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airports across europe go back to their old rules — re—introducing limits on carry—on liquids. so when will travellers see the end of the restriction? hello, i'm luxmy gopal. hello, i'm luxmy gopal. we start in gaza, where the israeli military has confirmed that six bodies found in a tunnel in the city of rafah in gaza were those of hostages held by hamas we start in gaza, where after the october the israeli military has confirmed that six bodies the 7th attack. they've been named found in a tunnel in the city of rafah in gaza were those of hostages held by hamas as alexander lobanov, after the october the 7th attack. they've been named almog sarusi, eden yerushalni, ori danino, carmel gat and hersh goldberg—polin — as alexander lobanov, who was an american citizen. the israeli prime minister benjaminnetanyahu said that israel would not rest until it catches those responsible. almog sarusi, eden yerushalni, ori danino, carmel gat in a statement, he said that and hersh goldberg—polin — israel was committed toachieving a deal to release the remaining hostages and ensureisrael�*s security. 00:00:58,204 --> 2147483051:37:13,817 the missing families forum has 2147483051:37:13,817 --> 4294966103:13:29,429 again urged him to agree
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who was an american citizen. said those who kill hostages don't want a deal, referring to the allegation from
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the israeli military that these hostages were brutally murdered in their words by hamas shortly before the bodies were found. but you have to remember back in november last year we had a ceasefire, a temporary ceasefire, a temporary ceasefire, where hostages were being exchanged for palestinian ceasefire, where hostages were being exchanged for palestinian prisoners every day. prisoners every day. that went on for that went on for about a week with about a week with roughly ten hostages per day roughly ten hostages per day coming out and a lot of coming out and a lot of questions being asked about why questions being asked about why did israel not continue with did israel not continue with that process for a longer that process for a longer period and then some of those period and then some of those we now know have died we now know have died might have been freed? might have been freed? certainly that hostage certainly that hostage families forum seen families forum seen today that the people whose today that the people whose bodies have been fine today bodies have been fine today would have been alive today if would have been alive today if a hostage deal could have been a hostage deal could have been done. done. let's speak to oliver let's speak to oliver mcternan, director of forward thinking — mcternan, director of forward thinking — an organisation addressing an organisation addressing issues related to the issues related to the middle east peace process middle east peace process and religious and religious and secular dialogue. and secular dialogue. what is the chance this latest what is the chance this development may lead to moving
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the doubt in peace talks? it illustrates the
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for almost origin held in gaza for almost ten years as bargaining chips to get the least long term detainees in israeli prisons so doesn't fit the narrative and picture and experience that suddenly they are telling hostages. i think the endgame has to be negotiations. i cannot see that happening as long as benjamin netanyahu is pursuing his military goal because if he signs a ceasefire which is essential if we are going to have a safe exchange of the hostages he is effectively saying his own resignation because the day he signs a ceasefire will be the day of accountability of why october seven happened and why there was a breach and israeli security and also he returns to
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court because we have to remember when this sad episode began he was appearing in court each morning. sol began he was appearing in court each morning. so i think it is not in his interests to cease the military objective and as we see the results of that is extremely high risk. un officials and local health workers are rolling out a mass vaccination programme for polio in gaza which will rely on a series of limited pauses in fighting between israeli forces and hamas. the world health organization says it will need to vaccinate
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at least 90% of children aged under ten for the campaign to succeed. its campaign was organised after a ten—month—old baby was partly paralysed by the first case of the virus in gaza a quarter of a century. on saturday, medics vaccinated children at one hospital in a symbolic move ahead of the official campaign. from jerusalem our middle east correspondent, yolande knell reports. just two drops. as the un begins vaccinating against polio in gaza a dose is easy to give, but carrying out a mass immunisation campaign in a combat zone is a huge challenge. parents of the first vaccinated children are relieved. translation: i was worried and afraid because this is scary. - the polio disease. this disease makes the children unable to move. baby abdulrahman was crawling early, but now his mum worries he'll never be able to walk. he was the first child found to have polio in gaza in 25 years, and it paralysed his leg. because of the war he wasn't vaccinated and now medical care is limited. translation: he wants
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to live and be treated. . he wants to live and walk like other children. i feel a lot of guilt that he didn't get the vaccination, but i couldn't give it to him because of our circumstances. displaced five times, the baby's family now lives in a crowded tent camp in deir al—balah in central gaza. raw sewage flows through streets nearby. conditions are ideal for diseases to spread, especially polio, which is highly infectious. since discovering the virus, un agencies have been racing to set up an emergency mass vaccination programme, and with war raging, they've negotiated three localised three—day pauses in fighting with israel and hamas. un officials say the plan is not ideal, but it's workable. with no end in sight to the war, the hope is that at least one new source of suffering can be eliminated. yolande knell,
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bbc news, jerusalem. commemorative events are taking place in the russian town of beslan to mark the 20th anniversary of the beslan school siege. more than 300 people were killed, including at least 180 children, when chechen separatists burst into the school on its first day of term. they took more than 1,000 people hostage to demand independence for chechnya. children, parents and teachers were held at the school gymnasium for three days. the siege ended suddenly when russian security forces stormed the school. witnesses described the operation as chaotic, saying the russian special troops used excessive force and heavy weapons. airports in the european union and other schengen area countries which had scrapped 100 millilitre liquid limits for hand luggage
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are reinstating them from today. the european commission said it's a temporary measure to address a technical issue with new equipment — but it's not said how long it will remain in place. here's our transport correspondent, katy austin. for a while, it looked like the era of the tiny toiletry was nearly over — all major airports in the uk were told to put in new state—of—the—art scanners, allowing the 100ml limit on liquid containers going through security and cabin bags to be lifted. there have been delays getting the kit in place at the biggest hubs, but some regional ones had fully installed it beforejune this year and dropped the old rules. then injune, the government suddenly announced that 100ml restriction was back, and has given no date for scrapping it again. now any eu airports which had moved over to the new scanners are also having to revert to the old limit. the european commission says a technical issue with the equipment needs sorting. the big issue we've got
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now is there is real lack of clarity for the consumers so we are seeing in the busy periods when people are travelling real confusion that entails and people are not sure what the processes are now when they're travelling with liquids, and we have real disparity, not only across uk airports, but also across the eu as well. rome and amsterdam are among the locations which had brought in the high—tech scanning machines. some others had started to roll them out and it is a very mixed picture but what is for sure that anyone who had picture but what is for sure that any who had the scanners in place and eased their rules are now having to revert to the old rules of 100ml. as with the eu, the uk has given no indication as to when those restrictions will end. katy austin, bbc news. the polls have opened in two eastern states of germany, in elections which the far—right is expected to perform strongly. thousands of demonstrators took part in rallies in saxony and thuringia on saturday. is expected to do well in the election.
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in the city of erfurt, protesters denounced the afd as fascists. police say about 2,000 people attended anti—far—right rallies in dresden. at an afd rally, one of the party leaders told supporters that germany needed controlled borders and the expulsion of illegal migrants. it's thought the party could emerge as the largest in thuringia in the vote. our europe correspondent, jess parker has more. these are regional, not national elections. nevertheless, they could be seismic — here in thuringia the far—right alternative for deutschland has been leading the polls and running a close second in neighbouring saxony. however, because many view the party as extremist, something they reject, they may struggle to find coalition partners in order to actually take power. the man who heads up the afd here in thuringia is a highly controversial figure called bjorn hocke. he's a talisman of the party's hard right,
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and has twice been fined this year for knowingly using a nazi slogan, something he denied. this vote may also deliver a major repudiation of the government in berlin under chancellor olaf scholz and his traffic light coalition. it's a litmus test here in the country's east, a year ahead of the federal elections. one of the first patients in england to be matched to a personalised cancer vaccine has received the jab in devon. bowel cancer patient stephen brice is part of an experimental trial at torbay hospital, one of only six in the country. the hope is that the vaccine will train the immune system to recognise the cancer and delay or stop it from returning. jen smith has more. we need to give it to you before ten o'clock tonight. stephen was diagnosed with bowel cancer in september last year after taking part in a screening programme. his treatment has been successful, but
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there remains a risk the cancer could return. this new vaccine could change that. the trials are such that because they'll be testing my blood against, um, my treatments, they will, um, i understand, be able _ to use that information as to know where how far we're moving forward. i was told i wouldn't be able to give blood. so this is my way of helping the society and hopefully down the line this will be a case that, um, will be in the same scenario as smallpox, which will be a thing of the past. tests have showed that stephen still had fragments of cancerous dna in his blood, which puts him at increased risk of his cancer coming back. so his dna was studied and sequenced ahead of today, resulting in his own personalised vaccine. this trial is that we are notjust putting in a vaccine against, in this case, bowel cancer. we're putting in the vaccine against a patient�*s own bowel cancer.
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so the vaccine has been completely tailor made to the patient and it's about as personalised as it gets. everything we do is about getting the right treatment to the right patient, and you don't get more personalised than this. unlike vaccines that protect us from disease, cancer vaccines are for patients who already have cancer. they help the body's immune system recognise and attack cancer cells. but research is at an early stage, so patients involved are currently included in clinical trials. a lot of the treatments coming through on our clinical trials offer lots of hope and potential. the world of cancer research is expanding rapidly, with loads of different avenues for treatment and potential options. so to have that in our armoury to offer it to our patients is brilliant for our consultants and hopefully gives options they otherwise wouldn't have. stephen will be monitored over a year to see if the cancer reappears.
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he's the first of a handful of patients to receive the treatment, with other south west hospitals helping to identify potential candidates. scientists say we're not yet at the stage of a vaccine to prevent cancer, but trials like this one in torbay are hugely helping push us in the right direction. jen smith, bbc news. here in the uk, mps will return to parliament tomorrow where the government is promising to deliver the most �*packed legislative agenda for a change of administration in decades'. but the union unite is already warning that the uk needs change, not cuts. this follows a speech from sir keir starmer earlier this week, where he said things will only get worse before they get better. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. you had basically from the government over the summer a pretty gloomy message. keir starmer, rachel reeves the chancellor, all talking about the inheritance that they say they have received from the last
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government, from the conservatives, saying they looked into the books and there is this huge deficit overspend, unbudgeted items and they need to take action. so warnings about what may come in the budget that is coming at the end of october, and the likelihood of tax rises. and of course also saying that difficult decisions have already been taken, like cutting the winter fuel allowance for millions of pensioners making those limited to those on pension credit. what we have had today interestingly is the leader of the commons, lucy powell, who has been asked exactly about this, and about whether the government is being too gloomy, let's listen to what she said. what we have inherited was much worse not just what we thought it was going to be, but what the office
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for budget responsibility, the institute for fiscal studies, much worse in terms of the in—year situation for the country's finances. so we have had to take some really difficult decisions that we would not have wanted to have taken around things like targeting and the winter fuel payments. the reason we do that is because the deficit was much higher than anyone thought, and the spending was higher than anyone thought, if we hadn't taken that action we would have seen a run on the pound, the economy crashing and the people who pay the price for that of the poorest and pensioners and those on fixed incomes. that was mp lucy powell a little bit earlier. but is there a positive that the government is trying to highlight? there are certainly labour mps who want to see that, they want more of a positive message because they worry there is too much gloom. part of the job of lucy powell is timetabling the agenda of parliament and what she was to say is that there is this packed agenda of legislation that the government is going to bring in, the biggest one day same of any government in decades and there's going to be all sorts of measures on rail franchising, measures to do with tougher action on water bosses,
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the energy markets, so setting up gb energy. they want to say there will be measures to lower energy bills in the long term, but also in the short term they want to have a campaign to encourage pensioners, if they are eligible, many people who are eligible are not yet getting pension credit, and that would be a way to then access help with energy bills. so there's that sort of thing that they are talking about. what lucy powell was saying there is it is all about fixing the foundations of the economy. what the government will find when they come back is that the opposition parties, the conservatives and others, are going to start questioning them about their choices, saying are they making trade—offs here, that we have seen that already. giving pay rises to public sector workers, junior doctors and the like,
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at the expense of pensioners. that will be one trade—off being pointed out. one thing the government may find is that the opposition parties, particularly the conservatives. are a bit wrapped up with their internal arguments, leadership campaign is being launched this week. there will be that process starting to whittle down their contenders and that is all going to consume quite a lot of their time. thank you. staying with politics and the labour mpjas athwal has sacked the agency which manages his rentalflats, after the bbc found black mould and ant infestations in the properties. mr athwal is expected to appoint a new managing agent within the next 48 hours and said he "will be issuing each tenant with a personal apology and meeting with them urgently." the dismissal comes three days after mr athwal defended the agency, telling the bbc they had been "selected for their quick response times and excellent customer service." today in a statement, mr athwal said: "i am shocked and sickened by the series
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of problems that have come to light...i will be reimbursing every tenant that is out of pocket for repairs or renewals they have had to undertake." the american rapper and broadcast personality fatman scoop has died aged 53 after collapsing on stage in connecticut on friday. famous for his booming voice and his energy onstage, fatman scoop, whose real name was isaac freeman, was an influential figure in new york city's hip hop scene in the 1990s. the cause of his death isn't yet known. earlier my colleague helena humphrey spoke to michael birch aka pure cold, publicist for the late rapper fatman scoop who shared his experiences of working with the rapper.
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so, working with him, i was his dj, producer, his tour manager, and honestly, i don't think i could have asked for any better mentor in the entire world. like, it is still sinking injust everything that has happened. it is such a big shock, not only to me and to the fans, but on a global scale. i have had calls all day from the far east, from australia, china, america's, it is just so global. what is beautiful about it is every single person has a different story about scoop which isjust so heart—warming. it is not always "i have a good memory", it is always like we were backstage and he saw a glass collector and he was treating them as the ceo of the club. he saw everybody as an equal, everybody as a person and he made you feel that as a person. i was a nobody taking pictures in a nightclubjust down the road in chester and he came to perform one night and was like, could you do some of that for me?
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all of a sudden i was doing the video, then the music, then djing. eight years later, you know, i am sat here with the greatest blessing that was touring with fatman scoop. every phone call and everything that people have been saying i have tried to be as positive as i can, and one thing i have found myself echoing across all calls was you've got to remember it is sad, yes, it's a big loss. he was 53. that's no age at all. but what he achieved in that lifetime is absolutely inspirational. he died doing what he loved. like, he died onstage with a microphone in his hand and an audience in front of him that loved him as well. it is what any performer would dream of. as you were describing that impact that he has had, and saying how global he was, you know, that worldwide impact,
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one thing i was thinking about is so often he has been described as the voice of the club anywhere around the world so that really is quite phenomenal. talk to us a little bit more about that, and what you believe his legacy will be on hip—hop and beyond. honestly... it is wild. i was four years old when that song first came out in 1999 and i grew up with that. my commute to school, to school discos, to nightclub days, i see that across the world and notjust here in the united kingdom, i see it everywhere. people coming up to him and saying "i listened to you as a kid". it is great because it is so real with him, you know?
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you hear an artist on a song he might go... ..but when you meet him in real life he's different. absolutely not the case with fatman scoop. with him, if you asked him how he was doing, you won't get how are you doing back in a soft voice, he will say it is so good to meet you! it was so nice to have him around. that impact touched every genre from dance to edm to hip—hop, like he was so dynamic, it was beautiful. often when people toured together it is described as something of a family and as you put it he died doing what he loved, but of course it may seem shocking, we have got 20 seconds left, but how is everyone doing? 0k. we are ok. we are hearing all your condolences and all your
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wishes, just please keep scoop in your prayers. it is the fans he loved. it is you guys that will keep his legacy going. paying tribute there to the late leaving you with live images of children in gaza getting their polio vaccinations. hello again. it's a new month and meterologically speaking a new season. we have gone into autumn. whilst it may have looked a little bit like autumn at first this morning in herefordshire we have summer storms in the forecast. we have seen this plume of cloud moving north out of france across the english channel bringing us some very warm and humid air and some thundery downpours. those storms will continue
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to move north across southern england into the midlands and parts of northern england getting downpours and frequent lightning and hail and gusty winds. maybe the risk of localised flooding and heavy showers and further north the high temperatures 15 to 21 degrees but very warm in the south east, the temperatures here could reach 29 celsius. through tonight, those storms will continue for a time and drift northward and you may see further downpours develop in some parts of wales and south—west england and the midlands and the odd rumble of thunder could roll out. another warm and humid night across southern areas with temperatures around 17 or 18 degrees and even across scotland a little warmer compared to the last couple of nights. into monday, low pressure across the uk and with that you can see a couple of weather fronts bringing some
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very unsettled weather so there will be showers and longer spells of rain and storms again moving north and eastward. slow—moving, alot of rainfall through the course of the day which could lead to localised flooding particularly through northern england in central eastern scotland. some sunny spells in the south eeast with a few showers here and temperatures still up in the mid 20s for the north and west highs of 17—19 degrees. for the rest of the week we have high pressure in the atlantic and high pressure into scandinavia. in between we are stuck with low pressure across europe which will give us unsettled weather particularly towards southern areas of the uk. further north high pressure tends to hold on a little bit so it will be largely fine across scotland through the week. further south a bit more unsettled with rain at times and temperatures 17—22 degrees.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: the bodies of six hostages have been found by israeli forces in a tunnel underneath the city of rafah in the gaza strip. the white house has confirmed one was an american citizen, hersh goldberg—polin. president biden has vowed hamas leaders would "pay for these crimes". a mass polio immunisation programme is right now under way in gaza, with parents queuing at three health centres as aid agencies aim to vaccinate more than 600,000 children. israel and hamas have agreed to a series of 11—hour pauses in fighting to allow the programme to proceed.
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and, two states in eastern germany are holding elections that could see record gains by right—wing parties, including the anti—immigrant "alternative for germany" — or afd. the three parties of germany's governing coalition have been polling poorly. scotland's first ministerjohn swinney will promise to focus on "the people's priorities" in his keynote speech at the snp conference today. the party is trying to find a strategy for recovery after heavy losses in the general election two months ago. here's our political correspondent andrew kerr. john swinney wants to reconnect with the scottish people after the election defeat. he wants to put that behind him with a pledge to focus on what is being described as the "people's priorities" in his keynote address today.
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speaking to delegates yesterday, stephen flynn, who now leads a much reduced band of snp mps at westminster, took the election defeat on the chin.

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