live from london. this is bbc news. a second night of intense street protests in israel as pressure builds on pm benjamin netanyahu to reach a ceasefire deal, after six hostages were found dead in gaza on saturday. so after this horrible murder, i don't believe that someone would come, someone serious would come, someone serious would come and say, would come, someone serious would come, someone serious would come and say, "now would come, someone serious would come, someone serious would come and say, "now make more concessions." joe biden is back on campaign trail with kamala harris for the first time since dropping his re—election bid, this time in key battleground state pennsylvania. pope francis is visiting jakarta today to begin his ambitious trip to several asian and oceanian countries.

hello. a warm welcome to the programme. i'm sally bundock. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has asked for "forgiveness" from israelis for failing to return six hostages found dead in gaza on saturday, as hamas warned more could be "returned to their families in shrouds" if a ceasefire isn't reached. his comments came as intense street protests over his handling of negotiations entered a second night in israel. translation: they murdered six of our hostages in cold blood. so after this horrible murder, i don't believe that someone would come, someone serious would come, someone serious would come, someone serious would come and say, "now make more concessions", you are not serious! hamas is serious. i can't believe this happened. i can't believe this happened. i can't believe this happened. i can't believe anyone really thinks that and i can't believe

president biden actually said that. pressure also mounted internationally as the uk suspended some arms sales to israel, citing a risk of equipment being used to violate international law. the foreign secretary, david lammy, said there was a clear risk the equipment might be used in serious violations of international humanitarian law — but insisted the move did not amount to an arms embargo. his israeli counterpart, israel katz, said the only beneficiaries would be hamas and iran. let's get some anaylsis now. i'm joined by mohamed taha from bbc arabic. the latest developments, the pressure is on binyamin netanyahu coming from all sides now, isn't it? netanyahu coming from all sides now. isn't it?— now, isn't it? massive pressure from president _ now, isn't it? massive pressure from president biden _ now, isn't it? massive pressure from president biden who - now, isn't it? massive pressure from president biden who said| from president biden who said that prime minister binyamin netanyahu does not do enough to reach a ceasefire deal, pressure from the uk by scrapping some of arms

licensing and the massive, massive pressure is from inside. we saw the strike early inside. we saw the strike early in the morning, the court scrubbed the strike, but there are still massive demonstrations, clashes between the administrations and the authorities. and then we saw binyamin netanyahu in a very rare open press conference talking against everyone. he was against president biden, against the families of the hostages, he was against the demonstrators. it looked like towards binyamin netanyahu towards binyamin neta nyahu against towards binyamin netanyahu against the world in this — in that sense. 50 against the world in this - in that sense.— that sense. so there is incredibly _ that sense. so there is incredibly intense - that sense. so there is incredibly intense the l that sense. so there is - incredibly intense the pressure on him personally and also within his own party as well, the politics is getting extremely complicated. in the meantime, the fighting continues, in gaza and on the west bank. what's the latest? indeed, we have several deaths in the west bank as the israeli operation continues in turkiye and jenin in particular. we

have several deaths in gaza because of the israeli shelling. as israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu said in his press conference, he would continue the war and he would continue the war and he wouldn't do any concessions. hamas replied on what he said by saying that they were clear instructions from the guards of the hostages after the all this pressure coming from within and frt after! operation when the israeli all this pressure coming from within and frt after the when .,- ”w’viiie’riiiie ' " 7 i? 77” when the israeli forces managed to free some of operation when the israeli forces managed to free some of those hostages that whenever those hostages that whenever they feel — the israeli troops they feel — the israeli are approaching, they have to do something. unfortunately, are approaching, they have to do something. unfortunately, unless there is a ceasefire unless a ceasefire unless there is a ceasefire deal, the consequences wouldn't be good. deal, the consequences wouldn't deal, the consequences wouldn't be aood. �* , deal, the consequences wouldn't be aood. a. , deal, the consequences wouldn't be aood. a. ., ~ be good. 0k. as always, thank ou ve be good. 0k. as always, thank you very much _ be good. 0k. as always, thank indeed. you very much indeed. - laura blumenfeld is a middle laura blumenfeld is a middle east analyst and former senior east analyst and former senior policy advisor on the policy advisor on the state department's state department's israeli—palestinian israeli—palestinian negotiating team. negotiating team. welcome to bbc news. from your welcome to bbc news. from your perspective, why does not perspective, why does not binyamin netanyahu respond to binyamin netanyahu

all this pressure coming from perspective, why does not bi! this in netanyahu perspective, why does not bi! this pressure �*ahu perspective, why does not bi! this pressure coming from within and from the all this pressure coming from within and from the likes of president biden on reaching a deal? studio, it looks said in the studio, it looks like netanyahu against the world and that very much validates his point of view that, you know, as he said in april when it looked like the united states was threatening to withhold weapons, if we have to withhold weapons, if we have to fight with our fingernails we will. he sees himself, you know — it's useful maybe to pull back a little bit and say, you know, how does he actually see himself? in one sense very much like churchill, like an inspirational statesman who is rallying the people from the brink of defeat to victory. he even before october seven, he always identified with churchill. he's also channelling a little bit of henry kissinger, when he was negotiate being the north vietnamese famously said you cannot win at the negotiating table what you haven't earned in the battlefield. i think netanyahu firmly believes that only military pressure and kind

of gains in the battlefield especially in gaza will get him what he wants from hamas which is, you know, complete military and political victory. and finally the third thing is he has always been obsessed with being what he would call a sucker. i remember on the 50th anniversary of israel, you know, 25 years ago, the banner headline in thejerusalem post, the daily newspaper, netanyahu was prime minister then, his banner quote headline in the anniversary was, "we are not suckers." on october seven, israel was sucker—punched and part of it was because they were relying on technical sensors along that border there including the philadelphia corridor. i think his philosophy is, "we won't be fooled again." do philosophy is, "we won't be fooled again."— fooled again." do you think president _ fooled again." do you think president biden _ fooled again." do you think president biden should - fooled again." do you think president biden should be | fooled again." do you think- president biden should be doing more? in terms of increasing the pressure on netanyahu, for example, the uk suspending some arms exports to israel, should the us be doing more?- the us be doing more? well, absolutely- — the us be doing more? well, absolutely. i— the us be doing more? well, absolutely. i think _ the us be doing more? well, absolutely. i think on - the us be doing more? well, absolutely. i think on the - the us be doing more? well, j absolutely. i think on the one hand, biden feels like he needs

to pressure netanyahu, but he's also feeling pressure. i mean, the administration is running where, you know, it's like coming around the bend for the — in the presidential race. michelle obama, the former first lady, got up and sat in front of the nation and do something." and vice president harris, the nominee said, "when we fight we win." clearly they're not winning the ceasefire deal right now. they don't want to look likejimmy carter in 1980 when he was bedevilled by a hostage crisis. there are americans held in iran in 1980 and madejamie carter look like a lame duck. what can they do?

carter look like a lame duck. what can appreciate but we do appreciate your analysis and your thoughts on what's happening in the middle east. president biden is back on the campaign trail, alongside his vice president and democratic presidential nominee, kamala harris. the pair kicked—off the final sprint of the election, that traditionally begins on labour day in the us — which was monday. they've been appearing at a local union hall in pittsburgh. it's the first time mr biden joined kamala harris on the campaign trail since dropping out of 2024 race — singing her praises, touting her as a leader who would support workers. she would be historic pro—union president. so, folks, we got one morejob to do president. so, folks, we got one more job to do together — let me ask you — are you ready to fight! let me ask you - are you ready to fiuht! . let me ask you - are you ready to fight!- are _ let me ask you - are you ready to fight!- are we - let me ask you - are you ready to fight!- are we ready i let me ask you - are you readyj to fight!- are we ready to to fight! yeah. are we ready to win? yeah! _ to fight! yeah. are we ready to win? yeah! are _ to fight! yeah. are we ready to win? yeah! are you _ to fight! yeah. are we ready to win? yeah! are you ready - to fight! yeah. are we ready to win? yeah! are you ready to i to fight! yeah. are we ready to | win? yeah! are you ready to let elect kamala — win? yeah! are you ready to let elect kamala harris _ win? yeah! are you ready to let elect kamala harris the - win? yeah! are you ready to let elect kamala harris the next. elect kamala harris the next president of the united states? cheering and applause

ami ~~ _ cheering and applause afld~~~ in_ cheering and applause afld~~~ in the_ cheering and applause and... in the process, - cheering and applause and... in the process, are cheering and applause - and... in the process, are you ready to make donald trump a loser again?! ready to make donald trump a loser again? !_ ready to make donald trump a loser again?!- i - ready to make donald trump a loser again? !- i have - loser again?! yeah! i have never been _ loser again?! yeah! i have never been more - loser again?! yeah! i have l never been more optimistic about america. we have to remember who we are — we are the usa, there's nothing, i mean this from the bottom of my heart, there's nothing beyond our capacity. kamala harris took the stage immediately after, returning the president's praise. i have spent more time with this extraordinary human being when the cameras were not in the room, when the stakes were high, when the heat was intense, and joe biden has always stood with the workers of america and labour unions of america. applause always! always! here's our north america correspondent — peter bowes — explaining the significance

of that appearance on stage. this amounted to a very public passing of the torch between joe biden and kamala harris. it was noticeable when they walked on stage together, joe biden held kamala harris�* hand high as if to say to the audience of union members, "look, this is your candidate now." having your candidate now. " having stepped your candidate now." having stepped aside from the race himself. and he was full of praise of kamala harris. he talked about the achievements as he saw it of his administration, but framed it as the achievements of the biden—harris administration talking about the infrastructure bill, for example, creating jobs for america's middle class, creating jobs for union members. i think a message designed to resonate with americans on labour day are a holiday designed to celebrate the american workforce. that was the theme. that was essentially the, i think, the aim ofjoe biden to, yes, talk

about his achievements, but say, "look this is your candidate now. she is someone who is highly qualified, someone who he believes in, and who he said he would be campaigning forfrom the campaigning for from the sidelines." campaigning forfrom the sidelines." he said, "this is a woman who knows what she is doing." i think that's the message that he wanted the audience to go away with. noticeable that this american holiday, there's been very little from donald trump, the former president has not been holding rallies, he hasn't held press conferences, you look at previous election cycles that he's been involved in, he has been very active on those days. i think the theory being it's an american holiday, maybe people have a little bit more time to pay attention to politics, but also, of course, it is the unofficial start of the final sprint to the finishing line, election day on novemberfive. pope francis is expected to land injakarta shortly

at the start of an ambitious visit to asia. these are live pictures we're receiving now from the airport where you can see lots of people are gathered to see his arrival. from indonesia, he'll travel to papua new guinea, timor leste and singapore. the 87—year old pope had previously said his health problems made travelling much more difficult — but this 12—day trip is the longest of his papacy so far. let's speak to our correspondentjonathan head who's in bangkok. jonathan, i'm sure there's hume anticipation and excitement. talk through his agenda? fix, talk through his agenda? 2—day agenda in indonesia, a little less ambitious than the last papal visit which was long ago as 35 years ago byjohn paul ii ago as 35 years ago byjohn paul i! who was in better health and younger. he's going to stay injakarta today. today will be meeting the president

of indonesia, the outgoing president, joko widodo, who handed other to his successor in a month's time, and then meeting young catholic indonesians at a church meeting tomorrow, will be the big day where he goes to the largest mosque in south east asia, in jakarta, enormous colossal building in the centre of the city with meetings there with muslim — with muslim, large number of muslims who will attend it. indonesia's the world's largest muslim population. it does have significant minorities of other religions, roman catholics number about eight million in the country. islam is not the official religion, it an is not an islamic state, it's a multi—faith state and it's meant for previous popes, for the vatican, for a long time keeping good relations with indonesia has always been very, very important. they have always had since indonesian independence, vatican representation in the city. he'll also have a very big sort of mass held in a giant stadium

injakarta with roman catholics who will be travelling from all over this enormous country to come and see him. figs over this enormous country to come and see him.— over this enormous country to come and see him. as you said, there's going — come and see him. as you said, there's going to _ come and see him. as you said, there's going to be _ come and see him. as you said, there's going to be a _ come and see him. as you said, there's going to be a real - there's going to be a real focus on interfaith harmony but also is he not expected to draw attention to indonesia's extreme vulnerability to rising sea levels, climate change is something he's been very vocal on before? he something he's been very vocal on before?— on before? he will raise those. it's a on before? he will raise those. it's a personal— on before? he will raise those. it's a personal concern - on before? he will raise those. it's a personal concern of- on before? he will raise those. it's a personal concern of his i it's a personal concern of his and indonesia, like many countries in this region, does face extraordinary challenges once climate change and rising sea levels kick in. but i think also he's very much going to be emphasising his interest in sort of countries that operate diplomatically outside the sort of great power axis, indonesia is one of them. a core member of the g20, has relations with all countries, that's the kind of country this pope, pope francis, thinks it's a good example for the world. always underneath it, though, will be the sensitivities in indonesia, the sensitivities in indonesia,

the fact that, you know, we have had rising islamic extremism in recent years. indonesia is a transformed country from the last papal visit 35 years ago, it's democratic but we have seen attacks on christians in some places. always a delicate balance that has to be managed in the country. there are indonesian muslims who believe that islam should have a much more prominent role in the shaping of the country and any papal visit has to sort of really push home indonesia's proud record of religious harmony and emphasise how important that is for the region. important that is for the reuion. , ., . . important that is for the reuion. , ., ., ., ., ~ important that is for the reuion., . . . ~' region. jonathan, thank you very much _ region. jonathan, thank you very much indeed. - region. jonathan, thank you very much indeed. jonathan region. jonathan, thank you - very much indeed. jonathan head there talking us through what's ahead for pope francis. he is expected the to arrive any moment injakarta and we will keep you across all the developments as they happen. 12 days he's got. very busy schedule. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

let's head to germany now. the german chancellor, olaf scholz, has urged mainstream parties not to lend support to the far—right alternative for germany party or afd, which he called extremist. his warning came after their recent electoral success, something he described as worrying and said the party was dividing society. the afd's co—leader alice weidel said voters in thuringia and saxony had given her party a "very clear mandate to govern". from there, jessica parker reports. an evening known as the city of poets, these men have lived all their lives here, it's in recent years they have turned to the far—right for deutscheland. the party represents the interests of the little man, they said. and it's a defender of german sovereignty. foran a defender of german sovereignty. for an olona it's immigration.

translation: i have nothing against foreigners. but the number of migrants are becoming a burden on the welfare system. theyjoin a march. these supporters reject frequent allegations that the alternative fur deutschland is extremist, often it's the state they don't trust. drive not far from weimar and you'll see this — a reason why many find the rise of the far—right so disturbing. this is the memorial site — once a nazi concentration camp. there's something called the culture of remembrance in germany and that's notjust about that's not just about remembering that's notjust about remembering the holocaust, but also about taking responsibility for what happened. over time, that's become part of germany's national identity. but the afd's leader in this state once described berlin's holocaust memorial as a "memorial of shame in the heart of its

capital", and called for a "180—degree turn in our politics of remembrance." the director of the site says the afd's success is alarming. i wouldn't say that the md is a wouldn't say that the afd is a nazi party 2.0, but we have experienced the last years a lot of attacks against the culture of memory in germany, against our work here at the memorial. against our work here at the memorial-— against our work here at the memorial. , ., , ., memorial. these halls hold the echoes of— memorial. these halls hold the echoes of past _ memorial. these halls hold the echoes of past horrors. - memorial. these halls hold the echoes of past horrors. this - echoes of past horrors. this election brought record success for the far—right in the postwar era — a path that germany had left untravelled until now. ukraine says it's continuing to seize more land in russia, following its surprise incursion a month ago. but the operation has failed to ease pressure on ukraine's eastern home front and kyiv now

faces tough strategic choices about where to commit its troops next. our europe correspondent nick beake has travelled to the regions bordering russia to meet the latest ukrainian army recruits at a secret training camp. the military asked to view our footage to protect the secrecy of their location, but did not have editorial control over nick's report. the soldiers of the 22nd mechanised brigade, the first ukrainian troops to break into russia a month ago. they rapidly seized more than 100 settlements and 600 russian prisoners of war — according to kyiv. the men here filmed in action are now back in ukraine. regrouping. we met them just a few miles from the russian border. translation: we went far into the kursk region. we were alone as the forward team. we were on foreign soil and we felt like

foreigners. d0 foreign soil and we felt like foreigners-_ foreign soil and we felt like foreiuners. ~ ., ., foreigners. do you know how lona foreigners. do you know how long you'll— foreigners. do you know how long you'll beyond _ foreigners. do you know how long you'll beyond russian i long you'll beyond russian territory when you'll go back? translation: we're there as long as we're told to. if we have an order to move forward we can get to moscow and we'll show what ukraine is all about, what our guys are like. real cossacks. what our guys are like. real cossack-— what our guys are like. real cossacks. ~ . , ., cossacks. ukraine may be on the attack buzz _ cossacks. ukraine may be on the attack buzz says _ cossacks. ukraine may be on the attack buzz says it's _ cossacks. ukraine may be on the attack buzz says it's still - attack buzz says it's still waiting for vital back—up from the west. these latest recruits at a secret training camp are in their 40s at a secret training camp are in theirli0s and at a secret training camp are in their 40s and 50s, having spent their lives far from the trenches. but with the country now desperate for troops, they're being fast—tracked to they're being fast—tracked to the front—line. ukraine is on the front—line. ukraine is on the back footing in key parts of the battlefield at home but the recent incursion into russia has given a big morale boost and it's also given this war a new dimension. boost and it's also given this wara new dimension. more troops are being recruited and trained but at the same time, katherine now faces —— ukraine now faces tough strategic

decisions. should they be deployed to the east of ukraine where moscow is seizing more land by throwing tens of thousands of soldiers into battle? or should they go into russia to hold the recent gains? these men told us they'd back the kursk incursion. translation: i think this is the right thing to do. look how long they have been in our land. you can'tjust sit there while they're capturing our territory. what will we do then? will we become their slaves? ., ., ~ slaves? through taking fight into russia, _ slaves? through taking fight into russia, ukraine - slaves? through taking fight into russia, ukraine initially| into russia, ukraine initially galvanised its public, but president zelensky has taken a gamble. his troops now fighting on yet another front and without the additional western firepowers, he says they desperately need. here in the uk, the government has announced a crackdown on criminals stealing mobile phones as so—called "snatch thefts" in england and wales

hit their highest rate in more than a decade. it's thought to be down to an increase in demand for second—hand smartphones — both in the uk and overseas. our correspondent frances read has the details. audacious, easy, a quick snatch and it's gone. pins and facial recognition help but they're not a solution and often young people who are being targeted in places like parks and outside transport hubs. there's been work to try to crack down on thefts but mobile phones are now the most stolen items in england and wales, according to the latest figures. there are at least 200 snatched thefts everyday, last year 78,000 people had their phones or bags snatched. yet less than 1% resulted in a charge and more than 80% of police investigations were closed before a suspect was found. for a while now, there have been calls for more to be done. the

government's asking tech companies and manufacturers to work with it to find solutions and end the illegal market for stolen phones. police chiefs will also be asked to gather intelligence on where the phones end up in an attempt to end organised crime.— end organised crime. primely what is in _ end organised crime. primely what is in it _ end organised crime. primely what is in it for _ end organised crime. primely what is in it for them - end organised crime. primely what is in it for them is - end organised crime. primely what is in it for them is data. | what is in it for them is data. these days we got all our financial banking apps on our phones and all manner of pass words saves saved perhaps with every service we engage with. that's primarily what they're after. they attracts a high price on the dark web as people pay many times the value of the handset just pay many times the value of the handsetjust because of the data it's on.— handsetjust because of the data it's on. avoid using your -hone data it's on. avoid using your phone on _ data it's on. avoid using your phone on the _ data it's on. avoid using your phone on the street - data it's on. avoid using your phone on the street if - data it's on. avoid using your phone on the street if you . data it's on. avoid using your i phone on the street if you can, look around you if you can't avoid it and that you're less likely to be targeted if you look confident and know where you're going. easier said than done but it mightjust stop you from being the next victim.

now to the paralympics — and china continues its domination of the games in paris, taking its tally of gold medals to a3. second is great britain, with 29. triathletes david ellis and megan richter won early golds for great britain with swimmers ellie challis and louise fiddes also triumphant — across 15 scintillating minutes in the pool. and in the wheelchair rugby final — japan beat the three—time champions the usa to claim gold in the event for the first time. let's ta ke let's take you live to jakarta where we have heard the pope has actually arrived. his where we have heard the pope has actually arrived.— has actually arrived. his plane has actually arrived. his plane has touched _ has actually arrived. his plane has touched down, _ has actually arrived. his plane has touched down, pope - has actually arrived. his plane l has touched down, pope francis arriving in indonesia. this is the first leg of a very ambitious four—country tour of the asia—pacific. he'll be spending two days in indonesia before then moving on to ease timor, singapore, papua new

guinea, overa timor, singapore, papua new guinea, over a 12—day trip. i'll be back with business today here on bbc news. see you in a moment. hello there. whether we like it or not, september is the month where we transition from summer into autumn and we are already seeing the first signs of that. we had a warm southerly, a humid feel but already a north—westerly flow drives fresh air across the country. by the middle part of this week temperatures will revert back to where they should be at this stage, generally from 16 to 21 celsius. monday brought a day of heavy rain across scotland in particular and that eases away but still a trail of showers will linger for quite some time during tuesday. so we will start off across the midlands with one or two isolated showers. these could become more frequent as they drift east. heavy and thundery into the afternoon across eastern england.

dry, settled and sunny and after a lovely start across scotland it will cloud over with showery outbreaks into the west and parts of northern ireland. 14—18 degrees is the high but we could see 23 in east anglia. as we move through tuesday evening into the early hours of wednesday morning, the showers across england and wales will tend to fade. we will have a cluster of showers pushing in across northern ireland and we could have a coolish night in scotland with low single figures likely in rural areas. so a particularly fresh start here first thing on wednesday morning. high pressure is trying to build in but we have a weak weather front toppling across the high and that could bring a little bit of a nuisance. a band of cloud and a few scattered showers east of the pennines running down towards the south—east. not much rain on it, a little bit of showery rain into southern scotland and northern ireland but on the whole wednesday will be a day of sunny spells, scattered showers and

temperatures ranging from 14—21 celsius. as we move out of wednesday towards the end of the week it gets a little bit messy. we have an area of low pressure, a front drifting down into france and that could merge with another spell of wet weather pushing up from the near continent. all in all, that could lead to quite an unsettled weekend across central and southern england, but for scotland, it looks drier and brighter as high—pressure lingers longer.

dire straits: the soaring cost of the red sea crisis — attacks on shipping have seen container rates between asia and europe spike over 400% since december. also coming up: demanding change — young people in africa feel blocked by corruption, almost 60% want to emigrate according to a major new survey. plus: un—vanquished — a collapsing share price and mounting losses but aston martin hopes its fastest ever production car can get it back on track with a little help from james bond. we speak to aston's billionaire boss lawrence stroll.

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