afd party is on course to win a state election for the first time. and it's a gold rush and it's a gold rush for paralympics gb — for paralympics gb — their most successful single their most successful single day this century! day this century! hello. hello. the israeli trade union the israeli trade union federation has ordered federation has ordered a general strike for monday a general strike for monday in an effort to force in an effort to force the government to reach the government to reach a hostage release deal with a hostage release deal with hamas. hamas. the industrial action will see the industrial action will see ben gurion airport — the busiest in israel — ben gurion airport — the busiest in israel — closed to takeoffs and landings closed to takeoffs and landings from 8am local time. from 8am local time. the families of the families of hostages had pushed for the strike after hostages had pushed the israeli army found for the strike after the israeli army found the bodies of six hostages the bodies of six hostages in a tunnel in rafah. in a tunnel in rafah. the military said they were the military said they were killed by hamas shortly killed by hamas shortly before troops arrived. before troops arrived. it's a hamas official denied it's a hamas official denied this, saying they were this, saying they were killed by israeli fire. killed by israeli fire. thousands of israelis have been protesting in jerusalem thousands of israelis have been and tel aviv in an effort protesting in jerusalem and tel aviv in an effort to put pressure on the israeli to put pressure on the israeli government to bring government to bring the remaining hostages home. the remaining hostages home. the funerals for some the funerals for some of the hostages have been held. of the hostages have been held. these pictures are from ra'anana, just north these pictures are from of tel aviv, where a service was held for almog sarusi. our middle east correspondent

lucy williamson reports 00:01:01,320 --> 4294966103:13:29,429 from jerusalem. ra'anana, just north

a red flag at the protest today. a message to the prime minister. the last red line has been crossed. hostages were dying, they said, as a direct result of the prime minister's failure to sign a deal. outside mr netanyahu's office today they've being shouting "murderer". many people here think he simply doesn't want a deal. and if the deal is no longer possible, than the hostages are no longer valuable to hamas. . hostages cannot determine guns are shooting. in the time necessary to return hostages, when _ necessary to return hostages, when guns are shooting. the irony is the fighting did stop in central gaza today. the start of a nine—day vaccine programme delivered by the un.

the discovery of gaza's first case of polio in 25 years, the start of a nine—day vaccine programme delivered by the un. the discovery of gaza's first case of polio in 25 years, the only thing that's paused the fighting since november. thank god they've agreed on this, but we hope the war stops completely but notjust for a couple of days, we suffered a lot. as this man was buried today, new protests were born. israel's labour union called a general strike tomorrow to press for a cease—fire deal, benjamin netanyahu is being confronted with a choice. peace in gaza or war at home. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the head of israel's trade union federation urged workers to join monday's strike. translation: icall- on the people of israel to take to the streets this evening, tomorrow, leave their workplaces. i call on all economic organisations in the state of israel — everyone —

tojoin the strike. tomorrow, we must shout the cry of our beloved country. we must raise the cry of our hostages, our displaced, our dead. the state of israel must be returned to normal. joining us now on the line is alon—lee green, co—director of standing together — a social movement that brings israeli and palestinian communities together. he's at the protest in tel aviv. tell us why you are in the streets tonight protesting. irate streets tonight protesting. we are on the _ streets tonight protesting. - are on the streets protesting because we are facing a government of death, a government of death, a government that is willing to sacrifice the hostages. sacrifice the lives of israelis and for the sake of their hatred of palestinians and their willingness to continue this war and to make it an endless war because they hold ideas where hundreds of

thousands of people are in the streets demanding a cease—fire, demanding to release the hostages and they think this is for sure the largest demonstration since october seven. , seven. there been demonstrations i seven. there been i demonstrations every seven. there been _ demonstrations every weekend since the war started in october, do you believe that this will make a difference and that she will be able to exert pressure on prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his government to try to reach a deal? ~ ., ., . ., . government to try to reach a deal? ~ . ., . ., . , deal? we have no choice. it is completely — deal? we have no choice. it is completely overwhelming - deal? we have no choice. it is completely overwhelming and j completely overwhelming and depressing, to be honest, to be a citizen of israel right now. we are learning of the death of over 60 hostages that were alive —— six hostages who were, the government is lying in sing only military pressure will release the hostages. we are understanding that we have no choice but to resist and take to the streets in protest

against the government we do this so the major labour union and calling for a general strike tomorrow. this is something new and a new development are meant to organise great enough power for both the jewish organise great enough power for both thejewish people and palestinians in israel in order to defeat this government. i do believe there will be a general strike and people go on strike tomorrow? most of the israeli markets and most of the israeli economy will be on strike and the airport is going to cease all work and the workplaces of already announced that they are not going to provide any services and it's a general strike for the first time that this government is been assembled almost three years ago and it's a very good development because we need to hold enough power to resist those that are in power but

they don't care about is really people or palestinians, they kill innocent palestinians on a daily basis. kill innocent palestinians on a daily besie— daily basis. prime minister benjamin _ daily basis. prime minister benjamin netanyahu - daily basis. prime minister benjamin netanyahu saysl daily basis. prime minister - benjamin netanyahu says that hamas refused to conduct negotiations and he agreed to a back deal in may and weeks ago he said hamas refused to accept it and i suppose from the israeli government point of view, from his point of view, he committed following those atrocities and attacks in which more than 1200 israelis and other citizens are murdered, he committed to eradicating hamas. do you have sympathy with that view? i do you have sympathy with that view? ., , , i only hear lies. the prime minister says we have to achieve complete victory and now it is the border of rafa and this is a complete lie. benjamin netanyahu is trying to

avoid and is trying to survive politically rather than save the lives of those hundreds of israeli hostages that are held by hamas and gaza, their lives are in danger but benjamin netanyahu doesn't care about that, he cares about his partnership and those who believe in this supremacy and races to their core. and it is not acceptable and he is a liar by nature there is no reason for us to believe that he cares about us whatsoever.- for us to believe that he cares about us whatsoever. thank you for bein: about us whatsoever. thank you for being with _ about us whatsoever. thank you for being with us _ about us whatsoever. thank you for being with us and _ about us whatsoever. thank you for being with us and telling - for being with us and telling us why you are out on the streets protesting. let's speak to lior peri is a son of chiam peri, who was kidnapped from kibbutz nir oz on 7 october. chiam was declared dead injune, and his body was found two weeks ago in khan younis. thank you for being with us on the programme and we are sorry for your loss and how are you and yourfamily coping?

for your loss and how are you and your family coping? coping it's very tough _ and your family coping? coping it's very tough nut _ and your family coping? coping it's very tough nut to _ and your family coping? coping it's very tough nut to serve - it's very tough nut to serve personal reasons but over what is happening in our country and all the lives are suddenly roped in and now all the things have been shouted about for the last year or so and now eventually, everyone can eventually, everyone ca n understand eventually, everyone can understand what exactly is going on. understand what exactly is going om— understand what exactly is auoin on. . ., ., going on. what went through our going on. what went through your mind — going on. what went through your mind today _ going on. what went through your mind today is _ going on. what went through your mind today is hostages, j your mind today is hostages, more hostages have been killed? the anger and frustration are enormous. i cannot, the anger and frustration are enormous. icannot, i the anger and frustration are enormous. i cannot, i know the families of those people and they really wanted to survive

and is heartbreaking and really tough morning which also helps me make a decision which i felt but today, it made me come forth and talk about it.- forth and talk about it. what is it that you _ forth and talk about it. what is it that you want _ forth and talk about it. what is it that you want to - forth and talk about it. what is it that you want to say - forth and talk about it. what is it that you want to say to l is it that you want to say to the media?— the media? the reason i stopped talkin: to the media? the reason i stopped talking to the _ the media? the reason i stopped talking to the media _ the media? the reason i stopped talking to the media in _ the media? the reason i stopped talking to the media in israel- talking to the media in israel is me, i thought they were collaborating with the government and inflicting more damage from the government itself. and this showing of the public that there are two sides

to every story and presenting people who want to deal against people who want to deal against people who want to deal against people who do not want to deal in getting the audience to judge instead of doing the work in the singlet it means in this neglect this horror and today, it felt like another redline been crossed, it yet another one there's no real hope because although i've been to the rally today and it was amazing, i was when there just to regain my belief in the israeli people and i am afraid that our government, not our

government, strictly benjamin netanyahu, he doesn't have the ability to feel any kind of sympathy for nothing. i hope for a change but i know it is a long shot. for a change but i know it is a long shot-— for a change but i know it is a lona shot. �* ,, ., .,, long shot. and your father was one of those _ long shot. and your father was one of those was _ long shot. and your father was one of those was alive - long shot. and your father was one of those was alive and - long shot. and your father was one of those was alive and you j one of those was alive and you knew that in his life or at more months.— knew that in his life or at more months. he was alive in december— more months. he was alive in december and _ more months. he was alive in december and we _ more months. he was alive in december and we learned - more months. he was alive in| december and we learned that more months. he was alive in - december and we learned that he died somewhere on february and perhaps because of the israeli bombing and we wanted to know the answers of how he died and there opinion, it makes no difference, he died because he was there, it doesn't matter because the israeli air strike that hid him or the capture

shot him because afraid of the army approaching her they were bored, the fact is he was murdered. and the hostages, the situation was going on and he was about to come you're supposed to be next in line and somebody somewhere just decided no and shot them to death. he was alive and well and he could been here with all of us but some human decision, is very important it is not an act of nature, it is not a volcano erupting somewhere it is called minded humic

—— human decisions determining whether we live or die in this decision came from my country and the fact that they're trying to claim hamas for stopping the negotiation, i really don't care. if you wanted to make a deal to release them, you could've done it and they chose the other way and that is why my father is dead today. and that is why my father is dead today-— and that is why my father is dead toda . , ., ,., , ., dead today. tell us about your father, dead today. tell us about your father. and — dead today. tell us about your father, and artists _ dead today. tell us about your father, and artists that - father, and artists that actually works with palestinians.- actually works with palestinians. ., , palestinians. he was a peaceful man to his _ palestinians. he was a peaceful man to his core. _ palestinians. he was a peaceful man to his core. he _ palestinians. he was a peaceful man to his core. he believed i palestinians. he was a peaceful man to his core. he believed in| man to his core. he believed in peace throughout his entire life. he knew those the only way to coexist is by talking, reaching an agreement and learning the other side. you never diverted from this line,

never diverted from this line, never once. and he was an artist. he made movies and he had an art gallery, he brought art to the western deserted place in the region, he built an art gallery and brought art and he was a people man. he many people learn to connect with them. and at the funeral, he made a lot of impact on the people who he came in touch with and for me, it, he was my father and i lost my father because of horrific neglect by the israeli government. you

chose the worst government to get kidnapped at the time. thank you for being with us and telling us about your father. thank you. exit polls suggest the far right alternative for germany is on course to win a state election for the first time. it appears afd has won around thirty three per cent of the votes in thuringia — nine points ahead of the conservative cdu — but is unlikely to be able to form a govenrment. the afd is anti—immigration; wants to replace the euro with the deutschmark; and opposes the national government's approach to the war in ukraine and climate change. let's speak to katja salomo, postdoctoral researcher at the social science centre berlin. what are the reasons for the rise of far—right in the east of germany?

it seems like a mystery because we've not had a glitch and that solid efforts but the development is just half of it and the other half of the story is that unification and especially younger lower educated people have left east germany and more, if it'sjust assumed that east german germany, overreaching around six country which if fewer young people among the society compared to older age groups and other countries with even greater ageing population. and other countries with even greaterageing population. in east germany, all these

democratic developments compound and have at once and this leads to a myriad of problems or society that they're able to exploit it is a long list and we may be able to talk about some of them. i am interested _ talk about some of them. i am interested to _ talk about some of them. i am interested to know _ talk about some of them. i am interested to know given - talk about some of them. i am interested to know given this is a regional election in east germany and 5 million people eligible to vote, to what extent do you think this may be replicated across germany? yet understand _ replicated across germany? yet understand what is happening in east germany because of these developments, something quite unique and olympic cities and people in east germany, there are not enough people left to support the infrastructure and germans everywhere take the sensor granted, these occupations come you can lose restaurants and pubs in cinema, you are removing places where people can meet in social media

becomes even more attractive and influential. the labour shortage and you'll fail to attract a certain number of teachers. this can lead to stagnation for decades and it will not feel they are receiving their fair share for the society has to offer and if you have this mindset, it is challenging to accept that there people coming outside of germany and also claiming a piece of the cake.— piece of the cake. thank you very much- _ now, it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh hello from the bbc sport centre. it hasn't taken long for the premier league table to take on a familiar look.

manchester city and liverpool are top with three wins out of three with arne slot�*s side claiming an emphatic 3—nil victory at rivals manchester united to keep their 100 percent start going. after trent alexander—arnold had a goal disallowed for offside... luis diaz scored twice before half—time — his second and third goals of the season — to put liverpool in control. after the break, mohamed salah made it 3—nil with his 12th goal in 15 matches against united. the result piles more pressure on erik ten hag after two defeats in their opening three matches while liverpool go into the international break with maximum points and no goals conceded they can work so hard and that is they showed again today but the main thing i was impressed about it we were so dominant with the ball and we were good every time and played midfielder and it led to a fantastic 1—0 but that one was disallowed. but we scored three afterwards so, still ok. i think we have six players as

well— think we have six players as well and _ think we have six players as well and very good position and good _ well and very good position and good finishes and was nearly there — good finishes and was nearly there and we have given more scoring — there and we have given more scoring abilities and we will be fine _ scoring abilities and we will be fine. we have two improve and today, we have to be humble and today, we have to be humble and take — and today, we have to be humble and take this and get our balance _ and take this and get our balance back. earlier in the day, alexander isak scored his first goal of the season to earn newcastle the three points as they beat tottenham 2—1 at stjames' park, while eberechi eze earned crystal palace a point at stamford bridge as they drew 1—1 with chelsea there was also a big derby in the scottish premiership, with celtic continuing their good recent run in the old firm against rangers, winning 3—nil. in la liga girona have their second win of the season, beating sevilla 2—nil, while champions real madrid are playing real betis. thomas muller scored on his record 710th bayern munich appearance in their 2—nil win over freiburg in bundesliga.

sprints in many forms have been the feature of the evening's paralympics programme at the stade de france. the men's t13100 metres was won by skander djamil athmani of algeria who edged out norway's world record holder salum ageze kashafali in the closing stages to take gold with a paralympic record. meanwhile in the women's t34100 metres, of the paris games, and herfourth in as many games in this event. team—mate kare adenegan took silver on what has become great britain's most successful day at the paralympics this century. paula badosa was the first player of the day through to the quarter finals of the us open singles. the spaniard beat yafan wang of china in two comfortable, if not quick, sets, her 6—1 6—2 victory taking nearly 90 minutes. it's the first time she's

reached the last 8 in new york. two top ten seeds have been battling for a place in the men's quarter finals. grigor dimitrov led by two sets to love against andrey rublev but in the end needed a decider to win the of the day's matches on arthur ashe. elsewhere american 12th seed taylor fritz is also through after beating casper ruud. ferrari's charles leclerc won the italian grand prix as championship leader max verstappen's advantage in the standings was whittled down again. lando norris is now 60 points behind the world champion with eight races to go. but the mclaren driver lost his place at the front of the grid on a difficult first lap. he would eventually finish third behind teammate oscar piastri, and leclerc, who was a popular winnerfor the ferrari fans at monza. verstappen trailed in behind them all in just sixth, with his advantage in the stnadings eaten into once more. and that's all the sport for now. a beluga whale suspected

of being trained as a spy by russia has been found dead off the norwegian coast. the body of the animal was found floating in risavika bay in southern norway and was taken to the nearest port for examination. with me is our reporter charliejones. what happened ? what yellow like those found in 2019 off the coast of norway and yellow like those found in 2019 off the coast of norway- off the coast of norway and a harness and _ off the coast of norway and a harness and the _ off the coast of norway and a harness and the label- off the coast of norway and a harness and the label on - off the coast of norway and a harness and the label on the| harness and the label on the harness and the label on the harness said property of st petersburg. and the norwegian marine biologist who founded spoke to russian marine biologists and russian scientists and he said they were toward the russian scientists do not use that sort of equipment in russia does have a naval base nearby. russia has never responded to the allegation but a few years ago, a russian colonel was interviewed on russian state tv and was asked about it and he said, if you are using this animalfor spying,

said, if you are using this animalforspying, do said, if you are using this animalfor spying, do you animal for spying, do you really animalfor spying, do you really think we would attach a mobile phone number sing please call this number? and then he said we do have military dolphins for combat roles and we do not cover that up. whales and dolphins are not the only animals that have been speiser accused of spying.— animals that have been speiser accused of spying. what animals have been? _ accused of spying. what animals have been? not— accused of spying. what animals have been? not all— accused of spying. what animals have been? not all pigeons - accused of spying. what animals have been? not all pigeons and | have been? not all pigeons and there have _ have been? not all pigeons and there have been _ have been? not all pigeons and there have been a _ have been? not all pigeons and there have been a varying - there have been a varying degree of success there and dolphins, the us, russia, israel all use dolphins for things like searching for minds on the sea floor, the us even deployed them into the gulf during the 2003 war in iraq. katz was tried once but less successful in the 60s. and also problems with training a cat because on the first day that it was meant to apparently go near the soviet embassy, it was run over. but it's not the only one. and they've tried to make

bombs out of bats during the second world war, egypt once tried to use a stork. the second world war, egypt once tried to use a stork._ tried to use a stork. the list toes tried to use a stork. the list goes on- — tried to use a stork. the list goes on- very _ tried to use a stork. the list goes on. very intriguing. i stay with us here on bbc news. hello there! the weekend weather has been pretty decent for most of us. it has been dry, we saw more sunshine on saturday. lots of cloud around today, apart from the south—east which was very warm, humid and sunny. as we head into monday, though, low pressure across the country will spark off more showers and thunderstorms, and with a humid air mass still in place, some of these downpours could be quite intense. you can see that humid air mass pretty much across the whole of the uk, and it will continue to be quite warm, so a muggy night to come again tonight. we'll see showers and thunderstorms through central, northern and eastern areas push their way northwards. there will be some drier weather around, particularly towards the southeast. and again it's going to be warm and muggy across the board —

mid—teens for many, the high teens across the southeast. so into monday then we've got low pressure across the uk and its weather fronts. we could see showers, thunderstorms through central, northern and eastern parts of england pushing up in towards scotland. as we move into the latter part of the day and sunshine will be limited, so not as warm in the southeast. what we've had today 211—25 degrees, high teens, low 20s further north where we have more cloud in the showers. those showers and thunderstorms rattle their way northwards and eastwards during monday night, but we could see further showers, maybe some thunderstorms as parts of the midlands, wales and southern england as well, but some clearer skies developing for scotland and northern ireland by the end of monday night. so here, turning a bit cooler, temperatures back into single digits, but another warm and muggy one i think, for large parts of england and wales. now some changes as we head into tuesday. this area of high pressure begins to exert its force from the atlantic, that will try and push these weather fronts out of the way,

but we'll have a couple of weather fronts around — this one, draped across scotland and northern ireland could bring some showers and another one in towards the east and south—east of england. that could also spark off some showers, maybe some heavy thundery ones. in between, maybe some good spells of sunshine around. so quite a mixed day on tuesday and cooler and fresher across the board. we're losing the humidity now with the westerly breeze, 17 to 22 degrees. it does look like that area of high pressure exerts its force across the uk as we move deeper into the new week, but there'll be weather fronts close by to the north and also across the south. this area of low pressure over the near continent could contain further thundery downpours, so generally it will settle down as we move through the week. best of any drier and brighter weather in the north and west. there's still the chance of some heavy showers across southern areas. take care.

this is bbc news, the headlines. protests erupt in israel after the bodies of six hostages are recovered from gaza. the trades union federation calls a strike for monday to press the government to reach a deal with hamas. the first full day of a mass polio vaccination programme in gaza is hailed a success by humanitarian agencies. they aim to immunise more than 600—thousand children under the age of ten. exit polls from eastern germany suggest the far right afd party is on course to win a state election for the first time — but is unlikely to be able to form a government. paralympics team gb have achieved their most successful day in terms of gold medals this century — winning twelve of them in paris —

including in the rowing, cycling, swimming and track events. the first full day of a mass polio vaccination programme in gaza has been completed. israel and hamas agreed to a series of limited pauses in fighting so the scheme could proceed safely. the world health organization says at least ninety percent 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 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. the campaign will be split across the territory's five governates, from north gaza through to rafah in the south. deir al balah and khan younis have the greatest number of children under 10 — more than 200,000 in each region. the who plans on having more than 200 vaccination sites in each of those regions. and where else is polio found? this is a map of countries affected in 1988. poliovirus cases have fallen dramatically since then, when a global polio eradication initiative, external was launched. many countries have not had cases of polio in many years. but in two countries, pakistan and afghanistan, polio is still endemic, which means it has a constant presence. sam rose is the senior deputy director of unrwa affairs in gaza. hejoined us from deir al—balah and said the first full day was succesful but monday may be more challenging. the roll—out has gone well. today, certainly as well as can

be expected, it started well. it started a long time ago in terms of preparations. but our clinics opened. they were due to open this morning at 8:00. many of them opened earlier than that because the crowds of people outside were waiting to to get in. and we estimate tens of thousands of people of children under ten were vaccinated today. from what i could see, i went to other clinics. i went to shelters, which are unwra schools where, where, where people have been seeking refuge for the past several months and we could see orderly queues, small children with their parents waiting for their vaccinations. we don't have the numbers yet in terms of how many children we reached today. as i say, we estimate in the tens of thousands. but there's a long, long way to go. yeah, i was going to say 640,000 over the course of a few days. that's the aim. how confident are you that it can be achieved

in that time frame? we have to make this work. i mean today was was a start. it allows us to adjust. tomorrow will get more difficult because we start tomorrow vaccinating children outside of the self—declared safe zones. now the fighting ceased. today there was an eerie quiet on the streets at 6:00 this morning. a sense of respite. but just the past few minutes i've heard more bombs. tomorrow we'll have to venture in to areas that are not subject to this, to this pause in hostilities. that means our staff have to get there. several hundred staff involved in administering the vaccines, but more importantly, the parents and their children. and the idea that you take your infant child to a vaccination when you're being bombed, when you're in fear of your life is i mean, it's a, you know, an impossible dilemma. and we've got notjust this area of gaza. we've got a complete over the next four days, will then move to southern gaza. and then more difficult part in the north, where overall population numbers are somewhat somewhat unknown. they're unknown everywhere

in many ways, because we don't know precisely how many children are here. many thousands we believe buried under the rubble. but we are committed as a system. i want to pay tribute to all the staff who have been involved in it, all the health professionals working day and night to get the first day of the campaign off to a success. are you confident that this will work and it's been done to prevent further cases of polio? we're doing it as quickly as we can. it was in some ways a shock that the first case re—emerged and was confirmed a few weeks ago. in other ways it's inevitable given the circumstances in which people are living for the whole health care system that has been decimated for the population relocated, displays, many hundreds of thousands of lost their homes, living amongst sewage, garbage, no waterand suppressed immune systems and

malnourished for them it was inevitable, sadly that this or something like it would break out and the children who are vaccinated today have gone back to those same tents. we hope we will be able to protect them from polio. we're confident of that. but if it's not polio it will be something else until there is an end to this war, until the hostages are released. so people can start picking up the pieces. haifa picking up the pieces. how ruickl picking up the pieces. how quickly does _ picking up the pieces. how quickly does the _ picking up the pieces. how quickly does the vaccination actually were? brute quickly does the vaccination actually were?— quickly does the vaccination actually were? we need to do it one phase _ actually were? we need to do it one phase now _ actually were? we need to do it one phase now and _ actually were? we need to do it one phase now and we've - actually were? we need to do it one phase now and we've got i one phase now and we've got four days and in three zones for the essentially 12 day period for the to get full immunity we have to do a second phase of vaccinations in four weeks' time. we will have to go again through the same process of coordinating the vaccines into gaza, the movement of them around and critically these pauses so the parents reach the centres and people can get

there administer the vaccines for the vacant spread quickly and has lifelong consequences. not necessarily death but paralysis, loss of movement and really limited life prospects for those who contracted, particularly in an environment where the health system has been so decimated over the past months. the prospects for anyone getting it are really, really dire. in the uk, the snp leader, john swinney, has set out his priorities for the coming year in his address to his party's conference in edinburgh. the first minister said he wanted his government to end child poverty, reach net—zero targets, deliver strong public services and boost the economy. our scotland editor, james cook, reports. times are tough for the snp. after 17 years in power, it faces problems with high waiting lists, educational inequality and endemic poverty. butjohn swinney says scotland's real problem is london, where labour is making billions in cuts after promising

an end to austerity. that is politics at its most cynical. a total breach of trust with all those who supported labour. a labour party that promised change is delivering more of the same. the same tory debt rule, the same tory cuts agenda. labour has not delivered change. labour is delivering the same damaging austerity as the tories. mr swinney said his government had expanded child care, ensured scots could afford university and made welfare payments to the poorest families. but after a thumping in the general election, he said the party must focus anew on why scotland should be independent, not how it could happen. my promise to you is that i will make sure that independence is understood as the route to a stronger and a fairer country, understood not as nice to have, but as urgent and essential here and now.

this speech was all about the battle for blame. critics of the snp say it must take responsibility for looming cuts to public services. butjohn swinney is trying to pin the blame on both the conservatives and labour in less than two years. voters will give their verdict in the scottish parliamentary elections. james cook, bbc news, edinburgh. here in the uk — a woman in south wales has been charged with the murder of a six—year—old boy. karolina zurawska was arrested on thursday after officers were called to an address in swansea. south wales police confirmed she has since been charged in connection with the death of a boy named as alexander zurawski. she has also been charged with attempted murder involving a 67—year—old man earlier on the same date. airports in the european union and other schengen—zone countries — which had scrapped 100 millilitre liquid limits for hand luggage — have been told they must reintroduce the

restrictions 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. they would allow the 100ml limit on liquid containers going through security and cabin bags to be lifted. put your tray underneath! 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 the 100ml restriction was back. it's 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 now is there is real lack

of clarity for consumers. so, we've seen in the busy periods when people are travelling, the confusion that entails when people are really not sure of what the process is 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 rolling them out. it's a very mixed picture, but what's for sure is that any which had got the scanners in place and eased their rules are now having to revert to 100ml. as with the uk, the eu has given no indication of when the restrictions will end. katy austin, bbc news. this weekend the movie awards season has been getting under way with major film festivals in venice and colorado and in a few days, 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. he's live for us at telluride. what movies are people talking about there?— about there? telluride is a small film _ about there? telluride is a small film festival, - about there? telluride is a small film festival, it - about there? telluride is a small film festival, it only| small film festival, it only goes for a period of four days but there's a lot of excitement here. there are a couple of films that made quite an impact for the people are describing it as a vatican thriller. it stars british actor ralph fiennes and he plays a cardinal while there's an election going on for a new pope. it's got great production values and its directed by edward burger. everybody says it has awards momentum. anotherfilm everybody says it has awards momentum. another film that's made an impact here, angelina jolie was on the streets just 24 hours ago and she was in town to present her film. it's a portrayal of the celebrated

late maria callas, one of the greatest opera singers ever to have existed. people loved her performance. she also showed the film at venice film festival and it was a nine minute standing ovation for that she broke down in tears for them it meant a lot to her to get this kind of feedback. she's a 49—year—old actor, she seems to be doing the right role at the right moment of her career. , , ., �*, ., role at the right moment of her career. _ ., �*, ., , career. this year it's not 'ust movies that i career. this year it's not 'ust movies that people i career. this year it's not 'ust movies that people are h career. this year it's not just i movies that people are buzzing about. also some documentaries, isn't it? . �* , about. also some documentaries, isn't it? ., �* , ., about. also some documentaries, isn't it? ., �*, ., ., isn't it? that's true for that we're still _ isn't it? that's true for that we're still living _ isn't it? that's true for that we're still living in - isn't it? that's true for that we're still living in the - we're still living in the aftermath of the writers and actors strike for that it didn't affect documentary film production. they are quite a few of them. many to be shown here are contentious, they deal with very distressing social issues with up one i really enjoy it, it's called 121. john

and yoko. it's aboutjohn lennon and yoko ono and their first 18 months in new york city when they arrived there in september 1971. city when they arrived there in september1971. in city when they arrived there in september 1971. in many ways it's a valentine to new york city. its colourful characters, activists like abbie hoffman and jerry rubin. you get a sense of play. snippets and tv programmes at the time. that comes from an esteemed uk film—maker kevin mcdonald. i could be talking to him shortly i was very impressed by what he did. ., , �* did. tom, telluride isn't necessarily _ did. tom, telluride isn't necessarily one - did. tom, telluride isn't necessarily one of - did. tom, telluride isn't necessarily one of those did. tom, telluride isn't - necessarily one of those film festivals people know about. why does it have such an impact on the oscars?— on the oscars? tightly curated for that there _ on the oscars? tightly curated for that there are _ on the oscars? tightly curated for that there are 30 _ on the oscars? tightly curated for that there are 30 films - on the oscars? tightly curated for that there are 30 films in l for that there are 30 films in the main programme which have an impact. a few years ago i think with the picture slum dog

millionaire which was directed by danny boyle, that launched the telluride that went on to win —— in automatic for that they come to the colorado mountains and can be influenced no doubt by seeing these films it's a machine, it's a beautiful machine, if i could call it back to raise awareness about film and create in awards bars. it about film and create in awards bars. . , , about film and create in awards bars. ., , , , ., bars. it really is beautiful. it looks — bars. it really is beautiful. it looks like _ bars. it really is beautiful. it looks like a _ bars. it really is beautiful. it looks like a film - bars. it really is beautiful. it looks like a film set - bars. it really is beautiful. it looks like a film set in l it looks like a film set in itself. absolutely stunning. it's the end of the lucrative summer movie season. of course the movie industry still recovering from covid. what is the feeling amongst industry people? the feeling amongst industry neale? ., ., ., the feeling amongst industry --eole? ., ., ., , the feeling amongst industry --eole? ., ., ., the feeling amongst industry ”eole? ., ., ., people? tomorrow is labour day here in the _ people? tomorrow is labour day here in the us. _ people? tomorrow is labour day here in the us. it _ people? tomorrow is labour day here in the us. it does - people? tomorrow is labour day here in the us. it does mark- here in the us. it does mark the end of the traditionally very lucrative summer movie season. the estimate is that hollywood will have generated $3.6 billion a share. it's less than last year but still below pre—covid levels will that

there are signs of optimism. some have done really well. what would be the disney pixar some have done really well. what would be the disney pixar animation inside out to for animation inside out to for that that was $1.6 billion with that that was $1.6 billion with of the biggest hit of the of the biggest hit of the summer. i think it's given summer. i think it's given people hope because it shows people hope because it shows that if you have the right film that if you have the right film people will come out to people will come out to cinemas. in many ways inside cinemas. in many ways inside out to was the right film. it out to was the right film. it was hitting all quadrants, as was hitting all quadrants, as they say. it brought out they say. it brought out family, the older people, family, the older people, younger people for that there younger people for that there is some hope but people are is some hope but people are still nervous. this is a still nervous. this is a that lockdowns had on children transitional time for the film industry. people say they think transitional time for the film industry. people say they think it's getting better but nobody it's getting better but nobody really knows anything at this really knows anything at this point. point. really knows anything at this oint. ., ., ., ., ~ ., really knows anything at this oint. ., ., ., ., ~ ., point. tom, great to talk to ou. point. tom, great to talk to point. tom, great to talk to ou. point. tom, great to talk to you- thank _ point. tom, great to talk to you- thank _ point. tom, great to talk to you. thank you. _ you. thank you. _ here in the uk — more here in the uk — more than half a million than half a million children are expected to start children are expected to start school this week, who will have school this week, who will have spent their first few months spent their first few months living under strict rules living under strict rules during the covid pandemic. during the covid pandemic.

researchers from six universities around the uk are now studying the impact

visitors and lots of access to gp to appointments, we are often the first port of call was talking to them about the needs of their children. is it harder to get referrals from nhs services in different places? we are finding the threshold has gone up for local nhs services, so for speech and language therapy, we are often using an in—house therapist because we find, referrals to the nhs are very hard to get through because the service is so oversubscribed. for the first time the school has employed a speech and language therapist for preschool classes. but changes like this cost money winning difficult decisions for the leadership team. next year they will probably

need one—to—one support. the school dealing with more. a school dealing with attendance special needs and huge increase in leading toilet training all issues accelerated during covid—19. in the first lockdown baby classes were cancelled in many appointments not face—to—face, everything changed for the families of newborns living here. researchers from six universities have come together to look at the impact of lot downs on newborns in a project called bicycle born in covid—19 year lockdown fix, it will follow families over the next year testing children with interactive games and comparing them with those born the year before and after. vital research for the future. the lockdown disruption was totally unprecedented and we do need to track what has happened to the children who were born in this period. see what they need an offer that support so that they can thrive as they grow and develop into adulthood.

for now it is schools and staff at the forefront of dealing with the long shadow of the pandemic. most teachers say they get inadequate training on that, we could really fix that very quickly if they wanted to and government funding now for nursery workers training has only reached 3% of nursery workers in the last two years, we need to get that up too close to 100%. up to close to 100%. while this group are raring to go attention will now turn to the children that have not attended preschool before. for those children the transition can be really difficult because we have a settled group a, we put lots of our focus into making sure the first time the children are integrated into the group and are ready to startjoining in with the learning activities as well. he's thriving such a happy do in doing so well now compared to where we began. michael is able to talk to his motherfor the first time because of the schools

help but there is still a long way to go. i definitely think it's not just my son, i know is a year, as a group there is a lot to catch up on and they definitely need the support. for michael and the reception class of 2020 for a new for michael and the reception class of 2024 a new adventure awaits. it's not unusual to see popstars surrounded by bodyguards, but a historical site with links to harry styles has become so popular, it now requires its own security arrangements. fans travel from all over the world to scratch messages onto an 183—year—old viaduct in the musician's home county of cheshire. our reporter lindsey prosser has been finding out how the structure is being protected. he is a global pop star from a village in cheshire. under a viaduct near his home, fans

from around the world including denver, colorado, come to write messages of love to harry styles. i feel like if you're a fan you know about it and so it's become this really big thing that everybody wants to come and see. it means not everybody because everything written on right is very nice, like i love you, we love you, everything is so happy. we've been fans since 2011 and we were friends because of one direction, we met freshman year of high school, we were both... we found out that we were living friends ever since. here, we planned a trip to london and then we were all of the uk, we had to see the will of course. it is something that we wanted to do a whole lives. the viaduct is so important as he is to come here with his girlfriend and it's here that he had his first kiss. he wrote his namel and ever since then people have been writing on the wall and everything like that. i it's been great. people feel a connection

here, were notjust fans, we are, we make some new friends it's so incredible. i can't explain why it's like. we couldn't find his signature but that doesn't deter the fans. there are thousands of messages, but the brickwork is being damaged. network rail have put up pools for fans to write on. they come messages in support of harry however some things they use damages the brickwork and people are taking breaks out or report about which damages the structure. we don't want that. so, we created this wall for people to leave messages on in a safe environment. where he once walked, organised tours of fans head along the same path. just a short space of time, these wars have started to fill it. it is clear that network rail are going to have to add more. i was like oh my gosh! i shed a tear. i cried a little when i got here. seen it in person,

that is like actually real. if you are a fan of oasis and try to get tickets which came out yesterday and you are frustrated by not being able to get a hold of them and prices going up the government say they're going to look into the so—called dynamic pricing after this row after tickets for oasis tour next year. the culture secretary has announced a consultation into ticket resale websites which will start very shortly for the after criticism of the hike and prices to see the band the government has confirmed just a short time ago it's going to look into this controversial policy of dynamic pricing, which saw standing tickets for oasis listed by ticketmaster for £350 which was considerably higher than their initial advertised price. it doesn't

say whether or not that will make a difference for people who could get a hold of them or pay those inflated prices. stay with us here on bbc news i'll be back at the headlines. hello there! the weekend weather has been pretty decent for most of us. it has been dry, we saw more sunshine on saturday. lots of cloud around today, apart from the south—east which was very warm, humid and sunny. as we head into monday, though, low pressure across the country will spark off more showers and thunderstorms, and with a humid air mass still in place, some of these downpours could be quite intense. you can see that humid air mass pretty much across the whole of the uk, and it will continue to be quite warm, so a muggy night to come again tonight. we'll see showers and thunderstorms through central, northern and eastern areas push their way northwards. there will be some drier weather around, particularly towards the southeast. and again it's going to be warm and muggy across the board — mid—teens for many, the high

teens across the southeast. so into monday then we've got low pressure across the uk and its weather fronts. we could see showers, thunderstorms through central, northern and eastern parts of england pushing up in towards scotland. as we move into the latter part of the day and sunshine will be limited, so not as warm in the southeast. what we've had today 24—25 degrees, high teens, low 20s further north where we have more cloud in the showers. those showers and thunderstorms rattle their way northwards and eastwards during monday night, but we could see further showers, maybe some thunderstorms as parts of the midlands, wales and southern england as well, but some clearer skies developing for scotland and northern ireland by the end of monday night. so here, turning a bit cooler, temperatures back into single digits, but another warm and muggy one i think, for large parts of england and wales. now some changes as we head into tuesday. this area of high pressure begins to exert its force from the atlantic, that will try and push these weather fronts out of the way, but we'll have a couple of weather fronts around — this one, draped across scotland and northern ireland could bring some showers and another one in towards the east and south—east of england.

that could also spark off some showers, maybe some heavy thundery ones. in between, maybe some good spells of sunshine around. so quite a mixed day on tuesday and cooler and fresher across the board. we're losing the humidity now with the westerly breeze, 17 to 22 degrees. it does look like that area of high pressure exerts its force across the uk as we move deeper into the new week, but there'll be weather fronts close by to the north and also across the south. this area of low pressure over the near continent could contain further thundery downpours, so generally it will settle down as we move through the week. best of any drier and brighter weather in the north and west. there's still the chance of some heavy showers across southern areas. take care.

live from london. this is bbc news. tens of thousands take to the streets across israel, demanding a hostage release deal with hamas. unions call a general strike on monday. the protests follow the recovery of the bodies of six hostages held by hamas in the southern gaza strip. germany's far right afd party is on course to win its first regional election since the second world war. and, the sinking of the titanic, exclusive footage reveals more about the wreck�*s slow decay. hello.

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. the funerals for some of the hostages have been held. these pictures are from ra'anana, just north of tel aviv, where a service was held for almog sarusi. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. hamas would protect them as assets, the argument went. these younger, fitter hostages were the ones who would survive. instead, israel's army says

they were shot by hamas in a tunnel under rafa as israeli forces