hello. the israeli military has confirmed that six bodies found in a tunnel in the city of rafah in gaza were those of hostages taken by hamas in the october the 7th attack. they've been named as : alexander lobanov, eden yerushalmi, almog sarusi, carmel gat, hersh goldberg—polin, who was an american citizen, and ori danino. israel will not rest until it catches those responsible. my wife and i share and a heavy growth of the families. we all mourn with them. i want to express deep appreciation to ourforces, to the brave soldiers of the ibf, and the fighters who risk their lives

to bring back our sons and daughters. i say to the terrorists, promoted hostages, and i say to their leaders, your blood is on your heads. we will not rest and we will not be silent. we will pursue you, we will find you and we will settle the score with you. the hostages and missing families forum has again urged the israel prime minister to agree to a ceasefire to secure the release of the remaining hostages. they plan a major protest on sunday to reinforce their call for a hostage deal. 97 people taken on the 7th october are still believed to be held in gaza. it is thought 64 are still alive, although hamas claims this number is lower, with 33 reported by the idf to be dead, but still in gaza. the remains of 37 hostages have been recovered from gaza. ii7 hostages have been released or rescued. our correspondent in jerusalem, jon donnison, outlined the differing views

within israel over any deal to get the hostages released. it reflects the divisions within the government but also with an israeli society. in his short statement benjamin netanyahu this morning said those who kill hostages don't want a deal, referring to the allegation from 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, where hostages were being exchanged for palestinian prisoners every day. that went on for about a week with roughly 10 hostages per day coming out and a lot of questions being asked about why did israel not continue with that process for a longer period and then some of those we now know have died

might have been freed? certainly that hostage families forum say today that the people whose bodies have been fine today would have been alive today if a hostage deal could have been done. of his defence minister disagreeing with him as well and accusing him of putting his emphasis on deploying idf in the philadelphia corridor over the philadelphia corridor over the hostages. what more can you tell us about that? the the hostages. what more can you tell us about that?— tell us about that? the last time the — tell us about that? the last time the security _ tell us about that? the last time the security cabinet i tell us about that? the last l time the security cabinet met earlier this week there are reports of a shouting match between him and the prime minister. he was saying that this insistence on him leaving the israeli forces in the philadelphia corridor, the border area between gaza and egypt, was blocking a deal. that is something that mr

netanyahu is insisting that he is going to pursue and continue with, you have to remember that within his government, there are also more hardliners who want israel to be doing more military work and have said they will resign bringing the government down if a ceasefire deal is done. i'm talking about the hardline national security minister, and also the finance minister, and also the finance minister, who have said they were applied to the government. so, he is torn, mr netanyahu, as he now has been for months. he is trying to keep his government together but also, the pressure building for a ceasefire deal, notjust from diplomats but also from israeli citizens, and in particular those hostage families. we've also been _ those hostage families. we've also been hearing _ those hostage families. we've also been hearing about - those hostage families. we've also been hearing about three| also been hearing about three israelis who have been killed after their vehicle was fired on near the city. what is the latest on that?—

on near the city. what is the latest on that? you'll be aware that the past — latest on that? you'll be aware that the past four _ latest on that? you'll be aware that the past four or _ latest on that? you'll be aware that the past four or five - latest on that? you'll be aware that the past four or five days | that the past four or five days there have been intense military operations in the north of the west bank targeting palestinian militants and at least a few people have been killed on palestinian cities. israel says it's trying to protect its citizens from attacks, and the south of the west bank, near hebron which is the biggest palestinian city in the biggest palestinian city in the occupied west bank, three israeli police officers were killed in a shooting attack overnight on their car. we've not got the details of the names yet that certainly that is another dangerous development in the west bank which the warning is, that there could be a war in the west bank similar to what we've seen happening in the past ten or ii seen happening in the past ten or 11 months. oliver mcternan is the director

of forward thinking, an organisation addressing issues related to the middle east peace process and religious and secular dialogue. he told me whether the latest developments could affect peace talks. first of all, the tragedy of those deaths i think could have been avoided and negotiations being given priority. but, it illustrates the risk if you pursue a double strategy on the one hand you are saying i want negotiate for the release of the hostages but on the other hand you are pursuing a military strategy aimed at the total demise of those holding the hostages. i think the risk we see today, it is high, very high risk of people being killed in the process. how do you think his affects hamas and awful reality that these hostages are bargaining chips for them? exactly, you know in explaining i don't endorse it that it doesn't make sense

to me that they would kill hostages because they've kept, we forget that had two young israelis, one of ethiopian origin, another in gaza for almost ten years. they were there as bargaining chips to get released long—term as israeli prisons. so, it really doesn't fit the narrative, the picture, the experience that suddenly i think the end game has to be negotiations. i cannot see that happening as long as netanyahu is pursuing his military goal because let's face it, if he signs a ceasefire which is essential, if we're going to have the exchange of hostages, he is effectively signing his own resignation. because, the day he signed a ceasefire will

be the day of accountability of october seven happened, why there was a breach in israeli security, and also he returns to court because we've got to remember that when this sad episode began he was appearing in court each morning. so, i think it is not in his best interests to cease the military objective and as we see, the result of that, is extremely high risk. un officials and local health workers in gaza are rolling out a mass polio vaccination programme. israel and hamas have agreed to a series of limited pauses in fighting so the scheme can proceed safely.the world health organization says at least ninety percent of children under 10 will need to be vaccinated for the campaign to succeed. the

roll—out was organised after a io—month—old baby was partly paralysed by the first case of the virus in gaza in a quarter of a century. healthcare workers hoping to vaccinate 640,000 children under the age of 10 against polio over the course of the next few days.the world health organization has approved the release of 1.6 million doses of the polio vaccine the rollout will take place in several phases from the 1st to the 5th of september on saturday, medics vaccinated children at one hospital in a symbolic move — a day before the official campaign began. 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 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, bbc news, jerusalem. let's speak to salim oweis, a spokesperson for unicef, which currently has teams in gaza responsible for the delivery and storage of the polio vaccines. thank you forjoining us. the roll—out is in its early, first hours but can you tell us how smoothly it going? is it going as well as you expected or

other causes and been maintained? as you said before, this poses a very limited and area specific so so far it's going well and the turnaround is really good. we hope that it continues. we are seeing now, most of all we really hope that these even small pauses, for us to be able to continue our work and deliver the vaccines to all the children.— the children. under ten in gaza. the children. under ten in gaza- how _ the children. under ten in gaza. how are _ the children. under ten in gaza. how are you - the children. under ten in gaza. how are you going l the children. under ten in i gaza. how are you going to ensure that you reach the children you need? is there a way of having some sort of registration process because i'm sure relying on parents and volunteering to come forward and do that one of course, they are in a war zone, they will have other things there is a lot going on right now, festival parents bringing their children to the distribution centres but also unicef and the who are trying to reach everyone wherever they are so

they're distributing in their shelters, there are over thousands of workers on the ground trying to reach all the children so some of them are based in centres but some of them are model teams. over 300 of them. them are model teams. over 300 of them- this _ them are model teams. over 300 of them. this will _ them are model teams. over 300 of them. this will hopefully - of them. this will hopefully get us to the 90% goal that we are looking for and will protect the children from polio spread. a lot is happening on the ground, that is why it is really crucial to continue the effort and it's really crucial to have pauses and being able to have pauses and being able to do the job-— to do the 'ob. what happens if you don-t— to do the job. what happens if you don't reach _ to do the job. what happens if you don't reach that _ to do the job. what happens if you don't reach that 9096 - you don't reach that 90% figure? you don't reach that 9096 fiuure? ., , you don't reach that 9096 fiuure? . , ., , ., figure? that is really a catastrophe _ figure? that is really a catastrophe if - figure? that is really a catastrophe if that - figure? that is really a - catastrophe if that happens. we so want children confirmed... unfortunately if you don't get the 90% error is a risk of polio to spread and it is very

highly contagious and fast spreading disease. i wouldn't have treatment for it and consequences are and even death. i'm the only way to fight polio is by preventing it through ventilation so that is really why we need this and we can knock to do without it. the roulette is _ can knock to do without it. the roulette is taking _ can knock to do without it. the roulette is taking place from the fates is from the 1st of september to fifth, is that when the whole thing will complete or is there an additional phase and more action needed after that? polio vaccine is _ action needed after that? polio vaccine is two _ action needed after that? polio vaccine is two doses _ action needed after that? polio vaccine is two doses so - action needed after that? polio vaccine is two doses so while i vaccine is two doses so while we are doing the first round now, which is in the three faces that we mentioned, three days each, we are looking at another round of vaccination in four weeks. that is the plan, we are very hopeful that we are going to be able to finish this round and then to agree on the

next round. this round and then to agree on the next round-_ next round. as the fighting because it _ next round. as the fighting because it agreed - next round. as the fighting because it agreed to - next round. as the fighting because it agreed to that l next round. as the fighting i because it agreed to that next run? ~ ., ., run? we are looking at the first ray — run? we are looking at the first ray and _ run? we are looking at the first ray and first - run? we are looking at the first ray and first round. i run? we are looking at the i first ray and first round. then we'll talk about the later ones but that is the plan now. thank ou so but that is the plan now. thank you so much — but that is the plan now. thank you so much for— but that is the plan now. thank you so much for speaking - but that is the plan now. thank you so much for speaking to i but that is the plan now. thank| you so much for speaking to us. airports in the european union and other schengen area countries — which had scrapped 100 millilitre liquid limits for hand luggage — 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. with the equipment needs sorting. the big issue we've got now is there is real lack of clarity to 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 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 — in which the far—right is expected to perform strongly. thousands of demonstrators took part in rallies in saxony and thuringia on saturday. the anti—immigrant alternative for germany party — or afd — is expected to do well in the election . 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 the vote. markus ziener — a senior visiting fellow for the german marshall fund think tank — explained why there has been a shift from voters towards the far right.

i think there are a couple of things and play. one is the migration topic and many people in the east feel we have too many migrants and this happened under the rule of angela merkel and they afd is saying we have too many. the other topic is a certain sentiment of feeling like being left behind in being under privileged and not having the same wealth and the situation not being as well—off as the western part. this is also something the two parties, the afd and another party formed a year ago which also is trying to take advantage of some kind of east german

identity and saying we are the real representatives east germans. viewers are seeing live images from a polling booth. what do you think olaf scholz has failed to do in order to capture these photos do you think these are photos which would express their protest in way regardless of what his party does? i think no matter what olaf scholz does one thing is migration and the other thing is russia and some certain sympathy for the russian which is interesting

here because east germany has suffered under the oppression by the soviet union for so many decades. however, this is something probably in the west pc is a fact. however many people in the eastern part of germany passed living under the dictatorship they don't think they were so badly off at the time so there is some kind of nostalgia in play. what does this have to do with the regional elections? both afd the and new party and asking. of sending weapons to ukraine and believe the west and nato have a set of responsibility and should not prolong the war by sending weapons to ukraine. interestingly, although they are regional elections, the topics of migration and foreign policy issue of ukraine are

high on the priority list and could become decisive topics the us vice president, kamala harris, has accused her republican rival, donald trump, of "disrespecting sacred ground" during his recent visit to arlington national cemetery. in a post on social media, the democratic presidential candidate accused mr trump of carrying out a political stunt at the military cemetery on monday. trump's visit was filmed and used on social media for election campaign purposes. the us army has already criticised the trump campaign team. commemorative events are taking place in the russian town of beslan to mark the twentieth anniversary of the beslan school siege. more than three hundred people were killed, including at least one hundred and eighty children, when chechen separatists burst into the school on its first day of term. they took more than a thousand 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. 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 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 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. 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. 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.

stay with us here on bbc news. hello. it's a new month and that means meterologically speaking a new season. we have gone into autumn. whilst it may have looked a little bit like autumn first thing this morning in herefordshire missed that 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 to move north across southern england into the midlands and parts of northern england getting downpours and frequent lightning and hail and gusty wind and may be the risk of localised flooding and heavy showers and thunderstorms

in eastern areas. further north northmore a bit drier, temperature is 15 to 21 degrees but very warm in the south east, the temperatures here reaching 29 celsius. through tonight those storms will continue for a time and drift northward and you may see further downpours develop to some parts of wales and south—west england and the midlands and the odd rumble of thunder could roll out. anotherwarm, humid night across southern areas with temperatures around 17 or 18 degrees and even across scotland it will be a little more mild compared to the last couple of nights. across scotland it will be a little more warmer compared to the last couple of nights. into monday, low pressure across the uk and the fact you can see a couple of weather fronts bringing us some very unsettled weather so there will be showers and longer spells of rain and storms again moving north and eastward slow moving so giving a lot 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 across the south east but in the north highs on monday 17 degrees to 19 degrees. for the rest of the week we have high pressure in the atlantic and higher pressure into scandinavia. in between the stop at 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 and for the south a bit more than with rain at times and temperatures 17 degrees to 22 degrees.

this is bbc news, the headlines: prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel will not rest until it reaches those in hamas who killed six hostages found in southern gaza. mr netanyahu said that those responsible did not want a ceasefire deal. a mass polio immunisation programme is under way across gaza. parents are queuing at health centres as aid agencies aim to vaccinate more than 600,000 children. there are localised pauses to allow the programme a to proceed safely. us vice president kamala harris accuses former president

donald trump of a �*political stunt�* at arlington cemetery, by posing for photos at the military burial site and posting them on social media. and a 183—year—old viaduct in harry style's home county is being given its own security arrangements. special walls have been erected around the site, which draws fans from around the world. let's get more now on our top story this hour. the israeli military has confirmed that six bodies found in a tunnel in the city of rafah in gaza were those of hostages taken by hamas in the october the 7th attack. they've been named as: alexander lobanov, eden yerush—almi, almog sarusi, carmel gat, hersh goldberg—polin, who was an american citizen, and ori danino. the missing families forum has again urged the israel prime minister to agree to a ceasefire to secure the release of the remaining hostages. our bbc arabic reporter mohamed taha explained the background behind the recovery of the bodies of the six hostages.