara,

was read out by a lawyer. "we cannot keep dealing with this horrific meltdown of the british state while dodging stilettos from than �* “ today, this reaction from her. it's disappointing to me that the prime minister didn't pick him up on the use of some of that violent and misogynistic language. she added that a toxic, macho culture led to blind spots on covid policies related to themes such as childcare and domestic abuse. the fact that there were no women contributing to the policy discussions was a problem in itself, because there were some expert women who are not being listened to. and, also, women were being looked over. helen macnamara added that the then health secretary, matt hancock, among others, had nuclear levels of confidence, and he regularly told colleagues things which later turned out to be untrue. mr hancock is expected here to give his own evidence in the coming weeks. chris mason, bbc news.

just a line of breaking news for you. egypt's president has spoken to rishi sunak tonight, rishi sunak thanked him for opening the rafa crossing today, the first time the crossing has been open since the conflict began. so important that the border is now open. king charles and queen camilla have met kenyan veterans of the second world war on the second day of their state visit. they visited a cemetery in nairobi to honour africans who died fighting for britain in the last century, as our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. well the royal state visit to kenya continues until friday. this afternoon king charles and queen camilla were taken to meet some of the local wildlife. this is sheldrick elephant orphanage which helps animals who've lost their parents to poachers.

the queen seemed very popular amongst the calves. and there was even time for them to meet one of the sanctuary�*s baby rhinos, who seemed to take to the royal guests. we will be back with our panel shortly. now it's time for the weather. hello, there. storm ciaran is set to bring some potentially damaging gusts of wind to parts of the south. here is ciaran continuing to rapidly intensify underneath a powerful atlantic jet stream. it's this part of the storm here that's going to bring a swathe of particularly violent winds. the met office have issued a couple of amber weather warnings for parts of southern england where there will be some localised disruption. gusts of around 70 or 80 odd miles—an—hour. but the violent winds will be heading across north—west france and the channel islands, where there could be some gusts of wind over 100mph, strong enough to rip roofs off a few buildings and bring down a number of trees. but there will be parts of southern england that see winds that are kind of more typical for a normal area of low pressure and won't be

too much of a problem. variable winds from this potentially dangerous storm for some, but it's this swathe of violent winds going into north—west france and the channel islands that are of particular concern. it's here where, as i say, there could be some roofs being brought down. i think quite a large number of trees will be toppled by those strong winds, particularly given that the trees are still in leaf. so some severe transport disruption and probably disruption to power supplies on the way for these areas. now, it will also be very windy for a time across parts of south—west england, the isles of scilly, cornwall, devon. later in the day we'll see some very strong winds working into kent. these areas could see some localised impacts, as well, but close to the centre of the low pressure, actually, it won't be unusually windy. gusts of wind, perhaps around a0 or 50mph — a blowy day, but nothing particularly special. heading into friday, as our area of low pressure works into the north sea, it's weakening by this stage. again, quite blustery winds, but probably no impact from the winds.

rather, though, we are concerned about heavy rain. eastern scotland, down into parts of eastern england, the rain for these areas could be heavy enough to bring some localised flooding back to some communities, especially given how wet the weather has been throughout october. now, beyond that into the weekend, it does stay unsettled. we've got some pretty wet weather to come across southern parts of england and wales on saturday. showers or longer spells of rain into the north and west. storm ciaran bringing some violent gusts of wind, the strongest of which bringing some severe damage to parts of the channel islands and also north—west france, but some damaging winds across parts of southern england too.

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here and the process seems to be working so far. translation: this crossing should be open for everything in gaza. _ food, supplies and fuel. we have almost 20,000 people who are severely injured and need to travel abroad for treatment. the american citizens were able to exit today— the american citizens were able to exit today as — the american citizens were able to exit today as part _ the american citizens were able to exit today as part of— the american citizens were able to exit today as part of the _ the american citizens were able to exit today as part of the 1000 - the american citizens were able to exit today as part of the 1000 that| exit today as part of the 1000 that will exit _ exit today as part of the 1000 that will exit in — exit today as part of the 1000 that will exit in the _ exit today as part of the 1000 that will exit in the coming _ exit today as part of the 1000 that will exit in the coming days. - translation: they will not break our spirit. - you are never allowed to believe in these monsters. you should never fall into their traps of a psychological war. translation: we retaliated, shot back, eliminated - those terrorists and we will continue doing so against any terrorist cell that tries to attack any of the borders of israel. jordan has recalled its ambassador

to israel, while condemning the latest toll of civilian casualties in gaza —