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good morning. let's go to the middle east. and america's top diplomat has said no more time could be wasted in reaching a gaza ceasefire deal as he wrapped up his latest tour to the region. secretary of state antony blinken said hamas needed to agree to the bridging proposal for a ceasefire so that both sides could proceed to the implementation of a peace deal. mr blinken reaffirmed that the us would not agree to any long—term occupation of gaza by israeli troops. his comment followed reports that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu continued to speak of an ongoing israeli troop presence on the border between gaza and egypt. oui’ our message is simple, it's clear, and it is urgent. we need to get the ceasefire and hostage agreement over

the finish line, and we need to do it now. , ., , , . it now. time is of the essence. because with _ it now. time is of the essence. because with every _ it now. time is of the essence. because with every passing - it now. time is of the essence. i because with every passing day, it now. time is of the essence. - because with every passing day, the well—being and lives of the hostages are injeopardy. time is of the essence because every single day women, children, men in gaza are suffering. without access to adequate food, medicine, and at risk of being wounded or dying infighting that they didn't start and they cannot stop. and time is of the essence because with every passing day there is the danger of escalation in the region. escalation that we have been working to prevent from day one, since october seven. our correspondentjon donnison is injerusalem and spoke about what mr netanyahu is reported to have said, and the us reaction to it.

benjamin neta nyahu was benjamin netanyahu was meeting some of the families of the hostages who are being held in gaza yesterday and he is reported to have said that he didn't think that there would eventually be a deal and he is also reported to have said that he convinced the americans that there needed to be some sort of israeli presence remaining in gaza in key strategic points. crucially along the border with egypt, something which hamas and also egypt don't think is acceptable. this came after antony blinken met with benjamin netanyahu, who on monday told us in a press conference that mr netanyahu had accepted and supported the so—called bridging proposals. so the feeling from the americans is that

mr netanyahu is maybe saying one thing to them and a different thing to his audience here in israel. we had a senior state department official yesterday saying that such maximalist statements coming from mr netanyahu would not catch —— were not constructive to reaching a deal. has he achieved, mr blinken, anything during his tour, and is there any optimism for the talks that are due to resume later this week? i that are due to resume later this week? ~' ., that are due to resume later this week? ~ ., a, . ., , week? i think on monday he clearly felt he had got _ week? i think on monday he clearly felt he had got what _ week? i think on monday he clearly felt he had got what he _ week? i think on monday he clearly felt he had got what he came - week? i think on monday he clearly felt he had got what he came for. week? i think on monday he clearly felt he had got what he came for in| felt he had got what he came for in israel. he said he had got this commitment from mr netanyahu that the israelis accepted the deal and they were prepared to go with it. we have only really heard mr blank and say that, we haven't heard prime minister netanyahu say the same thing, and these talks are due to resume tomorrow in egypt —— antony blinken. two days of talks to try

and push this ceasefire and hostage release deal through. hamas and not even taking part in them, they have said any suggestion of progress being made is an illusion. so you never know, we don't know what is being discussed privately, and obviously both sides are posturing a little in public. but certainly you don't get any sense of optimism and urgency from the key players in the region, and that is benjamin netanyahu and also the leader of hamas in gaza. some breaking news we are getting from bosnia. we are seeing on the reuters news agency that three people have been killed and another wounded in a shooting in a school in western bosnia. the local broadcaster is reporting that this happened in a gymnasium in the early hours. as you imagine, they say there is a large number of police

and emergency vehicles at the scene. there are unconfirmed reports that the gunman opened fire on teachers who were having a meeting. that is unconfirmed, it is coming from the local broadcaster in bosnia. we will try and get more information from our teams in europe and bring you more on that as we get it. the home secretary has outlined plans to tackle illegal immigration, including deploying 100 new intelligence officers to target people smuggling gangs. ministers are also promising a "large surge" in the number of flights removing failed asylum seekers and others in the uk illegally. ms cooper said she wanted to introduce a "better—controlled" system to replace what she called "the chaos that has blighted the system for far too long". our chief political correspondent henry zeffman told me more about the government's plans on immigration.

today we are getting more detail about how they plan to tackle the issue of illegal migration bill and asylum on small boats across the channel, and what we have is a couple of fairly technocratic measures and also a kind of new target. the technocratic measures, one of them is hiring 100 new intelligence officers to be brought into the national crime agency to investigate the people smuggling gangs. keir starmer�*s slogan during the election was to smash the gangs. the other technic traffic measure is about reopening a couple of old emigration centres, that will mean capacity for about 300 more people to be held in detention before then being removed. then there is the new target, yvette cooper saying that she wants people to be removed nevertheless of this year at a past of a at any point since 2018. the government hasn't put a number on it but that seems to suggest that they

want to remove about 14,400 people who are currently here illegally over the next six month. reaction from the conservatives? - over the next six month. reaction from the conservatives? they - over the next six month. reaction from the conservatives? they are| from the conservatives? they are welcoming _ from the conservatives? they are welcoming the — from the conservatives? they are welcoming the couple _ from the conservatives? they are welcoming the couple of - from the conservatives? they are l welcoming the couple of measures from the conservatives? they are i welcoming the couple of measures i mentioned, they say more resource in detention capacity is welcome. but james cleverly was previously the home secretary, he says it doesn't go far enough, he says this plan does not scratch the surface and is not nearly ambitious enough. rules for travellers going to the european union from non—member countries will be changing over the next 18 months. a new seven—euro visa waiver is being introduced and will cover people from more than 60 non—eu nations, including the uk. it means brits going to popular holiday destinations, such as spain and france, will have to pay in advance. our business presenter ben bolous has more details. there are two main changes coming in. the first is an electronic

entry and exit system. the second is the european travel information and authorisation system — a mouthful, but it's basically a form for any non—eu passport holders to fill in and pay for before travelling. now, the first one of those, the entry—exit system, will track where and when people enter and leave the eu. that's to make sure that you haven't stayed over the allowed 90 days in a six—month period. we'll have fingerprints taken and a face scan for the first time, but we won't need to have passports stamped. the biggest change for most of us will be the etias. that's the visa waiver system. it'll be an online form requiring passport details and where you're staying, plus a fee of seven euros, or e6. and you have to do this before you travel. the area covered doesn't include ireland or cyprus, though. this whole thing is a bit like the visa waiver scheme you may have used if you've been on holiday to the united states.

the european union says the entry—exit system, that's the one that needs fingerprints and face scans, should be running by this november. the etias form and 7—euros payment should then begin by the middle of next year, potentially as early as may. but don't fret, there will be a six—month transition period at first, so you won't be refused entry if you've forgotten but everything else is in order. however, expect that by november next year you will need to have filled in an etias form and paid that 7 euros before you go on holiday. so the question is, what if, when all of this is fully in place, you were to turn up at an airport or ferry terminal, having forgotten to complete this new requirement? from what i can see, etias will be a lot more user—friendly than the american system. first of all, it's much cheaper, just 7 euros, or e6. it's valid for three years or until your passport expires, whichever is the sooner,

and crucially, the expectation is that the vast majority of holidaymakers will get an etias issued within minutes of putting in the online application. so if you forget and you turn up at the airport and you've only got a couple of hours before yourflight, it probably won't be too late. we've also been out to ask what potential travellers think about the changes. i think it's typical of the european union. and because i voted to leave, i think now that was a mistake and we should get back in, because otherwise those kind of things are going to happen again and again. but it won't stop me going because you can't even get a cup of coffee for 7 euros, so it doesn't make a lot of difference. i didn't want to leave europe anyway, so it's just an extra tax to go on holiday and explore the country and the world, so, yeah, not great. i'm not agreeing with this tax. i think it's really unfair

with the briish citizen. | i'm from france, so, sorry if my english . is not perfect, but for me you should stay free. - for example, i come there i in your country and it's free. so why do you have to pay to come in mine? | of course, the remaining specific dates still need to be confirmed by the european union, but these changes are worth bearing in mind if you're planning a holiday next summer or perhaps a ski trip the following winter, so, 2025. i know there's a lot of detail there. there is a full article on the bbc news website if you want to have a look at that. it's on the app as well. it runs through all those key points, the key dates and how it will affect any of us planning some holidays to the eu next year. there's good news for tenants with some signs the heat is beginning to come out of the rental market. data from zoopla shows rents are rising at their slowest pace in three years.

the average increase on newly let properties for the first half of this year is up 1.6% from january to june — dropping from a peak of nearly 7% a year ago. in a handful of cities such as nottingham, london, brighton and glasgow, new rental prices were actually cheaper during the past six months than they were the previous year. 0ur cost of living correspondent colletta smith has the story. so this is my bedroom/office at the moment. so it's quite tight in there at the moment. and you work from home, right? yeah, i work from home, so i'm always in there. i'm getting the grand tour of monty's shared flat. and then this is the kitchen, then? yeah, this is the kitchen. it doesn't take long as it's essentially a glorified corridor, but it doesn't come cheap. we're paying £550, each, per month. so 1,100 total just for the rent? just for the rent.

in the last six months, data from zoopla shows the scales are starting to tip back in favour of tenants. the amount rents are leaping up is easing, and in some places like here in nottingham, new rents have actually fallen by 0.6%. although renters can't be getting too excited about it yet, it is a sign that we possibly have reached the peak in rental rises, and that's a relief for millions of households who've been battered by those high prices over the last couple of years. there's lots of things causing that change. we've got reports of fewer student numbers. we've got a slower pace of people coming to the uk to work and to study. so we're seeing localised changes in demand, supply improving through new build and some investors buying property. and in some areas, rents have simply overshot and they need to fall back to sort of a level where people can afford them. 30 minutes away in derby, rents have still been increasing over the last six months,

and imogen and herfiance found it hard to find somewhere in their price bracket. we hadn't seen this house when we put a deposit down for the rent. i know! which, logically, you should never do, but because we'd had a few where we were like, wanted to see them first, and then they'd just go. i was so scared that it was going to go. after years of feeling like they're fighting a losing battle, this is the moment the tide is starting to turn for renters. coletta smith, bbc news in nottingham. let's speak to conor 0'shea, who is a policy and public affairs manager at generation rent. i assume that you welcome the fact that the market is beginning to cool that the market is beginning to cool, according to these figures. good morning. ithink cool, according to these figures. good morning. i think it is a bit of a stretch, based on what we have seen, and in truth renters are still suffering as we have done for quite a long time, as that poor —— report

references. as the bbc outlines, the rented market was very hot, red hot, i know it has gone down to what they term as hot. if we have been living in 34 years of red—hot rent increases every year, read going up by red—hot amounts, if we now have got a hot increase on top of that, people are still going to be suffering. people are still going to be suffering-— people are still going to be sufferinu. , . , ., ., . suffering. explain 'ust how how hard it is for someone — suffering. explain just how how hard it is for someone wants _ suffering. explain just how how hard it is for someone wants to _ suffering. explain just how how hard it is for someone wants to rent - suffering. explain just how how hard it is for someone wants to rent a - it is for someone wants to rent a place, to manage to do that? it is absolutely — place, to manage to do that? it is absolutely brutal _ place, to manage to do that? it 3 absolutely brutal out there, there are some green shoots, in the report that you put out, but it is still incredibly difficult for many. rental prices are the highest proportion of people's wages than they had been on record and that means that people are paying as much as they possibly can afford to just keep a roof over their head. read daly renters have been. make sacrifices, about half of renters don't have any savings at all, which

is obviously something that will not improve in rental prices continue to grow. people have in cutting back on food. it is a really difficult situation and of course we want to see rent lower but it needs to happen more quickly. actually being able to net happen more quickly. actually being able to get a — happen more quickly. actually being able to get a property _ happen more quickly. actually being able to get a property seems - happen more quickly. actually being able to get a property seems to - happen more quickly. actually being able to get a property seems to be l happen more quickly. actually being j able to get a property seems to be a bit like the hunger games. there was a property manager in cornwall who say they get so many, soon as they axe to put them on a website, that theyjust axe to put them on a website, that they just get overwhelmed axe to put them on a website, that theyjust get overwhelmed by the number of people chasing every property. number of people chasing every ro -e . , number of people chasing every ro .e . , ., number of people chasing every --roe . , . property. yes, and your report reckons that. _ property. yes, and your report reckons that. hopefully - property. yes, and your report reckons that. hopefully that i property. yes, and your report - reckons that. hopefully that number is starting to come down although some of those figures might be skewed by the number of students and things like that. but ultimately it is so difficult for renters to find a new home, people who are within a home they can afford and that suits their lives and the school that may be the outgoing to, their children, and they are not moving to the next step in their life because theyjust

need to be sure that they can afford to keep a roof over their head because they do look at the market at large it is the wild west, absolutely brutal. numbers and getting club from the air, it is a very difficult time to be a tenant or prospective tenant, no matter what the report says.— or prospective tenant, no matter what the report says. government borrowing in the uk rose faster than expected to £3.1 billion last month, to cover the gap between public spending and the amount raised by tax. the office for national statistics says the figure is £1.8 billion greater than the same month last year, and is the highestjuly borrowing since 2021. labour says it shows the "dire" economic inheritance left by the previous conservative government. let's speak to victoria scholar, who is head of investment at interactive investor i mentioned a lot of numbers there. just preach it into terms that we

can all understand.— just preach it into terms that we can all understand. these monthly borrowina can all understand. these monthly borrowing figures _ can all understand. these monthly borrowing figures from _ can all understand. these monthly borrowing figures from the - borrowing figures from the government take a look at the difference between what it is spending and then what it perceives in terms of income. so tax receipts. what we saw was that there was a much bigger than expected figure for the month ofjuly, like you say, the highestjuly figure since the pandemic in 2021. it was up in the previous year and more than double what a lot of analysts had been forecasting. much higher than what the budget, the office for budget responsibility had anticipated as well. so far this financial year, since april, we have seen the government has borrowed more than £51 billion, less than last year but again ahead of forecasts and pretty high versus historic averages. so clearly there is a significant challenge at hand for the chancellor.—

challenge at hand for the chancellor. ., ., chancellor. you mentioned the chancellor. _ chancellor. you mentioned the chancellor, we _ chancellor. you mentioned the chancellor, we have _ chancellor. you mentioned the chancellor, we have the - chancellor. you mentioned the | chancellor, we have the budget coming up in october. what implications from these figures were that have on what she does in the budget, do you think? i that have on what she does in the budget, do you think?— budget, do you think? i think she has not budget, do you think? i think she has got some _ budget, do you think? i think she has got some tough _ budget, do you think? i think she has got some tough decisions - budget, do you think? i think she has got some tough decisions to | budget, do you think? i think she - has got some tough decisions to make in the budget in october. the current weak state of the government's finances raises the prospect that the treasury will be forced to increase taxes and cut spending. and also get tougher on benefits. she has also announced plans to scrap the winter fuel payments for example, and she has also cancelled expensive rail investment plans in herfavour, we have an improving economic backdrop, gdp has come in stronger than expected so far this year, we had been recovering from that short shallow recession seen at the end of the last year. typically a stronger economy leads to higher tax receipts, greater income for the government, less reliance on borrowing. plus we know that interest rates are starting to come down, so that can encourage spending

in the economy by consumers and businesses, which in turn can help create some kind of economic tailwind and boost government revenues again. but it will be a tough time for the government, like i said before, tough time for the government, like isaid before, it tough time for the government, like i said before, it has inherited this £22 billion fiscal black hole, and today's figures seem to worsen that number. . ~ today's figures seem to worsen that number. ., ~ , ., today's figures seem to worsen that number. ., ~ i. �*, , , ., ~ today's figures seem to worsen that number. ., ~ �*, , , ., ~ ., number. thank you. let's speak to peter. number. thank you. let's speak to peter- itut — number. thank you. let's speak to peter. but pick— number. thank you. let's speak to peter. but pick up _ number. thank you. let's speak to peter. but pick up on _ number. thank you. let's speak to peter. but pick up on that - number. thank you. let's speak to peter. but pick up on that point. . peter. but pick up on that point. the labour government can blame these figures at the moment on the previous tory government. that these figures at the moment on the previous tory government.- previous tory government. that is certainly the _ previous tory government. that is certainly the message _ previous tory government. that is certainly the message from - previous tory government. that is certainly the message from the i certainly the message from the government today, the chief secretary to the treasury darren jones says today's figures are yet more proof of the dire inheritance left to us by the previous government, they point to a £22 billion black hole they say is they are in the public finances. they say the government will and is taking tough decisions to do what they say

is fixing the foundations of the economy. just testing that a little bit, one of the things darrenjones points to is the amount that is being spent on debt payments, interest payments. that was in the month ofjuly, what these figures are talking about, sipping billion pounds, certainly one of the highest months historically. —— sipping billion. but it is lower thanjuly last year. also a little bit lower than had been forecast forjuly they year —— 7 billion. so that will only hold weight for so long here from the government, and as victoria was pointing out, we are in a period, there we will wait to see what happens, whether it is a little bit of growth in the economy. yet the tax receipts so far have not matched that pick—up in growth. again, if growth carries on, but the tax receipts don't go up, then the government will have questions to answer there.

government will have questions to answerthere. but government will have questions to answer there. but as victoria said, the chancellor is, and the treasury team are painting a picture, these figures are part of that, head of the budget, it is really important to remember that budgets are about choices. the government, the chancellor have a tricky fiscal environment, if they are to keep their own self—imposed fiscal targets, they could of course choose to change those fiscal targets. that is entirely possible and it would change the picture somewhat. important to test the arguments we will hear, we have heard from the government, we will hear over the course of the next two months before that budget in october. police in pakistan have told the bbc that farhan asif, a pakistani man linked to spreading false information thought to have mr asif is linked to channel3now,

a website which posted an article in the hours after the southport attack giving a false name of the attacker and suggesting that he was an asylum seeker who arrived in the uk by boat last year. the article was widely quoted in viral posts on social media. it's the world's longest running football tv show — with one of the most iconic theme tunes — of course we're talking about match of the day, and this month it's celebrating its 60th birthday. gary lineker — who's become a familiar face for households every saturday night — is also celebrating his own milestone, presenting the show for 25 years. john watson has been speaking to him. match of the day theme music gary, with match of the day turning 60, we've got some clips to show you. oh, wow, 0k. all right? returning on a regular basis after a gap of four seasons. and we'll be doing

our best to be sharp. 0of! your first appearance as a pundit? i know. i didn't do punditry for very long, um, because i wanted des' job! just because they've lost the first game, i'm not going to change my mind. so, yeah, i went in and did a bit of punditry, but i was already doing a bit of presenting on radio and stuff like that. i suppose we've got to show you as well... yeah. ..the first time you presented on the programme. we start, though, with division one champions sunderland... i've certainly changed in appearance. i spotted a grey hair the other day, um, so, yeah. but, um, it was... yeah, it was more nerve—racking then, obviously, because you can't really practice telly? yeah. and i don't really get nervous at all. i didn't as a player, don't as a presenter. but i remember that first show, there were a few butterflies. 25 years, you've been presenting the show. you've been involved with it longer than that. that's longer than your playing career. what does the show mean to you? it's been part of my life, big part of my life, right from the start. i watched it as a kid. um, it's the one night my dad let me

stay up to watch match of the day. because a lot of the population don't have, you know, sky or tnt, or any of these streaming channels that show football and show the premier league, i think, you know, we've got — around half the population get their premier league fix from match of the day, and still do. how long do you see yourself continuing on match of the day? i don't know. um, it depends how long they want me, i suppose. but, um, i mean, ilove doing it at the moment. um, i've still got another year left, at least. so, um, we'll have to wait and see what happens. obviously, it's an ever—changing feast, football, and television and football, and rights of the premier league and stuff like that. so, all of these things will play a part, but ijust feel it's been an absolute privilege to have presented it for 25 years now. i must be getting old

gary, we're getting old! an awkward link now! now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello, the weather in the next couple of days will be wet and windy across many parts of the country. low pressure is driving the weather, we have fronts all coming our way, bringing the wet and windy conditions, although some started on a sunny note, it is clouding over from the rain continuing to pushing over northern ireland, scotland, north—west england and eventually north—west wales. furthersouth, drier, brighter, but blustery in the south. windy in the north, these are the gusts of wind. some coastal gales, particularly in the north—west. temperatures today ranging from 13 to 22 celsius. through the evening and overnight, the rain continuing to push steadily eastwards, then hot on its heels comes the next band of rain taking a similar track.

the wind strengthening and gales through the irish sea, getting in to northern england, wales, and later into the south—west. some clear skies in the south—east and temperatures a little bit higher to start the day tomorrow than they were today. here is this weather front, it has the remnantts of a hurricane and it will produce heavy rain as it moves from the north pushing south—eastwards. as it heads towards the south—east, it will start to break up and fragment, and behind it we're looking at sunshine and showers driving in. still quite windy down in the south of the country with highs getting up to 21, 14 in the north. moving on, as we head into thursday night and friday, this system comes in, bringing wet and windy weather, particularly windy for a time across northern england to start the day. gusts as much as 50 mph, heavy rain.

it pushes away into the north sea by lunchtime, the rain across southern england also clears, and once again we're back into some sunshine and some showery outbreaks of rain coming in across the north—west. temperatures 13—23 celsius north to south. the rain in the north—west pushing across england and wales during the course of saturday. for sunday, a mixture of sunny spells and also a few showers. live from london. this is bbc news.

divers use remote—controlled vehicles to try to access a luxury yacht that sank off the coast of sicily on monday. six people are missing. romanian police raid the home of andrew tate. the controversial social media influencer faces a string of new charges, including human trafficking. pakistani police tell the bbc a man accused of spreading disinformation that helped spark uk unrest has been charged with cyber terrorism. barack and michelle obama give enthusiastic endorsements of kamala harris in her bid for the white house. calling for a new chapter in us history. and bennifer is no more. hollywood starsjennifer lopez and ben affleck are divorcing, after two years of marriage. we start with that search for six people missing after the sinking of a luxury yacht has resumed off the coast of siciliy.