hello, i'm martine. the israeli trade union federation has ordered a general strike for monday in an effort to force the government to reach a hostage release deal with hamas. the industrial action will see ben gurion airport — the busiest in israel — closed to take—offs and landings from 8am local time. the families of hostages had pushed for the strike after the israeli army found the bodies of six hostages in a tunnel in rafah. the military said they were killed by hamas shortly before troops arrived. a hamas official denied this, saying they were killed by israeli fire. thousands of israelis have been protesting injerusalem —

as we can see here — and tel aviv in an effort to put pressure on the israeli government to bring the remaining hostages home. the funerals for some of the hostages have been held. these pictures are from ra'anana, just north of tel aviv, where a service has been held for almog sarusi. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, blamed hamas leaders for the killings, saying they showed hamas did not want a deal. the opposition leader yair lapid accused mr netanyahu of deciding not to save the hostages. jon donnison reports from jerusalem on what we know about the israeli hostages. six more dead israeli hostages in gaza. carmel gat, who was a0. alexander lobanov, 32. almog sarusi, aged 27. eden yerushalmi, 24. ori danino, who was 25. and the youngest, hersh goldberg—polin, just 23, who was also an american citizen. with broken hearts,

the goldberg—polin family is devastated to announce the death of their son and brother, hersh. they thank you all for your love and support and ask for privacy at this time. just a few days ago, his mother, rachel, had called for his release. hersh, we are working day and night and we will never stop. but she will never see her only son alive again. israel's military says the six bodies were found in a tunnel under rafah in the south of gaza. its chief spokesperson, daniel hagari, said they had recently been brutally murdered by hamas. the islamist group today denied that, saying they were killed in israeli strikes. but in a video statement, israel's prime minister was clear who he thought was to blame. "we saw the unimaginable cruelty of the hamas killers on the 7th of october, and we saw it again

in the tunnels under rafah." but mr netanyahu is under pressure. last night, there again were protests from hostage families and clashes with police. they say the israeli leader is putting his own personal political ambitions ahead of securing a ceasefire and hostage release deal, and that he has the blood on his hands. meanwhile, in gaza, a rare bit of positive news on the humanitarian front. a mass polio vaccination programme for hundreds of thousands of children has begun, with area—specific pauses in fighting. but it is a long way from the comprehensive ceasefire deal that diplomats have been pushing forfor months. let's speak to our correspondent in jerusalem, jon donnison. what more do we know now about

when the hostages were killed? israel's ministry of health has put out a statement saying according to the autopsy they carried out, the six hostages were killed some 48 — 72 hours before that autopsies so that would have been sometime between and friday morning, and it said that they had been shot at close range. as you heard in my report, hamas has rejected that, it says they were killed in israel he strikes but that is certainly not what the israelis are saying.- is certainly not what the israelis are saying. talk to us about these _ israelis are saying. talk to us about these protests, - israelis are saying. talk to us about these protests, and . israelis are saying. talk to us | about these protests, and how they've come to be so well supported it seems.- they've come to be so well supported it seems. well, look, ou supported it seems. well, look, you know. _ supported it seems. well, look, you know, benjamin _ supported it seems. well, look, you know, benjamin netanyahu| supported it seems. well, look, i you know, benjamin netanyahu is under real pressure today. we've got the call for the general strike tomorrow, we've got a number of the hostage families incredibly unhappy,

they should issued a statement saying they are in morning today because of the confirmation that the six hostages are now dead, but they said they would have still been alive if it weren't for prime mr netanyahu and his government, if they hadn't blocked, really, a hostage release and cease—fire deal. some of them have called the prime minister a murderer, saying that he has blood on his hands. so now you've got the leader of the opposition, you've got the biggest trade unions in israel calling for this general strike tomorrow and big protests gathering tonight in tel aviv, we've already seen demonstrations in jerusalem or outside the prime minister's office. so it's more pressure building on prime minister netanyahu to move forward to accept this hostage release and cease—fire deal, that the international community now have been pushing forward with for months, but so far he has rejected all of that

pressure, even coming from some of his closest ministers, including the defence minister you of gallant.— you of gallant. how does he respond. — you of gallant. how does he respond. the _ you of gallant. how does he respond, the prime - you of gallant. how does he l respond, the prime minister, you of gallant. how does he - respond, the prime minister, to he's holding onto power in this way, because without it he'd be backin way, because without it he'd be back in court? he way, because without it he'd be back in court?— back in court? he re'ects that. he sa s back in court? he re'ects that. he says the t back in court? he re'ects that. he says the best _ back in court? he rejects that. he says the best way - back in court? he rejects that. he says the best way to - back in court? he rejects that. he says the best way to get i back in court? he rejects that. l he says the best way to get the release of the remaining hostages out of gaza is by applying military pressure on hamas. and, you know, when he set out in october seven last year, and he set out the aims of this war, it was to destroy hamas' ability to govern and to reduce their ability to be, eradicate their ability to be a military threat. that is hard to do when the leader of hamas in gaza, yaya �*s and more, the man who coordinated and drove

the october seven attack is still alive. so he reasons that they've got to complete the mission but this is now a hugely divisive issue in israel and certainly on a day like today, you have to remember we had to six other bodies brought out of gaza of hostages just over a week ago. out of gaza of hostages “ust over a week agoi out of gaza of hostages “ust over a week ago. thank you very much. over a week ago. thank you very much- john _ over a week ago. thank you very much. john dennison _ over a week ago. thank you very much. john dennison in - much. john dennison in jerusalem. the protesters injerusalem are furious that more hostages have been killed. this morning we are grieving the death of six hostages. they should have come back alive, they could have come back alive. we need a deal now. they need to come back alive. i'm joined now byjonathan dekel—chen, whose son sagui is one of the hostages still in gaza. thank you very much for talking to us at this extremely painful

time. what was your reaction when you heard the news about the six hostages whose when you heard the news about the six hostages whose bodies were recovered?— the six hostages whose bodies were recovered? well, and norma sorrow for — were recovered? well, and norma sorrow for their _ were recovered? well, and norma sorrow for their families. - sorrow for their families. these are six sorrow for theirfamilies. these are six young, sorrow for their families. these are six young, beautiful lives that were lost needlessly. we know, and as he reported, they were alive until hours, perhaps days, before the israeli soldiers reached them. the problem is, of course, that we are not getting, it would seem any closer to a negotiated settlement that will allow these hostages, all of them, these hostages, all of them, the remaining 109 to return home to israel and to end the madness and the killing in gaza. what's your view in benjamin netanyahu and the wider government and how they're dealing with this?— dealing with this? look, my views have _ dealing with this? look, my views have been _ dealing with this? look, my views have been very - dealing with this? look, my

views have been very publicj dealing with this? look, my i views have been very public in my criticism about our government and its handling of the war, specifically the hostage issue. however, we have to take a step back. we are in this place, primarily because on october seven, hamas assaulted, unprovoked, assaulted, unprovoked, assaulted israel, murdered well over 1400 people, conducted mass rape, mass looting, destroyed homes and property, my entire community was eradicated. by this hamas onslaught, hamas could have ended this on october eight simply by releasing the hostages, the 240 original hostages, the 240 original hostages, it could have ended in an hour by releasing the 109 remaining hostages. ithink that's our ground zero for any discussion and we have to understand that first. as far as my government is concerned, israel's government, i've said loudly and clearly, notjust me, most of the country that

it's become increasingly clear to us over these last months, not days or weeks, that prime minister netanyahu and his coalition partners are sacrificing any kind of chance to return hostages alive and recover the bodies of all others in the name of some fantastical idea of total victory over hamas. hamas is an evil terrorist organisation, we can all agree on that. the problem is that all the israeli military and intelligence community have said clearly, publicly, over the last days to weeks, months even, to our prime minister and his government, that the time has come to end this conflict in gaza, return, get our people home by some kind of negotiated settlement with satan. what home by some kind of negotiated

settlement with satan.— settlement with satan. what do ou sa in settlement with satan. what do you say in response, _ settlement with satan. what do you say in response, though, i settlement with satan. what do j you say in response, though, to mr netanyahu's assertion that hamas don't want a cease—fire deal or to allow the hostages to be returned to israel, because these six people have been killed while negotiations are supposed to be taking place. are supposed to be taking lace. ~ . �* , are supposed to be taking lace. ~ , place. well, that's absolutely true, place. well, that's absolutely true. they — place. well, that's absolutely true, they were _ place. well, that's absolutely true, they were executed - place. well, that's absolutely true, they were executed by. true, they were executed by hamas, as you reported stated earlier. four of them older men from my kibbutz, friends for the last 40 years. there's no... look... this is old speak, this is old speak. both prime minister netanyahu and sinwar have to put aside these narratives that clearly, clearly do not reflect the reality on the ground and they need to put aside their own political or ideological agendas, whatever those are,

and to work quickly and efficiently to arrive at a cease—fire and a hostage deal for the good of their peoples, until both of them decide that their own political future or ideological messianism is less important than the security of their own people and in the case of israel, the solidarity of israeli society, we won't get very far. i of israeli society, we won't get very far-— get very far. i want to talk about your son. _ get very far. i want to talk about your son. he - get very far. i want to talk about your son. he is - get very far. i want to talk about your son. he is 35. l get very far. i want to talk - about your son. he is 35. what word have you had over the last ten months of where he might be? ~ , ., , ten months of where he might be? ., be? well, he is actually 36, he had his 36th — be? well, he is actually 36, he had his 36th birthday _ be? well, he is actually 36, he had his 36th birthday a - be? well, he is actually 36, he had his 36th birthday a couple| had his 36th birthday a couple of weeks ago in, we imagine, a horrific terror tunnel underneath gaza somewhere. the only sign of life that we have received came back in late november, early december, keep in mind it's important for your

viewers to know this. hamas is not allowed at red cross or any other international agency to visit with hostages, so we have no way of knowing what their condition might be, those who are still alive, we know in late november or early december, he was alive. testimony of teenagers who were released, found a negotiated agreement between israel and hamas that brought hostages home, they encountered him and many other people, men mostly, from my kibbutz under gaza before they released, since that time, since early december we simply do not know what has become of him.— we simply do not know what has become of him. how do you cope? i aet u- become of him. how do you cope? i get uo every _ become of him. how do you cope? i get up every morning _ become of him. how do you cope? i get up every morning with - i get up every morning with difficulty, and remember that my mission is to get my son, my

little 36—year—old guy back to his three little daughters and to return the 29 hostages from my kibbutz, who might still be alive and those who need to be reunited after being murdered, reunited after being murdered, reunited with their loved ones, thatis reunited with their loved ones, that is the most crucial thing that is the most crucial thing that i can possibly do. and that i can possibly do. and thatis that i can possibly do. and that is what keeps me going. how likely do you believe it is that the general strike that's been called by the trade union federation, that these protests that we've seen, the hostage families group call for come of that call is being answered by thousands of people across israel, will have the effect of pushing benjamin netanyahu and his government to discussions that are needed that are believed to be necessary. we've

reached a _ believed to be necessary. we've reached a watershed _ believed to be necessary. we've reached a watershed moment. l reached a watershed moment. i think the return now of the bodies of six young people who did not have to die, they lived miserably for nearly 11 months and died in a horrific way, thatis and died in a horrific way, that is really shaking our country and brought, reignited that fire, so i want to believe that fire, so i want to believe that that will convince our government that it is time to do the right thing. but equally, equally, the world community, we can't do it from israel. the world community must rise up, notjust for the sake of the families were certainly not for israel, but for palestinians and regional security. absolutely, the world community must rise up and demand from hamas that it negotiate in good faith and that it release the prisoners so that the people of gaza who have suffered so mightily since

october can somehow get back to living something that resembles a normal life. pinning it totally, the responsibility totally, the responsibility totally on our government, i think is a misrepresentation of the reality in israel, we are doing our to pressure the government, the united states i believe is also pressuring the israeli government, the world community, whether in the uk or viewers anywhere should do what they can, what they must, to get hamas to yes as well. we cannot just — get hamas to yes as well. we cannotjust do _ get hamas to yes as well. we cannotjust do that get hamas to yes as well. we cannot just do that from cannotjust do that from israel. what are your fears? you mentioned the wider concerns that the region has, what are your fears of progress not being made? it’s what are your fears of progress not being made?— not being made? it's not “ust fear, i thinki not being made? it's not “ust fear, i think it's i not being made? it's not “ust fear, i think it's the i not being made? it's notjust fear, i think it's the reality i fear, i think it's the reality is i read it. you know, iran has clearly stated, it is already attacked us directly with hundreds of missiles and drones, shot in israel, so they say, solidarity with the people of gaza. their proxies in

lebanon, the west bank, and in yemen have been actively, actively shooting at israel now for many, many months. and i think it's no secret that if these negotiations fail, there is a very high likelihood of an incredibly tragic series of events that will lead to regional war where no—one benefits. regional war where no-one benefits-— benefits. there's also the issue of— benefits. there's also the issue of what's _ benefits. there's also the j issue of what's happening between hezbollah and israel in lebanon, and also the violence that we are saying flaring in the west bank. to what extent do you think all of these matters need to be addressed at the same time?— the same time? well, alli can sa is, the same time? well, alli can say is. for— the same time? well, alli can say is, for sure, _ the same time? well, alli can say is, for sure, is _ the same time? well, alli can say is, for sure, is that - the same time? well, alli can say is, for sure, is that the i say is, for sure, is that the linchpin of all of this, of reducing the potential for larger and more deadly violence, the linchpin is

completing this hostage deal, getting our people home and creating a cease—fire in gaza. without that, there is no hope of de—escalation on any of these fronts that you mentioned. , ., ., ., ., , mentioned. jonathan, we really appreciate _ mentioned. jonathan, we really appreciate you _ mentioned. jonathan, we really appreciate you talking to i mentioned. jonathan, we really appreciate you talking to us i appreciate you talking to us here on bbc news, thank you so much for your time.— much for your time. thank you for having _ much for your time. thank you for having me. _ these are the scenes in tel aviv this evening, as we heard, there have been a call by families of the hostages who were taken by hamas last october for people to come out onto the streets and to show their opposition, that anger, to what the israeli government have done in terms of trying to engage with the negotiations and the hope of getting the hostages back, whether they are still alive or recovering the of thuringia — but might not be able alive rm a government. of thuringia — but might not be bodies of those who have been able alive or a government. of thuringia — but might not be able alive or recovering ent. of thuringia — but might not be able alive or recovering the. still alive or recovering the bodies of those who have been

killed during the last ten killed during the last ten months. and as we've also months. and as we've also heard, there is a general heard, there is a general strike that has been called strike that has been called back by the trade unions back by the trade unions federation in israel and also federation in israel and also with the support of opposition with the support of opposition politicians who say that this politicians who say that this is the way to put pressure on is the way to put pressure on benjamin netanyahu, to try to benjamin netanyahu, to try to agree a cease—fire will deal agree a cease—fire will deal with hamas, for his part, with hamas, for his part, benjamin netanyahu saying that benjamin netanyahu saying that hamas have shown they do not hamas have shown they do not wish to come to a deal as wish to come to a deal as able to form a government. demonstrated in his view by the demonstrated in his view by the fact that these six hostages fact that these six hostages were killed over the last 48 to were killed over the last 48 to 72 hours, and whose bodies were 72 hours, and whose bodies were found in the tunnels near rafah found in the tunnels near rafah in the south. of gaza. in the south. of gaza. polls have just closed in two polls have just closed in two elections in eastern germany, elections in eastern germany, exit polls from public broadcaster zdf say exit polls from public the far—right afd party has won

the most votes in the state of thuringia — but might not be broadcaster zdf say

the far—right afd party has won s—: .— exit 7:7 :; the far—right afd party has won .,j ; exit polls, — :—: the far—right afd party has won ”a % exit polls, it f’: the far—right afd party has won ”a % exit polls, it looks e these exit polls, it looks like these exit polls, it looks like the votes have gone to the far right. the reason why that's historic is the afd has never won the most votes in any regional election in germany, they are celebrating. the mood is less happy and saxony, because it looks like they may because it looks like they may be coming second. crucially, they are not going to get into government, this is a party incredibly radical particularly incredibly radical particularly in this region of eastern germany, the leader of the regional party has been defined ijy regional party has been defined by courts as a fascist, so legally we can call this man a fascist. so they will be able to get into government because you need coalition partners, but what you can do it with the parliament seats taken up by the afd, they can block it pretty much any progress. they can make it very difficult for any governing coalition at all because particularly in one

region, it's impossible to form a majority government. broad coalitions, maybe conservatives will have to form a coalition with a radical populist far left party which is barely possible, you may have three—way coalitions, maybe even 4—way, minority governments, what that means on the ground for those people in those regions is that it's going to be very difficult to push through any particular policy and what this means nationally, is this is a real signal, the national elections next year here in germany, the national parliament is going to be and people are really looking at this with fear because what we've seen with the parties and moat both those states have been really punished. olaf schultz has sent... democrats really had a battering, they managed to get back into parliament but barely, it's bad news for the central government because it's a bit of a slap in the face for them and it's good news for the far right. them and it's good news for the far ri . ht. �* them and it's good news for the far riuht. �* ~ , ., far right. but if the afd have done so well, _ far right. but if the afd have done so well, and _ far right. but if the afd have

done so well, and it's i far right. but if the afd have i done so well, and it's sending a message to the other parties that there is support for their ideas, that there is concern amongst voters, how are they going to respond?— amongst voters, how are they going to respond? we've already seen the response _ going to respond? we've already seen the response really, - seen the response really, because immigration, migration as a whole has been a huge topic in germany for a long time, and the afd has really influenced particularly the conservative party but also the centreleft social democrats and not to be honest, it feels like all anyone talks about here is migration, so it can be said this is an issue that's being run ignored. the afd have put it on the agenda. what we are seeing is in specific regional matters in eastern germany, to do with the history, to do with trauma suffered in 90s, also of traditional lack of party loyalty, these are voters that are happy to switch parties and lots of people who voted afd this time it might have voted centreleft last time. there's no guarantee it will stay and you can't really translate this

into national politics. the difficulty is, really, is that the afd is particularly, this particular region, have defined itself as a party that wants to undermine the democratic structure and the state, democratic government in germany. that's a difficult position because what a lot of politicians would say in other parties as people are voting for non—democratic party. the difficulty is of course, if a third of people are voting for that, what you do? how long can you keep up this firewall which is trying to keep out the afd, it's an ongoing question, no real answer to it. but we will see is a lot of people looking toward eastern germany to now see what happens. these results were expected so it doesn't really come as a shock, there will be more elections in a couple of weeks' time, which will be less dramatic and i think once these elections are out of the way we will see a less ferocious political rhetoric and probably a lot more cooperation once with

parties and already what we've seen are some quite drastic measures in order to curb migration. so it probably will have a big effect on national politics as well.— politics as well. thank you very much. _ politics as well. thank you very much, this _ politics as well. thank you very much, this is - politics as well. thank you very much, this is bbc i politics as well. thank you i very much, this is bbc news. hello there. the weather pattern looks quite complicated for the next couple of days, we have generally got low pressure close by with weather fronts. and we are picking up quite a bit of humidity and warmth off the near continent. so, that is going to really complicate the story somewhat with where showers and thunderstorms will appear. but for many of us it is going to feel warm and humid for part two of the weekend, as we draw this air off the near continent. there will be scattered showers and thunderstorms, areas of cloud, but also some sunshine. the best of that sunshine will be across the southeast where we could be up to the high 20s celsius. further north and west, more cloud around than what we had on saturday. and there will be some heavy showers and thunderstorms a bit

more widespread through parts of the midlands, into wales, spreading further northwards as we go into the evening. high teens across the north, there we will see some warmth for the highlands and very warm in the southeast. it stays muggy and humid tonight, we see showers and longer spells of rain, some of it sundry, pushing some of it thundery, pushing across parts of the midlands, northern england and into scotland. for all areas it is going to be a warm and muggy night. warmer across scotland than we have had recently. around 17 degrees in the southeast. monday we have got weather fronts across the uk, it looks pretty mixed. a lot of cloud around, some mist and murk, heavy showers and thunderstorms across northern and eastern england pushing up towards scotland. we could see the odd thunderstorm developing further south as well, with more cloud around, less sunshine. temperatures not quite where we like but still up to 25 degrees in the southeast. as we move into tuesday we start to see this area of high pressure begin to exert its force across the country. that will try to push the weather fronts away.

tuesday is a mixed picture, at the moment it looks like we could see weather fronts bringing showers to western scotland, northern ireland, and there could be a few showers or thundery downpours across the southeast. some sunshine in between, temperatures a bit lower and we are picking up some cooler and fresher air from tuesday onwards, losing that humidity. so, 17—22 degrees. and then from wednesday onwards this area of high pressure it will exert its force across the country, it could bring a few showers into northwestern areas and low pressure over the near continent weather fronts, they will always loiter just south of the uk. there is a chance of some heavy showers or thunderstorms towards southern areas. but i think generally speaking, particularly the further north you are, it should start to settle down with increasing amounts of sunshine.

this is bbc news. the headlines... israel's trades union federation orders a general strike for monday to try to force the government to make a deal with hamas, after the bodies of six hostages are recovered from gaza. the first full day of a mass polio vaccination programme in gaza is hailed a success by humanitarian agencies. they are aiming to immunise more than 600,000 children under the age of ten. polls close in two regional elections in eastern germany. exit polls suggest the far—right alternative for germany party has won the most votes in the state of thuringia but is unlikely to be able to form a government. airports in nearly 30

european countries which had scrapped limits for liquids in hand luggage are being made to reinstate the restrictions from sunday. the eu says the reversal is a "temporary" measure to address a technical issue with new equipment. now it's time for a look at today's sport. i wanted to take you back to israel, where many people are coming out onto the streets to protest, to try to force the government into agreeing a ceasefire deal with turkey gaza, and also ensuring the release of the remaining hostages, haber captured last october when the hamas fighters attacked the music festival. you can see the pictures on screen of those in tel aviv. the hostages' the a family is a forum have asked people across the country to come out in support of their protest. this

began in tel aviv about half an article. some of the people are wearing black t—shirts are a singer them home now, or carrying signs and flags with the same sentiment. others wearing yellow ribbons in solidarity with the hostages and their families. solidarity with the hostages and theirfamilies. it solidarity with the hostages and their families. it follows the israeli military finding the israeli military finding the bodies of six hostages in a tunnel in the south of gaza, and rafah. and there is now likely to be a general strike beginning tonight and affecting the whole of the country, with the whole of the country, with the families of the hostages calling for a complete halt of the country. but we have also seen vigils held in memory of the six hostages whose bodies were recovered. and also to funerals for some of them have already been held. these were the scenes in tel aviv, also

replicated in jerusalem the scenes in tel aviv, also replicated injerusalem and elsewhere tonight. now it's time for a look at today's sport. liverpool are closing in on a big win at manchester united — and a result that will make it three wins from three for new boss arne slot. with close to 75 minutes played at old trafford, they're in total control and lead 3—0. luis diaz with two first half goals, after trent alexander arnold had an early strike disallowed. mohammed salah making it three in the second half. for united, this will be back to back defeats following their opening day win. alexander isak�*s first goal of the the season has earnt newcastle a 2—1 win over tottenham at st james' park. spurs dominated at times, they looked to be heading for a draw after a dan burn own goal cancelled out harvey barnes' first half strike. but isak sealed the three points making tottenham pay for their missed chances. the result of this matters, and it is always the most important

thing, but of course how you get the result indicates how successful you are going to be long—term, so we know we have got a lot of work to do and we have things to improve, but running through the squad i think we have characters and leaders, and players with extreme ambition to do welcome and i think you can see the collective spirit in the performance as well. meanwhile, at stamford bridge, eberechi eze's second half goal was enough to earn crystal palace their first point of the premier league season as they came from behind to draw 1—1 at chelsea. nicolas jackson had given chelsea the lead in the first half but enzo maresca's side are still waiting for their first league win at home. celtic are back on top of the scottish premiership after a comfortable 3—0 win over rangers in the old firm derby. daizen maeda scored the opener, guiding in a close—range finish from alistairjohnston's cross. japanese striker kyogo furuhashi added to his bulging derby tally to make it two. callum mcgregor added a third. celtic are top on goal difference. it's been a day to remember

for charles leclerc and ferrari after a stunning formula one victory at the italian grand prix. ferrari chose a daring one—stop strategy for leclerc, whilst mclaren took the conventional two—stop approach — and it allowed leclerc to pull off a sensational home win for the team and finish ahead of oscar piastri and lando norris. leclerc holding on to win by 2.6 seconds. norris started on pole but was overtaken on the first lap. he's now 62 points behind the championship leader max verstappen who finished sixth. after the race, the fia confirmed that kevin magnussen will serve a one—race suspension for accruing 12 penalty points on his super licence in the past 12 months. the haas driver will miss the azerbaijan grand prix after which the points will be removed. it's been a golden day for great britain at the paralympics. maisie summers—newton and brock whiston have won gold in the pool in the last hour, whilst at the velodrome kadeena cox, jaco van gass and jody cundy retained

their mixed team sprint title. before that, world record holders sophie unwin and jenny holl won the women's b 3,000m individual pursuit final. and there was a british one—two in the men's b 1000 metres time trialfinal, with gold going to james ball and pilot steffan lloyd, finishing ahead of team—mates neil fachie and matthew rotherham who took silver. gb won three gold medals and one silver in the rowing and england have beaten sri lanka by 190 runs on day four of the second test at lords — giving them an unassailable 2—0 lead in the series. the tourists were chasing an unlikely 483 to win, dimuth karunaratne and dinesh chandimal delievered some resistance with half centuries each but bowler gus atkinson — who hit a sensational century in this test — took five wickets as sri lanka were ultimately bowled out for 292 in their second innings. atkinson is the first englishman to take five wickets and score a century in the same

match since sir ian botham in 1981. and that's all the sport for now. let's return to what is happening in israel because as we have been reporting all day the israeli forces have found six hostages, the bodies, in a tunnel in the south of gaza, near rafah. under israeli trade union federation has ordered a general strike from monday to try to force the government to reach a hostage release deal with hamas. this will see the busiest airport close from take—offs and landings. the families had pushed for the strike after the army found the bodies, and the military said that they were killed by hamas. hamas deny this, saying they

were killed by israeli fire. those protests have now moved to tel aviv. let's take another look at those protests that are happening. they have banners and t—shirts asking people to support them, with the slogan, bring them home now. another turn —— noga tarnopo turn —— lsky is a freelance journalist injerusalem. she described the general mood among the israeli public. it's a very, very grim mood.

these hostages include some whose families have been among the most active publicly to try to get the hostages back. so israelis have been following their stories closely. but i think most agonising and most impactful was the israeli army's announcement this morning that they were killed just recently, you know, in the last day or two. and because this follows a very radical decision by the israeli government made in the middle of the night between thursday and friday. there's a very widespread feeling that they were betrayed by their own government. i don't think that changes any israelis point of view about the cruelty of hamas, the islamist militia that still rules gaza. but i think that there

is a majority, certainly a majority, of israelis feel that their own government is betraying its citizens. so what is this doing, then, for the political support amongst israeli people? for benjamin netanyahu, especially in the light of this declaration that he intends for the israeli army to stay in the philadelphi corridor, that narrow strip between gaza and egypt? right. it's a very strange thing, and i think we can't overstress that — at about 2am in the morning between thursday and friday, which is already the weekend in israel, netanyahu presented his cabinet with a declarative vote and basically forced the ten members of his security cabinet to vote on it and got it declared.

what it declared is that despite the opposition of the israeli army, of the entire security establishment in israel, in spite of the screaming opposition of the minister of defence, that the israeli government was declaring that israeli soldiers would remain on the egypt—gaza border no matter what deal for the release of hostages is proposed. one of the ways this is interpreted in israel is that netanyahu was telling hamas, you can't use these hostages to get a deal. they are worthless to us. and so they were killed. and that is, as you can imagine, a very harsh feeling. that said, netanyahu is very unpopular. he's powerful, but he's an unpopular prime minister. he's been very unpopular for a long time. he has about the support of 20% of the population. as we speak, there are tens of thousands of people streaming to protest all over this country. and it looks like a general strike is going to be announced tonight.

but his coalition partners are sticking by him, so it doesn't appear that he's in imminent danger of being toppled. you mentioned those protests, so we can see live pictures on our screens now of people assembling injerusalem, answering the call to come out onto the streets. after what has happened with these hostages, what difference will it make? how will this influence benjamin netanyahu? i think there's a very real concern that it won't influence him. netanyahu appears in recent days and weeks to be ever more detached from the people of israel, the citizens of israel. the fact that his polling is so low appears only to kind of stiffen his back about his positions.

and again, he is surrounded in his cabinet, both within his party and with coalition members, with really radical extremists, the sort of people who never had a place in the israeli political arena before. and because he is an indicted prime minister on trial, and most of the political parties in israel wouldn't join him to form a government, he took them on. and so now it's this sort of faustian bargain to hold on to power and to do as much as they possibly can, despite the feelings of a majority of israelis. 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 90% of children under ten will need to be vaccinated for the campaign to succeed.

the roll—out was organised after a ten—month—old baby was partly paralysed by the first case of the virus in gaza in a quarter of a century. healthcare workers are hoping to vaccinate 640,000 children under the age of 10 against polio over 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. the world health organization's dr rik peeperkorn told us about how the vaccinaton campaign was going. of course, very pleased with his commitment, commitment to an area specific humanitarian pause, as you described. so today and for the next two days, we focus as what we call the central zone or the or the middle area. and the target is 156,583 children. so we do that for three days. when needed, we add a day, then we shift

to the southern zone, target of 340,000 children. and then we go to the north, with a target of 150,000 children. four weeks later, we have to do the same. so you rightly said, total target 640,000 children to be vaccinated two times, and we want to reach at least 90% of the children. a massive, massive operation. i went to in the central zone... i'm based here in w.h.o. office in arabella, which is also the emergency operation centre of this polio campaign. and i visited five of the so—called fixed points two ministry of health, primary healthcare centres and shelter and two ngos, one from the uk and one from medecins sans frontieres. that actually already demonstrate that we are not talking only about ministry of health, w.h.o., unicef and unrwa. we're talking about all

health partners which are participating in this operation and i must say, good spirits overall, good vibes. we saw literally thousands of parents coming with their children, even in this small area and going for this vaccination. even when little children were interviewed, why they came, there's a high vaccination acceptance. so fingers crossed. let's say the first day didn't look too bad. however, of course, this is just the first day and we need to continue for at least another 10,12 days. derbyshire police say the pilot of a light aircraft was killed when his plane crashed near chesterfield. the man was the only person on board. let's speak to our reporter, yunus mulla, who has the latest developments on this story.

what we have our day is a number of different agencies coming in and out of this industrial estate in the north of chesterfield.— of chesterfield. you can still see officers _ of chesterfield. you can still see officers from _ of chesterfield. you can still see officers from derbyshirej see officers from derbyshire police who are still here. we have also had the east midlands ambulance servants, who were here earlier today. what we know is that a light aircraft came down here just after nine o'clock this morning. we are being kept away from the scene of the crash. this is a short distance away on the left—hand side. what there is the is a blue tent which has been erected to allow investigations to take place. those investigations will focus on how that plane came down. there was a pilot on board, we know, who died. he wasn't the only person on board. his family have been informed. according to the flight raider website,

this light aircraft lets call us on airfield, which is in dronfield, just a few miles away from here, and then it came down here. the investigation will focus on what happened. most of the aircraft? did something happen to the pilot? what we know that the aircraft is a evektor sportstar light aircraft, a two seater, often used by flight schools so a lot of investigations will focus on the pilot. we do not he was the only person here. but we have also seen in the last hour or its involvement from the air accident investigations. their inspectors will be looking at what could have happened here, among them also been taking part in that investigation. thank you very much. this weekend, movie awards season has been getting under way, with majorfilm festivals already taking place in venice and colorado —

and in a few days' time, toronto too. these festivals traditionally launch films that feature in the oscars race. the telluride film festival, high up in the colorado rocky mountains, has a strong record of showcasing films which go on to win a best picture academy award. let's cross live now to tom brook, the host of talking movies. how much excitement as for the new firms? what are people really talking about? telluride is a small film _ really talking about? telluride is a small film festival, i really talking about? telluride is a small film festival, with l is a small film festival, with 30 films, and it only takes place over a four—day period, the labor day holiday weekend here. but there is a lot of excitement. the feeling is the summer movie season is over and now we're into awards season. and among the firms have been mentioned as one called conclave, and it has been described as a vatican thriller. it is about the election of a new pope and it stars ralph fiennes. then he

has been getting a lot of very positive feedback about its performance. he has been nominated for an oscar twice before, and people are saying that she could get a nomination for this form. another firm that has been making an impact is called maria, and that brought angelina jolie to town, because she preserve delete celebrated opera singer maria callas in this film. in the film was shown at the venice film was shown at the venice film festival two or three days ago, and she got an eight minute ovation and she had to apparently turn a bit because she was overwhelmed by emotion. the people like that performance. those are two firms that have been getting a lot of attention here.— lot of attention here. quite a lot of attention here. quite a lot of attention here. quite a lot of documentaries - lot of attention here. quite a lot of documentaries this i lot of attention here. quite a i lot of documentaries this year? why is that?— why is that? we're still deafinu why is that? we're still dealing with _ why is that? we're still dealing with the - why is that? we're still i dealing with the aftermath of the actors and writers strike last year, and during that time there was no work on features, but documentaries could get on with their work, so as a

result, we are seeing more documentary films. some of the films being shown a very contentious, they are dealing with the pressing social and political issues —— pressing. there is one from pilot called one to one, aboutjohn lennon and yoko ono from september 1971, arriving in new york city and 18 months of life they had together they are. it is a love letter, but also about all the people they met at the time, political activists like abbie hoffman and jerry rubin. and it shows snippets of culture from that time, television shows. it has been put together by a uk film—maker, and that has created a lot of positive buzz here, and it is a joyous film. anna presentsjohn then perhaps as a non—cynical person. it is very good pr for him, although he died more than 40 years ago. why is it that telluride has

had such an impact on the oscars race in the past? it is interesting _ oscars race in the past? it is interesting because - oscars race in the past? it is interesting because it i oscars race in the past? it is interesting because it is i oscars race in the past? it 3 interesting because it is a small town high up in the rocky mountains, i'm constantly out of breath here because of meld altitude sickness, but it brings together very influential people in the film well. there are a lot of oscar voters who come here, and it has created this tradition the actually showcasing films that then go on to win a best picture oscar. it began with danny boyle's slum dog millionaire quite a few years ago, paris it was also shown here. so, it has the ability to detect firms that oscar voters may like and as a result it is a place at a lot of film—makers want to have there may shown. —— parasite was also shown here. -- parasite was also shown here. ~ . . -- parasite was also shown here. ~ ., , ., ., here. what is the mood among the movie _ here. what is the mood among the movie industry _ here. what is the mood among the movie industry after i here. what is the mood among the movie industry after covid l the movie industry after covid when it was so difficult to make films, many firms either

weren't made or certainly weren't made or certainly weren't launched. is there a sense that there is an upturn coming, orwith sense that there is an upturn coming, or with us? sense that there is an upturn coming, orwith us? i sense that there is an upturn coming, or with us?- sense that there is an upturn coming, or with us? i think so. tomorrow _ coming, or with us? i think so. tomorrow will _ coming, or with us? i think so. tomorrow will mark _ coming, or with us? i think so. tomorrow will mark the - coming, or with us? i think so. tomorrow will mark the end i coming, or with us? i think so. tomorrow will mark the end of| tomorrow will mark the end of the traditionally lucrative hollywood summer movie season, and the industry will have taken in $3.6 billion. that sounds like a lot of money, but it is less than the summer movie season last year, and it is still below covid levels will stop i think what is buying people is the fact that there have been a number of firms recently, particularly at disney pixar and animation inside out too, has done really well. that has taken on more than $1.6 billion around the world, and has shown that people will come out to watch a film if it is the right kind of firm marker to appeal to a broad swath of moviegoers. i hate using that phrase cautious optimism, but i think that is what is going on. people feel

if they calibrate the right kind of feel, people will come out and a cinema going can stay somewhat healthy. it out and a cinema going can stay somewhat healthy.— somewhat healthy. it looks . lorious somewhat healthy. it looks glorious when _ somewhat healthy. it looks glorious when you - somewhat healthy. it looks glorious when you are i somewhat healthy. it looks| glorious when you are come enjoy the festival. let's ta ke let's take a look at live pictures of the protesters who turned out in tel aviv, answering the call from the families of the hostages who were captured last october by hamas when they were attending the music festival, and also from nearby places such as the kibbutz were residents were captured. this is in response to the israeli forces finding the bodies of six hostages in tunnels under rafah come in the south of the gaza strip. thousands of people have turned up thousands of people have turned up in tel aviv during this mass demonstration, as you can see. many of them holding banners calling for the remaining

hostages to be returned to israel. some of the people demonstrating the alternator telling our correspondence on the ground that this discovery of the six hostages who have diet needs to signal a turning point. the idea is that the process and the general strike that has been caught starting tonight and tomorrow is meant tonight and tomorrow is meant to put pressure on benjamin netanyahu and his government to come up with a ceasefire deal with hamas. it would also mean the return of the remaining hostages. but of course, for his part, benjamin netanyahu says he does not believe that hamas wants to come to a deal. why would they have killed these hostages in the last 48 to 72 hours if they had any intention of coming to a deal?

so, we will keep an eye here at bbc news on this protest. there is also the live page on the bbc news website. this is bbc news. hello there. the weather pattern looks quite complicated for the next couple of days, we have generally got low pressure close by with weather fronts. and we are picking up quite a bit of humidity and warmth off the near continent. so, that is going to really complicate the story somewhat with where showers and thunderstorms will appear. but for many of us it is going to feel warm and humid for part two of the weekend, as we draw this air off the near continent. there will be scattered showers and thunderstorms, areas of cloud, but also some sunshine. the best of that sunshine will be across the southeast where we could be up to the high 20s celsius. further north and west, more cloud around than what we had on saturday.

becoming a bit more widespread through parts of the midlands, into wales, spreading further northwards as we go into the evening. high teens across the north, there we will see some warmth for the highlands and very warm in the southeast. it stays muggy and humid tonight, we see showers or longer spells of rain, some of it thundery, pushing across parts of the midlands, northern england and into scotland. for all areas it is going to be a warm and muggy night. warmer across scotland than we have had recently. around 17 degrees in the southeast. monday, we have got weather fronts across the uk, it looks pretty mixed. a lot of cloud around, some mist and murk, heavy showers and thunderstorms across northern and eastern england, pushing up towards scotland. we could see the odd thunderstorm developing further south as well, with more cloud around, less sunshine. temperatures not quite as high on monday, still up to 25 degrees in the southeast. as we move into tuesday we start to see this area of high pressure begin to exert its force across the country. that will try to push the weather fronts away. tuesday is a mixed picture,

at the moment it looks like we could see weather fronts bringing showers to western scotland, northern ireland, and there could be a few showers or thundery downpours across the southeast. some sunshine in between, temperatures a bit lower and we are picking up some cooler and fresher air from tuesday onwards, losing that humidity. so, 17—22 degrees. and then from wednesday onwards this area of high pressure will exert its force across the country, it could bring a few showers into northwestern areas and low pressure over the near continent weather fronts, they will always loiter just south of the uk. there is a chance of some heavy showers or thunderstorms towards southern areas. but i think, generally speaking, particularly the further north you are, it should start to settle down with increasing amounts of sunshine.

live from london. this is bbc news. thousands of protesters injerusalem and tel aviv demand the israeli government reach a deal with hamas. unions call a general strike to force the issue. it comes after israeli forces recovered the bodies of six hostages held by hamas in the gaza strip. they should have come back alive, they could have come back alive. we need a deal now. moon hundreds of mourners attend funerals for two of the hostages recovered from gaza. the un says the first full day of a mass polio vaccination programme in gaza has been successful. exit polls from eastern germany suggest the far—right afd party is on course to win a state election for the first time.

and — back to the old rule book. european airports re—introduce carry—on liquid restrictions. hello i'm samantha simmonds. the israeli trade union federation has ordered a general strike for monday in an effort to force the government to reach a hostage release deal with hamas. the industrial action will see ben gurion airport — the busiest in israel — closed to take—offs and landings from 8am local time. the families of hostages had pushed for the strike after the israeli army found the bodies of six hostages in a tunnel in rafah. the military said they were killed by hamas shortly before troops arrived. a hamas official denied this, saying they were killed by israeli fire. thousands of israelis have been protesting in jerusalem and tel aviv in an effort to put pressure on the israeli government to bring

the remaining hostages home.