the israeli military says it's investigating. they are still looking under the rubble of about three or four buildings which were destroyed overnight. this is al—maghazi refugee camp. it's in the safe area where israel advised 1.2 million in gaza city and the north to flee south. the israeli bombardment of gaza continues. the internet and phone lines have been cut again. scotland's first minister humza yousaf says his in—laws have arrived back in scotland after being trapped for four weeks in gaza. german police say a hostage incident which closed hamburg airport for 18 hours has been brought to an end. they say a suspect has been arrested. and here in the uk, the conservative party has rejected suggestions it covered up allegations of rape againstan mp.

hello, i'm vishala sri—pathma. we start with the latest diplomatic efforts from the israel—gaza conflict. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has met the palestinian authority president, mahmoud abbas, in the occupied west bank city of ramallah for talks on the gaza conflict. mr abbas told mr blinken there must be an immediate ceasefire and an allowing of humanitarian aid to the gaza strip in gaza, hamas say at least 45 people have been killed in an israeli air strike on a refugee camp. the israeli military says it's investigating. the air strikes began after gunmen from hamas — the group designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk government — killed at least moo israelis and kidnapped more than 200 others on october 7th. the hamas—run health ministry says, since then, more than 9,700 palestinians have been killed.

in the past hour there have been reports that communication and internet services have been cut off. further north three children and their grandmother were killed in an israeli strike on a car in southern lebanon on sunday, a hezbollah lawmaker from the area said, calling the attack "a dangerous development" that would have repercussions. more on those claims by hamas of an alleged attack on a refugee camp in a moment, but first, here's yogita limaye with the latest on the war. gaza are staring into the abyss. buildings are no shells, like hollowed out. this was a refugee camp. the term seems a paradox, point no place is safe. panettone citizens were killed in an israeli strike. israel is saying it is looking into whether its forces were here. translation: we looking into whether its forces were here. translation:— looking into whether its forces were here. translation: we were sleeping eacefull here. translation: we were sleeping peacefully when _ here. translation: we were sleeping peacefully when the _ here. translation: we were sleeping peacefully when the bombs _ here. translation: we were sleeping peacefully when the bombs hit. - here. translation: we were sleeping peacefully when the bombs hit. on - peacefully when the bombs hit. on that, i have been moving bodies,

marketed to children. we are pulling people out with their bare hands. —— march at children. thus people out with their bare hands. -- march at children.— march at children. thus local journalist — march at children. thus local journalist is _ march at children. thus local journalist is no _ march at children. thus local journalist is no longer - march at children. thus local - journalist is no longer chronicling the grief of others, but injuring it himself. his family killed in the street, the emotion too much to bear. translation:— street, the emotion too much to bear. translation: today, i have lost my children. _ bear. translation: today, i have lost my children. i _ bear. translation: today, i have lost my children. i only _ bear. translation: today, i have lost my children. i only have - bear. translation: today, i have lost my children. i only have one . lost my children. i only have one death, my only daughter. i wanted her to have a sister, but i have lost. i don't know what else to say. israel, pushing on with its offensive, inserts it targets hamas sales, often hidden, it says, among civilians. it troops are advancing on gaza city, closing in on what they believe a hamas command centres. they are urging garrisons left in the north to move south, dropping leaflets with warnings and opening a key route to evacuate. ——

charging gazans. the un says 1.5 million are no displays. this avoiding fight is top of the diplomatic agenda as a us secretary of state landed in the west bank, the other palestinian territory ruled by hamas's upon. he is resisting articles for a ceasefire, arguing hamas could regroup, but is pushing for a short term deposits in the fighting. but as it grinds on, the fighting. but as it grinds on, the injured keep on coming. the hospitals that have enclosed overwhelmed. each scene in microcosm of gaza's nightmare, repeated over and over. more on that strike at the maghazi refugee camp now. the site of the attack is in the center of the strip — south of the wadi gaza — in a part of the territory were civilians were told to move to to avoid the fighting in the north. our reporter rushdi abualouf has been able to travel to the camp and sent this report.

they are still looking under the rubble of about three or four buildings which were destroyed overnight. this is maghazi refugee camp. it's in the safe area where israel advised 1.2 million in gaza city and the north to flee south. this is safer, but this destruction is in the safe area, where about 50 bodies have been recovered from this air strike. many, many others are missing. this is the biggest air strike, it is in a crowded refugee camp in the middle of the gaza strip. the people are fleeing south because the fighting has intensified around gaza city and in the north where israel is part of the ground operation. five different battles are going on there. overnight, israel issued another warning for the people, asking them to leave gaza city and the north and to come here. live now to our diplomatic

correspondent, paul adams, in jerusalem. in terms of what has happened today in a very significant event early on, with antony blinken, the chief diplomat in the us, meeting with mahmoud abbas.— diplomat in the us, meeting with mahmoud abbas. . ~ ~ ., , mahmoud abbas. yeah, i think antony bfinken mahmoud abbas. yeah, i think antony blinken felt it — mahmoud abbas. yeah, i think antony blinken felt it was _ mahmoud abbas. yeah, i think antony blinken felt it was imperative - mahmoud abbas. yeah, i think antony blinken felt it was imperative to - blinken felt it was imperative to stop off and meet mahmoud abbas. use a palestinian president, even though he is a very elderly, and his power is waning in many palestinians regard his palestinian authority with considerable disdain, and frankly mahmoud abbas is pretty much a bystander in terms of what is going on in gaza. but i think what antony blinken was trying to reassure him was, one, the united states is doing everything in its power to persuade israel to abide by the laws of war. the united states are trying very, very hard to create windows of opportunity but it can be

got into the southern part of the gaza strip, the so—called humanitarian policy is that the american keep on talking about. and that when all of the suits overcome over, whenever that is, the united states is interested in pursuing some return to the moribund arab— israeli peace process. that will probably sound pretty hollow to most palestinian years, but it was obviously something that mr blank and felt it was important to say. we had from the idf earlier on, talking about their efforts to notify people to evacuate areas in gaza. yes. about their efforts to notify people to evacuate areas in gaza. yes, so, this has become _ to evacuate areas in gaza. yes, so, this has become an _ to evacuate areas in gaza. yes, so, this has become an increasingly - this has become an increasingly urgent matter for the israeli military, because they are closing in on gaza city and the surrounding areas. they want to deal decisively, once and for all, with hamas. they regarded as a city as an absolute stronghold of hamas, but there are two or three or more of hundred

thousand civilians in that area, the people who want to leave or can't leave, or are being prevented from leaving, as the israelis allege. they say that hamas is preventing people from leaving because of hamas wants to hide behind the civilian population. so, they have been outlined in many ways in which they have been trying to get that message across, but it is millions of. from the sky, or phone messages delivered to two phones in the gaza strip. this is something the israelis have been doing for days. part of the problem is that for palestinians who do go south, south of this wadi gaza nine they are finding that that is not to say place to become and i think the report really highlights that, that that is a place where people feel they have been told by the israelis to go, and yet they run the israelis to go, and yet they run the risk of being killed by an israeli air strike. we don't think

that the israelis are operating on the ground south of wadi gaza, but clearly there are air strikes happening all the time, and so people do not feel that there is frankly anywhere safe in gaza. thank ou ve frankly anywhere safe in gaza. thank you very much _ frankly anywhere safe in gaza. thank you very much for — frankly anywhere safe in gaza. thank you very much for that _ frankly anywhere safe in gaza. thank you very much for that update. - antony blinken continues his visit around the region of the middle east, and yesterday we had a press conference where he stood by the jordanian foreign minister. earlier, my colleague lyse doucet spoke withjordan�*s minister of foreign affairs, ayman al safadi. here's some of that conversation. injordan and in the arab world, our demand is unequivocal and clear — we want an end of this war, we want an immediate cease—fire. that is necessary, that is imperative, that is essential for stopping the destruction that israel is bringing upon 2.3 million people of gaza. yes, we did hear and we do know that

israel is linking any humanitarian truce to success on the issue of hostage release. we find that totally unacceptable as well. what israel is saying — it is going to take 2.3 million palestinians hostage, deny them food, water and electricity, and continue on killing them and continue on destroying their homes and their hospitals, until there is progress on that. how does that justify that? this is beyond any understanding. itjust speaks to the inhumane, brutal, illegal approach that this israeli government continues to have towards this issue. yes, we are all behind releasing all civilians, but conditioning lifting the hell it is perpetrating on gazans on this issue is morally unacceptable and legally unacceptable and by any human standard it is

totally abhorrent. you were very blunt in public — you said and i quote, "stop this madness." in public or in private, did you get any indications from antony blinken that they would try to put pressure on israel to achieve a cease—fire? in public, they are saying they agree with israel now that a cease—fire now would only benefit hamas. i will not speak on behalf of the united states, all i would say is that we had a very, very detailed, blunt, very open conversation. our understanding, which the us is saying in public, that it is working towards a humanitarian cease—fire. our position was unequivocal in terms of demanding an immediate end of this, again, abomination of this war. and rejecting any attempt to justify this as self—defense

because it is not. and the amount of death, destruction that israel is bringing upon gazans is actually within the threshold the legal definition of genocide. so this madness, i say again, has to stop. the amount of destruction, the amount of death that israel is bringing is unacceptable. how could anyone accept the justification that killing almost 9,500 civilians, killing 4,000 children, destroying homes, denying people just a drop of water for their children, telling them to leave hospitals which are already operating at very, very dangerous capacities, how anyone can even think of presenting this as self—defense, is beyond our understanding,

our comprehension, to be honest. let's get more on secretary blinken�*s trip to turkey and what could possibly come out of that visit. joining me now is berza simsek, from the bbc turkish service. in terms of what the expectations are, what to be looking at right now? ~ ., , are, what to be looking at right now? . . , ., are, what to be looking at right now? ~ ., , ., are, what to be looking at right now? ., , are, what to be looking at right now? ., now? what is on the table is a cou - le now? what is on the table is a couple of _ now? what is on the table is a couple of things. _ now? what is on the table is a couple of things. basically, i now? what is on the table is a | couple of things. basically, we now? what is on the table is a - couple of things. basically, we are expecting that the us foreign minister, antony blinken, will be bringing the issue of hostages held ljy bringing the issue of hostages held by hamas to the table. qatar and egypt are the main countries in the day region who can help for those hostages to be released, turkey can also play a part, because the turkish government has close ties with the political wing of hamas.

turkey would be pushing for a ceasefire rather than a humanitarian pause, and turkey has been saying that, if that is a piece, and if there is a guarantor system, turkey could be one of the guarantors for palestinians, so that would also be a guarantor system, turkey could be one of the guarantors for palestinians, so that would also be brought to the table we expect by the turkish authorities. and turkey has also been con for an international summit on that issue, so we assume that that will be also on the table. so we assume that that will be also on the table-— on the table. what is turkey's current relationship, - on the table. what is turkey's. current relationship, diplomacy on the table. what is turkey's - current relationship, diplomacy was, with israel? just current relationship, diplomacy was, with israel? , , ., ., with israel? just before the 7th of october, the _ with israel? just before the 7th of october, the relationship - with israel? just before the 7th of october, the relationship has - with israel? just before the 7th of| october, the relationship has been normalising after difficulties, but yesterday, turkey has recalled its ambassador to israel for consultations, but that doesn't mean that turkey is cutting ties with the israel, because everyone said that

although he is no longer willing to talk to benjamin netanyahu, he said we have written him off, but he also said that the turkish intelligence chief is in talks with his israeli counterpart. he said that we can't cut all the ties with the israel, so we expect that some sort of relationship on the diplomatic and intelligence level will continue. and there have been protest today in cities around turkey.— cities around turkey. that's correct it. there cities around turkey. that's correct it- there have _ cities around turkey. that's correct it. there have been _ cities around turkey. that's correct it. there have been protests - cities around turkey. that's correct it. there have been protests over l it. there have been protests over the weekend, just as well. today, there was a protest outside of a military airbase in the south of israel that is hurting us forces commanded the protesters were calling for the service to close down. according to an afp photographer on the scene, when the

protesters made an attempt to enter the airbase, turkish police responded with tear gas and water cannons, so there have been a tense situation in the south of turkey, just outside of the military base, just outside of the military base, just ahead of blinken�*s visitjust a couple of hours before. just a couple of hours before. just a couple of hours before. just a couple of hours before his visit. scotland's first minister, humza yousaf, say his in—laws are back in the uk, after being trapped in gaza for more than three weeks. he's posted a photograph on social media of the reunion. he says his family is "elated", but also "heartbroken" for relatives, who don't hold uk passports, and remain trapped in gaza. our news correspondent angus crawford joins us from the newsroom. a bittersweet moment. clearly very relieved that is unnecessary.

absolutely, humza yousaf�*s in those had gone to gaza some time ago because he wanted to visit a sick relative, and then the effectively became trapped after october the 7th. they were unable to leave. we hear reports that at one point they were sheltering in a house with approximately 100 other people. they had made it three aborted visits to the rafah crossing to try to get out, but then this morning after days of uncertainty, humza yousaf posted on his twitter account that she had goodness. he said, i am pleased to take my in—laws are safe and back on, and it is thought that they flew back to edinburgh at 1030 this morning. but as you pointed out, very difficult for the yousaf family, because some of the relatives, who don't hold british passports, are still stuck in gaza, unable to get it. and again, he posted on twitter, my thoughts

remain with those who can't live, and then he said, we will continue to raise our voices for peace. he has not to raise our voices for peace. he has got quite close family there. his parents—in—law have grandchildren that still and gaza. that's true, and what we now believe is that there were approximately 200 british part brought —— passport holders only gaza at the beginning of this crisis. we were told from oliver dowden that over a hundred had managed to get out over the last is funded through the rafah crossing into egypt and we have told that the settlement that every day a list was compiled for those on the border of foreign nationals, including british nationals, who are able to be processed and get out. so yes i do believe there was something like 90 british nationals on that list, but the rafah crossing was close completely yesterday, and has

remained closed today. so, at the moment, we have no idea when that will reopen, and therefore no ideal upon those foreign nationals and british nationals will finally be able to get out of gaza.- british nationals will finally be able to get out of gaza. thank you for that update. _ meanwhile, the united nations world food programme executive director, cindy mccain, has issued an urgent plea from the rafah border crossing for safe, expanded humanitarian access to gaza as humanitarian needs skyrocket and critical food supplies reach dangerously low levels. she told the bbc that the humanitarian situation in gaza is catastrophic. cindy mccain, the executive director, spoke to us earlier in egypt and told us why it's so bad. it is catastrophic and said gaza. we can't get the kind of food and as we would like to have, so we could feed more people. so far, we have reached

660,000 people in that range come and we would like to be able to track hit more than 1.2 million. it is a disaster and people are starving to death, and it is very important that we are given the opportunity and access to go in and take prudent and do it in a safe and regular manner. —— took root in. we regular manner. -- took root in. we have seen — regular manner. —— took root in. we have seen antony blinken on a visit in the region four, first to israel and then on tojordan, again, speaking to need us to try to get humanitarian assistance into gaza. he says he has assurances from israel that this is going to happen. can you see that movement on the grounds now? this can you see that movement on the grounds now?— can you see that movement on the grounds now? as you know, i am on the egyptian — grounds now? as you know, i am on the egyptian side — grounds now? as you know, i am on the egyptian side right _ grounds now? as you know, i am on the egyptian side right now, - grounds now? as you know, i am on the egyptian side right now, and - grounds now? as you know, i am on the egyptian side right now, and i i the egyptian side right now, and i have seen from the egyptian government, i have seen those kinds of movements, yes. there are more trucks going on. we anticipate getting 1a of obstruction today, and we got close to turning yesterday.

the numbers are gradually increasing. we would like this to increase exponentially, so we can get the kind of fruit in that we need right now. people don't have anything, and the kinds of things we sentin anything, and the kinds of things we sent in our emergency rations that can get them through a couple of weeks until we can do more sustainable feedings. it is desperate, it is down in their commentary really do need to get attraction. i'm hoping down the road that we can find some solution so that we can find some solution so that we can get attraction. but no, i'm working with the egyptian red crescent and we hope to do more of that, including putting in logistics within your reach. but those things are not in place yet, but we are very hopeful that very soon we can do that. the scale of human suffering is something that is very hard to believe, and that is why the humanitarian community really does need to get in there and getting there quickly. nothing can ever prepare you for what you see in situations like this. this is not my first time seeing things like this,

but it doesn't make any difference. we need to get in the humanitarian community needs to get in. we need to get attraction. these people are starving to death and they are desperate. and the longer we wait, the less ability were going to have to control what on inside. the israeli government says it will only consider allowing fuel supplies to gaza if there are guarantees that the fuel will not be used by hamas. the senior advisor to prime minister netanyahu spoke to lyse doucet. we agreed to unlimited access for food, medicine and water into the gaza strip, no restrictions whatsoever. but you quite correctly raise the issue of fuel, which is much more sensitive. because fuel can power hospital generators, which is a good thing, but fuel can also power hamas's military machines. specifically, it powers their ability to shoot

rockets into israel and, as you know, they continue to shoot their rockets into israel. and fuel also allows their underground network of fortifications, the tunnels, the places where they store their equipment, their fortresses, all subterranean. without fuel, there is no oxygen there and there's no light there. and it's clear, and has been widely reported, that hamas has stockpiled fuel for its own military machine, and we say the following — aid that is given to the people of gaza must be given to the people of gaza, but, unfortunately, the only people in gaza with guns who can take whatever they want is hamas. and quite rightly, if people want to talk to us about fuel, they have to be able to explain to us how will that fuel be prevented from getting to hamas. but the un says that it will be able to monitor it. it says it has its own fuel depot that it needs an agreement

with israel to reach, because it's worried that if it does approach the depot, it could also come under bombardment. there must be ways around this, working with the united nations, which is struggling to keep its operations going. so i understand the pressures that humanitarian workers are going through in gaza today, it's not easy. but i think you will allow me to be a touch — how do i say? — about the un's ability to enforce that fuel doesn't go to hamas. there was an incident that was reported widely a week or so ago where, actually, fuel stocks were stolen from a un facility. the un actually announced that it was stolen by hamas and then they had to, what was it, delete the tweet? because they work in gaza. as i say, they have to work in the framework. and when they were asked about it afterwards, they said, "it was all a misunderstanding". it wasn't a misunderstanding. but they know if they have to work in gaza, they have to obviously make

concessions to the reality in gaza, and the reality in gaza is that hamas runs the show and they're very violent and brutal people, and if they come in with their guns and want to take something, no—one can stop them. yes, we all saw that report of the warehouses of the un. we did check with the united nations and they did say that it was a mistake and that, in fact, the looting of the warehouses for fuel had not taken place. stay with us here on bbc news. it has been a bit drier today, with a mixture of sunshine and showers. still a number of flood warnings, though, focused more across southern england, from hampshire to here and can come up we have got floodwaters from the river rather from enron. over the week ahead, it is not looking as wet and windy, and for much of the week it is going to be a

mixture again of sunshine and showers. we have got some showers around, and again they will continue mainly for the western side of the uk, but we could see just for a while some heavier showers creeping into the far south—east of england, coming in from the english channel. some breaks in the cloud, particularly in the north—east of scotland, so we could have a touch of frost here. with those clearer skies you may be able to get a view of the northern lights in northern scotland. this was a picture taken ljy scotland. this was a picture taken by our weather watchers last night in aberdeenshire. should be quite dishonest act from eastern parts of scotland and eastern england this time, before the crowd builds up a bit. the showers a winner going to be out to the west once again. the day very similar to what we had today. though showers look blown for the rest of crossing went on to the pennines and the midlands. temperatures not changing too much at the moment. typically 11 to 13. low pressure close by, which got the remnants of storm ciaran in it. it is much weaker, continuing to fade away. stop bringing a few showers as we head through tuesday. moving down

from scotland and england and wales, but proceed to see more sunshine in the afternoon as though showers start to fade away. temperatures of 11 or 12, near numberfour this time of the year. but it will get pretty chilly as soon as the sun goes down before we see this weather for here coming in from the atlantic. that is going to bring a band of rain, probably our only proper band of rain over the week ahead. it will be accompanied by some strong winds, particularly when due to the irish sea come under heavy train about an inch or so, will be over the high ground in western scotland and north—west england. it is moving through fairly quickly and it shouldn't be too much rain in the south. followed by some sunshine, but some showers more coming in over the irish sea and affecting northern ireland, perhaps western parts of scotland, but it will be a little bit silly. otherwise temperatures aren't changing too much over the week ahead. we got that drain on wednesday, but either side of that, sunshine and showers, heavy showers later in the week.

live from london. this is bbc news. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has held talks with the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas in the occupied west bank city of ramallah. mr abbas repeated calls for a ceasefire in gaza. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has again rejected calls for a ceasefire in gaza until all of the 240 hostages captured by hamas are returned.

the gaza health authorities say more than 45 people were killed in an israeli air strike on a refugee camp. the israeli military says it's investigating whether it was operating in the area at the time. the israeli bombing of gaza continues. the israeli military insists it has prioritised efforts to evacuate palestinians from the north of the gaza strip away from its operations. scotland's first minister humza yousaf says his in—laws have arrived back in scotland after being trapped for four weeks in gaza. german police say a hostage incident which closed hamburg airport for 18 hours has been brought to an end. they say a suspect has been arrested and his four—year old daughter appears to be unharmed. and here in the uk, the conservative party has rejected suggestions it covered up allegations of rape against an mp. the mp hasn't been named.

up hello, i'm vishala sri—pathma. we will have all the latest global news in a moment. but now, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. hello from the bbc sport centre. can anyone beat india at the cricket world cup? there was another statement win from the hosts today, taking on the team closest to them in the table. they thrashed south africa, bowling a team out for under 100 for the second match in a row. while on his 35th birthday, virat kohli equalled the record for the most one day international centuries. kohli hit his 49th tonne, matching the great sachin tendulkar, finishing unbeaten on 101 in their score of 326 for five off 50 overs. in the end, his individual score would have been enough to win on its own. south africa's chase started poorly. the tournament's top scorer quinton de kock departing forjust five

and wickets continued to tumble in kolkata after that. ravindra jadeja took five of them. just days after bowling sri lanka out for 55, they knocked south africa over for 83. both teams have qualified for the semi finals. but india maintain their 100% record. they are a hell of a team. really well—balanced and highly skilled, and there is no way around it, they have won every game and they have won it well. you have to believe that on the day, if you execute your skills, you also have a chance, and we just didn't write from the word go. the beauty of it is that there may well be another shot for us, and we have been given an opportunity to learn from it. the next world cup match is between bangladesh and sri lanka in smog—filled delhi on monday. it's currently ranked as the world's most polluted city. both teams have cancelled training sessions in the past few days to minimise their exposure

to the conditions. the air quality, as you rightly said, it is affecting both teams and it is not ideal but we have no choice and we have to play in the conditions in front of us. we keep a close eye on players and some players have not turned up for practice because they are asthmatic so they stayed indoors, and even for practice, we are very conscious, we train what we have to train and they go back into the dressing room. they don't spend time and as they are bawling batting. —— unless they are balling or batting. luis diaz is on the bench for liverpool's premier league match at luton after missing the last two games following the kidnapping of his father in his native colombia. the news has been more positive from the country in recent days, with luis manuel diaz's release increasingly likely. liverpool bossjurgen klopp had said

he'd let his player decide whether he was available for the game at kenilworth road. he is on the bench and hasn't come on yet. they are just into the second half and it is goalless. meanwhile, nottingham forest prevented aston villa from going third by beating them 2—0 at the city ground. ola aina and orel mangala with the goals. that was forest's first win in seven premier league games. we are not an established team yet and that is the exciting thing about where we are in the club, it is only our second season in the premiership, and we are trying to get to where we belong, and it is a lot of hard work, but it starts of attitude and commitment and bleeding each other, and we have that. we just have to make sure the plan is the good one, and over the course of time, we will get better. —— believing each other. novak djokovic has won the paris masters title for a seventh time, beating grigor dimitrov in the final in straight sets.

the world number one has now recorded 18 straight victories since losing the wimbledon final injuly. djokovic collected his sixth title of the season to draw level with carlos alcaraz, adding to his masters victory in cincinnati. the serbian has been struggling with a stomach virus that's left him feeling under the weather in paris all week. he was taken to three sets in each of his three earlier rounds but didn't face a single break point against dimitrov. there is lots more on the bbc sports website, but don't forget that we will be back shortly with another update. former uk prime minister boris johnson and former australian prime minister scott morrison are in israel. the two former leaders are making a joint visit to express solidarity and support for israel after the hamas attacks on october the seventh. they met british soldiers enlisted with the israeli army and borisjohnson expressed his support for the troops, saying he disagreed with those trying to make a moral equivalent between what the soldiers are doing and what hamas is doing.

the uk's deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, has denied the conservative party covered up rape allegations against an mp. a report in the mail on sunday says a former party chairman, sirjake berry, raised concerns with the police, because he felt the claims hadn't been properly dealt with. mr dowden told the sunday with laura kuenssberg programme that all allegations were taken exceptionally seriously. our political correspondent nick eardleyjoins us from the newsroom. these are rather serious allegations that the conservative party have denied. what happens now? it is a aood denied. what happens now? it is a good question _ denied. what happens now? it is a good question and _ denied. what happens now? it is a good question and i _ denied. what happens now? it is a good question and i am _ denied. what happens now? it is a good question and i am not - denied. what happens now? it is a good question and i am not sure . denied. what happens now? it 3 —. good question and i am not sure we actually know the answer to what happens now. what i can tell you is that sirjake berry was chairman of the conservative party for a few weeks when liz truss was prime minister and it was at the end of her tenure when he left office that her tenure when he left office that he wrote this letter to the police, basically saying he didn't think his party had done enough to deal with these allegations. there are some

really serious claims in this letter that has been reproduced by the mail on sunday. it says that there may have been five victims of this person, that some of the allegations include multiple rapes, and there is that claim you just referenced that the matter has been going on for more than two years, and that the failure of others to act had allowed this person to keep offending. so jake berry doesn't name any one, he doesn't name the mp involved, he doesn't name the mp involved, he doesn't name the people who he is saying didn't deal with this properly or perhaps i should say, the mail on sunday doesn't contain any names, because we haven't seen the original letter. but oliver dowden who is now the deputy prime minister, used to be chairman of the conservative party, he was chairman of the conservative party for some of the conservative party for some of the conservative party for some of the time in question. when he was asked about this this morning, he said look, we take all of these claims extremely seriously, and he

denied any suggestion there had been a cover—up on his watch as tory party chairman, but not for the first time, i think what this is going to do is raise even more questions about the processes around westminster and that big question of whether the culture at westminster deals with allegations quickly enough, whether the political parties, including the conservatives, have robust enough policies to deal with allegations. thank you very much for that. our political correspondent nick eardley there. a hostage crisis at hamburg airport in germany has ended with the arrest of the suspect and the safe rescue of a child. german police say the suspect put up no resistance when arrested. the four—year—old appears to be unharmed. the incident began late last night, when the man drove through a security barrier at the airport. all flights were suspended. police had been negotiating with him via a turkish interpreter, while he sat in his car parked on the tarmac. the man was believed to have been armed. police think the incident probably

stems from a custody dispute. earlier, i spoke tojenny witt, a freelance journalist based in hamburg, who told me that the incident has held the whole city on edge. people have been talking about very little else, a very dramatic 18 hours with negotiations ongoing by the police. we heard the police spokeswoman this morning saying this morning that it continued in phases, that the man, the father in this case, was sometimes tired, sometimes very communicative and it was widely seen as a good sign, however, that he continued to want to talk to the police and the spokeswoman sounded pretty hopeful this morning that the situation could be de—escalated and this is exactly what has happened. and a rather disruptive evening, as well. hamburg has a major airport where this incident took place and flights were suspended. yes, of course. immediately, as this incident happened, the turkish airline plane happened, the turkish airlines plane was evacuated and people were taken back into the airport buildings,

and very swiftly afterwards, the airport was evacuated itself. it was cordoned widely and those cordons were and are still in place today. today, roughly 300 flights were due to take off or come into hamburg airport so we are looking at 35,000 passengers who are not getting to where they want to be. yes, major disruption but the airport is trying to get things back on schedule as quickly as it can. has that had a knock—on effect on the city? what is it like when you walk around? no, it hasn't really. the airport, as in many cases, is not far outside the city centre but slightly away from it and it hasn't affected traffic inside the city centre at all but in that area and for those people who live in that area, of course it has caused disruption, yes. to the war in ukraine now. the country's defence ministry has ordered an investigation into an alleged missile strike on a ukrainian assault brigade on friday. it follows reports that 20 soldiers were killed

during an awards ceremony. reports suggest that soldiers had gathered in a village close to the front line in the zaporizhzhia region when a ballistic missile struck. earlier, our correspondent jenny hill in kyiv told us about why the official confirmation has only just come to light. details are only starting to emerge. on friday, the armed forces celebrated what they call artillery day in honour of the servicemen and women who are defending their country. it is reported that members of the 128th mountain assault brigade had gathered for an awards ceremony in a village close to the front line in the zaporizhzhia region, when this ballistic missile, an iskander missile, struck, killing what has been reported to be more than 20 soldiers and injuring civilians. it is not yet clear whether there are civilians among the dead, and the authorities here have not yet officially confirmed the number of those killed, although they have now ordered an investigation into what happened.

that is important because already, there are questions swirling, criticism too, about how this award ceremony was able to go ahead in the open air, so close to the front line where as you will appreciate, the risk of air strikes and artillery shelling is extremely high. troops who serve up and down that front line are also painfully aware that russian drones almost continually monitor their activities. it goes for the other side too. ukrainians keep the russian side under near constant surveillance. there are a lot of questions about how this could go ahead and how this could have happened. in the meantime, the ukrainian ministry of defence has offered its condolences to the families of those killed. the 128th mountain assault brigade comes from the very south—west of this country, a long way from zaporizhzhia, and their home region has announced three days of official mourning.

that was our correspondent in kyiv, jenny hill. the philippines president marcoer has condemned the murder of a radio host who was shot dead during a live broadcast. police say 57—year—old juanjumalon was live—streaming from his home—based station on the southern island of mindanao. officers say an unidentified gunman entered the booth and fatally shot him. his death is the latest in a long list ofjournalists killed in the country. our reporter, tom brada, has more details on the story. juanjumalon, also known as dj johnny walker, was broadcasting live from his home studio on sunday morning when an unidentified gunman entered the booth, shot mrjumalon at close range and then fled the scene after stealing mrjumalon's necklace. now, juanjumalon was taken to hospital by his wife but was announced dead at the scene. police say that a motive is not yet clear and they are not aware of any previous threats made

against mrjumalon's life. but the president of the philippines, ferdinand marcoer, has already condemned the killing and called for an investigation. in fact, i have a full statement from the president from which i can read you a small part, which he posted on twitter. he said... and i should say that the entire incident was captured on facebook, since that was where it was being livestreamed at the time, and so police are using that as evidence. the philippines has a reputation as a particularly dangerous place for journalists to work. just to put this killing into context, it's in fact the fourth killing of a journalist since the president ferdinand marcos jr took office last year. and for broader context, it's actually the 199th killing of a journalist in the philippines since it returned to a democracy back in 1986.

i should point out an organisation called the committee to protectjournalists every year releases something called the global impunity index, which basically ranks countries on the basis of how diligently they prosecute the killings ofjournalists. their latest index which they published ranks the philippines as the eighth worst country in the world for prosecuting killers ofjournalists, which gives a sense ofjust how challenging an environment it is forjournalism. thousands of people in the south of the uk have had their water supply cut off due to technical issues at a treatment works. long queues built up for bottled—water stations after people lost supply on saturday afternoon. thames water has apologised to those who were affected, adding

that the treatment works in shalford had been affected following issues "caused by a storm". the union representing thousands of hollywood actors says it has received a new offer from studios, to try to end the strike which began in july. the union and production companies have been at odds about the use of artificial intelligence in the industry, as well as the provision of payments for repeats on streaming services. the production companies describe this as their "last, best and final" offer. the union, known as �*sag—aftra', says it's reviewing the proposal and considering a response. prince william has arrived in singapore where he is championing his environmental prize, earthshot. the awards ceremony later this week will give five projects from around the world £1 million for their solutions to climate challenges. our royal correspondent, daniela relph, reports. for the arrival of the prince of wales, on came the world's biggest indoor waterfall at this oasis inside singapore's changi airport.

amid a walkabout and endless selfies, prince william comes to asia for his earthshot prize — a search for solutions to the big climate challenges. flying from the uk to singapore is a long journey for an environmental prize. but the prince's team has offset its travel and stress that this is a global project and its impact relies on prince william taking his earthshot vision around the world. is there a chance we could get you an earthshot burger? one of last year's winners has seen the benefit of having prince william on board when promoting their project. coming right up. morning, everyone! the packaging for these burgers was made by the company notpla. thank you very much. so i'm going to apply a little bit of it. based in london, they turn seaweed into packaging, lining boxes with a biodegradable film that's even edible. they've relished their status as an earthshot winner. the earthshot prize has been

a game changerfor us. obviously, the £1 million helps a lot. the moment we won the earthshot prize, people returned our calls, they wanted to be associated with us. and that's something that money can't buy. that has accelerated us far more than just, like, £1 million from another source. to make the packaging, notpla need the seaweed. they've invested in uk—based seaweed farms, including cary—y—mor in pembrokeshire, which has had a royal visit. the potential of seaweed is vast. it's fast growing, it captures carbon, it can replace single—use plastic and even be an alternative to cotton. in a remote corner of tasmania is a nominee for this year's earthshot prize. sea forest is growing seaweed that can be used as a small supplement in animal feed to dramatically reduce the methane produced by cows.

if we got 10% of the world's livestock on this supplement, it would be the equivalent of taking 100 million cars off the road. so it would make a huge difference here. absolutely enormous. of all prince william's public work, the earthshot prize has become an absolute priority for him. he knows there are challenges in scaling up big environmental ideas, but wants a mood of urgent optimism to surround this week's events. daniela relph, bbc news, singapore. this is a positive story. a charity worker who was told he had just six months to live is now on the road to recovery, after becoming the first person in the world to receive an experimental liver transplant. so the adaport, that's the one i have to take for life to make sure that my body communicates with the liver properly. recovering at home, adam and his wife say

he is lucky to be here — the first patient in the world to receive a liver which is part of a ground—breaking new clinical trial. just a year ago, diagnosed with liver cirrhosis and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, the outlook was very different. basically, you are sent home to die. i think the prognosis for me at the time was six months. the liver, you don't kind of know anything is wrong until it just happens. many who need liver transplants often spend hours and days in hospital. waiting to find out they donated liver is suitable — often they are told it is not. in fact, around a third of livers donated cannot be used, usually because it contains too much fat. we are going to theatre and we have a liver on a machine there. we are all exposing our livers, or most of us, to damage like alcohol consumption,

unhealthy, fatty food, and, in some of us, that fat is then deposited in every single liver cell as little droplets, and that makes organs less viable, less healthy and less usable as donor organs. in the box over there, is a human liver. and it is this machine that changes that, passing a combination of drugs through the liver to remove those fat cells. this clean—up means more livers will be available to those waiting for transplants. because this is what is known as a double—blind trial, adam doesn't know if the liver he received was treated with the drugs in the trial, but since his operation, life has substantially improved. when adam first came home a year ago, he could barely get to a commode. he is now walking without a stick.

my skin isn't yellow any more, so there are obvious signs of improvement, but it is one day at a time. it isjust a long process. for those leading the trials, including the royal free the technology offers exciting new treatments. we could treat cancers in livers - that we put on machine and put them back into the patient themself, so it opens the whole array- of treatment options. the couple hope this trial gives some hopes to the hundreds of others waiting for a liver. for them, it is a case of moving on to the next chapter in their life. for her, when the bed goes, that is the benchmark. for me, the day i am allowed or feel i can or actually do bend down to the floor or pick up a box, that would be the benchmark for me.

if that hasn't lifted your spirits, this story might. a stranded sheep — rescued from a remote shore in the scottish highlands yesterday — is on its way to a petting farm. fiona, as she's now called, was trapped at the foot of some cliffs for at least two years, until five farmers came to her rescue. our scotland correspondent alexander mackenzie has the yarn. the dramatic coastline of the cromarty firth, where the so—called loneliest sheep, renamed fiona, was stranded for at least two years. a kayaker raised the alarm in 2021. the scottish spca said it was unable to find a safe way to rescue the sheep, and attempts were made by others but failed due to the challenging terrain. but finally, a rescue mission was organised in a personal capacity by cammy wilson, a sheep shearer from ayrshire and a presenter on the bbc�*s

landward programme. i'm very glad my mum is going to watch this after she knows i'm home safe. she will be terrified. they admitted it was risky but a team of five farmers got the very heavy sheep successfully back up the steep slope. those who rescued her have described the sheep as very tame and incredibly relaxed. three—year—old fiona has now been shorn for the very first time. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. a reminder of our top story this hour: the president of the palestinian authority, mahmoud abbas, has demanded the united states insist on a ceasefire in gaza. he was speaking to the visiting us secretary of state, antony blinken, who reiterated washington's opposition to this. mr abbas also said any involvement by the palestinian authority in gaza after the war could only be part of a comprehensive political solution.

mr blinken is due in turkey later, where large protests against the united states have been staged. police used tear gas to stop hundreds of protesters storming the us incirlik military base. you can read more under stories on our website. you can read more under stories on ourwebsite. for you can read more under stories on our website. for now, stay with us here on bbc news. it has been a bit drier today, with a mixture of sunshine and showers. still a number of flood warnings, though, focused more across southern england, from hampshire to here in kent,

where we have got floodwaters from the river rother earlier. over the week ahead, it is not looking as wet and windy, and for much of the week it is going to be a mixture again of sunshine and showers. we have got some showers around, and again they will continue mainly for the western side of the uk, but we could see just for a while some heavier showers creeping into the far south—east of england, coming in from the english channel. some breaks in the cloud, particularly in the north—east of scotland, so we could have a touch of frost here. but with those clearer skies, you may be able to get a view of the northern lights in northern scotland. this was a picture taken by a weather watcher last night in aberdeenshire. the showers are going to be out to the west once again. the day very similar to what we had today. those showers look blown for the rest of crossing went on to the pennines and the midlands. temperatures not changing too much at the moment. typically 11 to 13. low pressure close by, this has got the remnants of storm ciaran in it. it is much weaker, continuing to fade away. still bringing a few showers

as we head through tuesday. moving down from scotland into england and wales, but we should see more sunshine as though showers start to fade away. temperatures of 11 or 12, near normal for this time of the year. but it will get pretty chilly as soon as the sun goes down before we see this weather front here coming in from the atlantic. that is going to bring a band of rain, probably our only proper band of rain over the week ahead. it will be accompanied by some strong winds, particularly windy through the irish sea come under heavy rain — about an inch or so, will be over the high ground in western scotland and north—west england. it is moving through fairly quickly and it shouldn't be too much rain in the south. followed by some sunshine, but some showers more coming in over the irish sea and affecting northern ireland, perhaps

western parts of scotland, where it will be a little bit chillier. otherwise temperatures aren't changing too much over the week ahead. we got that rain on wednesday, but either side of that, sunshine and showers, heavy showers later in the week.

the palestinian authority president, mahmoud abbas, tells the us secretary of state, antony blinken, there must be an immediate ceasefire in gaza, during talks in ramallah. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has again rejected calls for a ceasefire until all of the hostages captured by hamas are returned. the hamas—run gaza health ministry say more than 50 palestinians have

been killed in an israeli air strike on a refugee camp. the israeli military says it's investigating. they are still looking under the rubble of about three or four buildings which were destroyed overnight. this is al—maghazi refugee camp. it's in the safe area where israel advised 1.2 million in gaza city and the north to flee south. the israeli bombardment of gaza continues, with internet and phone lines cut, once again. scotland's first minister, humza yousaf, says his in—laws have arrived back in scotland after being trapped forfour weeks in gaza. and here in the uk, the conservative party has rejected suggestions it covered up allegations of rape against an mp. we start with the latest diplomatic efforts from the israel—gaza conflict.

the us secretary of state, antony blinken has met