�* tells the �*tells the bbc tells the bbc has new starmer tells the bbc has new government is going to have to be unpopular if it wants to change the country. a renowned children's hospital in london is carrying out an urgent review of more than 700 patients seen by one of its former surgeons. venezuela's opposition has fled the country following the disputed election. and as the paralympics draw to a close, we will talk to record—breaking british rower. welcome to this hour. israel has closed all of its land has closed all of its [and border crossings with jordan after three israeli civilians were killed in a shooting at the border crossing between jordan and the occupied west bank. the attacker reported to

be a jordanian truck driver was shot dead by israeli security forces. this happened at the bridge crossing. victims are thought to be in private security personnel. jordan has launched an investigation into the shootings. last week, israeli forces withdrew from janine in the occupied west bank following a nine—day operation there. the palestinian health ministry says more than 600 palestinians have been killed in violence in the west bank since the 7th of october attack on israel. all 0ctober attack on israel. all of this comes as there are missile exchanges between israel and the lebanese militant group has mother —— hezbollah. tell us about the killing and shootings. tell us about the killing and shootin95-—

shootings. according to reports. _ shootings. according to reports, the _ shootings. according to reports, the jordanian l shootings. according to - reports, the jordanian truck reports, thejordanian truck driver fired at reports, thejordanian truck driverfired at some reports, thejordanian truck driver fired at some israelis who protect the crossing and after serious injuries. then jordan announced it would start an investigation of what happened exactly and at the same time, israelis and senior officials went to the scene to check what happened. in addition, this came from palestinian sources that workers and truck drivers were detained by israeli forces so seeking for leeds, beside what they shot dead. all of them

crossings were closed. this is an alarming situation because jordan is a friend of israel because of their treaty between them, the second country after egypt to have a treaty with them. thejordanian government them. the jordanian government were them. thejordanian government were calling for suspension of the peace treaty, close lair were calling for suspension of the peace treaty, close [air of the peace treaty, close [air of the it's —— israeli embassy in jordan. this shows people or against the israeli occupation crimes according to hamas statements. this is alarming because israel does not want another fight because there's hezbollah, the gaza front, the houthis, many france and israel cannot afford to do that. the

security of the region will be under threat. that's the next question. people look at this and wonder how, if at all, it could raise wider tensions. it might. especially after the leader of the opposition in israel said the army and security institutions in israel warned the government is not to go far in west bank because it might lead to an explosion and the israeli government led by netanyahu is responsible for any disaster that comes out of that commerce is linked with a west bank especially because the death toll and killings there is more than 600 according to palestinian sources since some of october. but last week there were operations injanine and other

places, demolition, damage, palestinian authorities saying the most extensive damage to the most extensive damage to the area for almost two decades. so it is linked to the west bank especially and the jordanian people going to demonstrations, about 60% are palestinian originally so there is a strong link between palestinians and jordans in jordans. so there is a warning from israel for mr netanyahu not to increase the tension and violence there because they might spread to other areas and they cannot afford that.- they cannot afford that. thank ou. we're just the latest death toll, the number of palestinians killed in gaza according to gaza's health ministry now stands at a0,972. london's internationally renowned childrens' hospital, great ormond street, says it's reviewing the cases

of more than 700 young patients who were seen by one of its former surgeons. the royal college of surgeons was asked to examine cases relating to yaserjabbar, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon. the hospital says that of the 39 cases reviewed so far, 13 patients had come to severe harm. great ormond street says it's contacted all the patients and families affected and will ensure all the findings of the review are addressed at pace. an internationally famous children's hospital in london says it's carrying out an urgent case review of more than seven— hundred young patients seen drjabbar, who specialises in limb reconstruction, is now based in dubai. he's been contacted for comment, but has not yet responded to the allegations. here is our correspondent ellie price with more. go through the numbers. 721 patients are being reviewed as part of the concern over their contact with a sergeant that no

longer works at great allman is to, and of those 722, they have so far been 39 cases looked into where the following levels of harm were identified. 13 patients have come to severe harm, we don't know exactly what the harm is, nine have suffered low or moderate harm, 15 have come to no harm and another to have been referred for a further peer review, the outcomes we are still waiting to hear. so quite shocking numbers and quite clearly there are more patients to be looked into. the hospital says is doing as it is told and referred itself to the royal couege referred itself to the royal college of surgeons that looked into the case and have made certain recommendations which great allman streets says it is now going to put into place and take very seriously. this and apology to those affected so

they know who they are but they apologise for any concern or distress caused. the prime minister has told the bbc that his new government is "going to have to be unpopular" if it wants to change the country. speaking to sunday with laura kuenssberg , and in his first major interview in number 10, sir keir starmer said it was vital to "do difficult things now", such as the cuts to pensioners' winter fuel payments, and not run away from hard choices, which he accused previous governments of doing. our political correspondent georgia robertsjoins us. first major interview since winning the election back in july. winning the election back in jul . , ., ., ., july. tell us more about that. there was — july. tell us more about that. there was a _ july. tell us more about that. there was a lot _ july. tell us more about that. there was a lot of _ july. tell us more about that. there was a lot of talk - july. tell us more about that. there was a lot of talk about, a new government and a new prime minister tells us he is prepared to be disliked in order to take these difficult decisions. we will keep hearing

about this over coming weeks especially in the run—up to the budget in october, he described it as painful. the discussions to end their winter fuel payments is among those difficult decisions early on that he has taken and mp5 will be voting on this next week and we know several are planning to make their unhappiness known including several labour mps. but this morning speaking to laura kuenssberg, he defended those plans. this is really tough and i do get that it's tough. it's not easy and no prime minister wants to take a decision like this. but the winter fuel payment are now to be targeted, they were untargeted before, and i think everybody thought that wasn't a particularly good system so it needed to be targeted. obviously, those most in need will continue to get the payment. all of those on pension credit will get the payment. but we want to get as many people on to pension credit that we can.

the trades union congress also gets underway, their conference today. that will go into next week and we will likely see some serious opposition there too to the policy and this afternoon we had from the general secretary saying he has real concern about the government's plans. but the prime minister was asked about the nhs and a report from the former minister will set out this week in detail some of the really big challenges the health service faces in england and we have already talked about some of the issues highlighted in the report including worse outcomes for children's health. but sir keir starmer said today the nhs had been broken by the successive conservative governments. let's listen to him talking about the health service. he's been really clear that the nhs is broken, not beaten. and the reason he identifies, just i will rattle through them without spending much time on them, is because of the money that was taken out of the nhs, particularly in the early years of the coalition 2010 onwards,

the lansley reforms, which were hopelessly misconceived, took a lot of money and had to be then reversed. and then of course, covid on top of all of that which has put us in this awful position. in response to that, the conservatives said labour is politicising the issue rather than providing solutions and talking about reforming the nhs but let's think about next week because the conservatives have joined virtually all opposition parties in the comments opposing those winter fuel plans and they say today next week's vote is the vote to protect millions of pensioners and say mps should put party politics aside and do the right thing so that's the message to labour mps who might be wavering too. so keir starmer tells us he is prepared to be disliked and next week will see the scale ofjust how popular

he is on this.— he is on this. and party conference _ he is on this. and party conference season - he is on this. and party conference season is i he is on this. and party - conference season is under way soon. thank you. at least two civilians have been killed, and four injured — on the northern ukrainian city of sumy. ukraine's air force says it destroyed 15 of 23 drones — and one guided air missile — launched by russia in the overnight attack. city authorities say several homes and cars were damaged. meanwhile, in poltva, funerals have been taking meanwhile, in poltava, funerals have been taking places for victims of the recent russian missle attack, which killed at least 55 people and injuired more than 300. the strike on september the 3rd was one of the deadliest since the beginning of the war. it comes as russia's military claimed claimed to have captured another small village as it advances towards the key logistics hub of pokrovsk. let's speak to peter dickinson, editor of ukraine alert, atlantic council. hejoins me now from kyiv. welcome to the programme. first of all, let's talk about what it has been happening in sumy

and these russian air strikes there and for our audience might be useful to explain the significance of sumy and what we have seen in recent months there. ,, , , ., ., there. sumy is in the north of ukraine. _ there. sumy is in the north of ukraine. very _ there. sumy is in the north of ukraine, very close _ there. sumy is in the north of ukraine, very close to - there. sumy is in the north of ukraine, very close to the - ukraine, very close to the russian border. it is the town, the city, the embarkation point for ukraine's only invasion of russia into the neighbouring kursk region of russia so it's close to the border and where ukraine's been consolidating its forces to send them into casks was now very much having spent much of the war relatively quiet is now very much in the front lines of the war. these recent attacks that happened last night and this morning are the latest in a series of similar strikes. the attacks seem to be targeting civilians in what can be described as a reprisal effort.

and all of this comes following months of ukraine asking for more military hardware and help and we are hearing of course that the uk will be sending hundreds more short—range missiles to ukraine and of course we have the surprise incursion a couple weeks ago. that bolstered and boosted ukraine but how much is the additional hardware really a factor in this?— factor in this? the recent announcements - factor in this? the recent announcements we - factor in this? the recent announcements we saw l factor in this? the recent i announcements we saw this factor in this? the recent - announcements we saw this week of additional hardware for ukraine missiles, you mentioned other weapon systems, of course they are all welcome but the big question here in kyiv is when will the west allow ukraine to strike back and defend itself inside russia? the restrictions that are still in place are preventing ukraine from doing so and seen as absolutely key in this war. ukrainians argue that until they are allowed to strike back

inside russia, as long as russia is still protected essentially and remains a safe haven against ukraine, putin will not end his invasion and a peace treaty will be impossible. they are seeing clearly, more and more so in fact, we need to have a green light and restrictions removed to go to strike the targets inside russia.— to go to strike the targets inside russia. and you are in ukraine at — inside russia. and you are in ukraine at the _ inside russia. and you are in ukraine at the moment. - inside russia. and you are in i ukraine at the moment. there have been night after night of strikes on the country. what is the mood then how has it been for you? the mood then how has it been for ou? �* , for you? i'm based in the suburbs _ for you? i'm based in the suburbs of _ for you? i'm based in the suburbs of kyiv _ for you? i'm based in the suburbs of kyiv in - for you? i'm based in the suburbs of kyiv in the - for you? i'm based in the . suburbs of kyiv in the capital and we have an air raid alarms pretty much every night. it's not a case where, it's difficult to put into context but is not a case of the blitz to draw a comparison of world war ii, of bombs going off

everywhere, but you hear of loud bangs and always the danger of being hit by debris and it can be quite scary. it's very disruptive in sleepless nights and is almost a daily occurrence for the past week or so. you never know what is coming next, never know if we will have a major attack. recently we've seen russia escalate attacks on civilian infrastructure and also on targets, cities. there's been a number of deadly attacks in the past week. the only thing that seems to be restraining russia is the amount of missiles they have so that's particularly alarming in ukraine and as yet unconfirmed that russia may be supplied with ballistic missiles which could significantly bolster supplies and many more attacks in coming weeks. . ~ and many more attacks in coming weeks. ., ,, , ., and many more attacks in coming weeks. ., ,, i. ., and many more attacks in coming weeks. ., ., , ., weeks. thank you for sharing our weeks. thank you for sharing

your analysis _ weeks. thank you for sharing your analysis. _ this is bbc news. hello from the bbc sport centre. the final of the us open men's singles could deliver an american champion for the first time in over 20 sinner. fritz saying his semi—final win over compatriot frances tiafoe will be less stressful — and hopes it can be start of more us success to come. it shows we are all moving in the right direction, i think when one of us to something, the others follow, they get relief from it. and i think this isjust relief from it. and i think this is just the start for all of us. meanwhile, the women's tournament in new york couldn't deliver a second straight home winner. aryna sabalenka beat america's jessica pegula in the final. the two—time australian open champion has added a first us

open title, herfirst grand slam title since the death of her former boyfriend in march. sabalenka who lost in last year's final to coco gauff won in straight sets, 7—5, 7—5. and said she was �*super proud' of herself and her team, after enduring difficult time this season. england and sri lanka are back out after a rain delay on day three of the third test with the home side in the wickets at the oval. josh hull on his debut, with more for england, on what's proving to be a fine debut. tough going for sri lanka, all out for 263. england lost wickets before lunch though — ben duckett, and captain ollie pope unable to reprise his heroics from the first innings. england 35—2 at lunch. you can stay across all the latest with the test over on the bbc sport website. it's the final day of the paralympic games in paris. 1a golds up for grabs before the closing ceremony, and after finishing fifth in the men's t54 marathon, david weir announced his retirement from paralympic competition having won six golds during his career at the games. another british athlete, charlotte henshaw, has doubled her tally of titles in paris, this time winning the kayak women's single 200m. her compatriot emma wiggs finished behind her, after the two won golds in two separate disciplines

on saturday with germany's anja adler third. onto sunday's fixtures now, and northern ireland look to make it two wins from two in the nations league when they take on bulgaria later. elsewhere on sunday scotland take on portugal. scotland's travel to the match proved to be a little turbulent. their flight was delayed, and then after eventually arriving they had a two hour bus journey to lisbon ahead of a match itself that'll provide plenty of problems. when you play football, you want to challenge yourself and it will be a challenge, we have to step up. i think defensively we played well if you take away the individual errors. that is something you have to work on in these players have to find a way to concentrate for the whole game and not make that kind of mistake. a huge result for canada, who came away with a first victory over the united states on us soil since 1957, with a 2—1win in kansas city. jacob shaffelburg and jonathan david scored, with defensive for the us proving costly.

it was just canada's second win over the americans in 27 matches on us soil... (tx sor) they know it. we speak the truth to each other. the mentality to fight and run and sacrifice, i can't do that for them. that is on them. and the end of the day, it's a combination between me and them. it's the first sunday of the new nfl season. first overall pick from this year's draft, caleb williams, will make his debut for the chicago bears later. you get more on that on our website — that's bbc.com.sport. but that's all the sport for now. the venezuelan government says

the opposition presidential candidate, edmundo gonzalez, who challenged president maduro in elections injuly, has left the country. mr gonzalez had been taking refuge in the spanish embassy in caracas, but has now left for spain. the spanish foreign minister says his country is offering mr gonzalez political asylum. translation: i was able to speak to him once - he was on the plane and he expressed his gratitude to the government and to spain. i told him how happy we are that he is well and on his way to spain and i reiterated our commitment of all venezuelans. we reiterate our demand that the vote tallies we presented, that they be verifiable and they will not be presented, that they be verifiable and they will not recognise a victory if that cannot be done. spain will always be there to promote dialogue and negotiation between

the government and opposition. a further update on that story, the european union is saying they demand venezuela ends opposition to oppression and free political opposition. a reminder that many western governments recognise mr gonzalez as the winner of that contested presidential election although the supreme court there added back mr maduro as there added back mr maduro as the winner. it's the final day of the paris paralympics — with the closing ceremony set for later today. there was plenty of action this morning with events including marathons and canoeing and much more to come with wheelchair basketball and powerlifting. let's speak now speak to

lauren rowles, who has become the first woman to have won a rowing gold at three paralympic games. i need to bow down to you for that. it's great to speak to you. congratulations. how was it this year?— it this year? thank you. you can probably _ it this year? thank you. you can probably hear _ it this year? thank you. you can probably hear the - it this year? thank you. you can probably hear the noise| it this year? thank you. you l can probably hear the noise of the closing ceremony here in the closing ceremony here in the olympic village and what games is being. the stadium was packed out and all the volunteers, everyone that has come to support and volunteer, they've been incredible and so friendly and it's been amazing to have that support from people who live here in paris and people have come to watch us. the home crowd was packed out the british people so it's been incredible. find out the british people so it's been incredible.— out the british people so it's been incredible. and this isn't the first time _ been incredible. and this isn't the first time you _ been incredible. and this isn't the first time you have - been incredible. and this isn't the first time you have won i been incredible. and this isn't the first time you have won a | the first time you have won a gold which is so remarkable. this is your third, right? yes,

third paralympics _ this is your third, right? yes, third paralympics in _ this is your third, right? yes, third paralympics in third - this is yourthird, right? we; third paralympics in third gold and firsts to win three back—to—back titles on the spot so it's one of the things, that goal in life that i've had for such a long time now and since starting the sport and when i first started rowing nearly ten years ago i looked around the rowing lake and looked at my idols and thought, maybe one day that could be me and entering their league and last week exactly one week ago today, i hopefully entered that leak with them into their legendary status. we leak with them into their legendary status. we are all roud of legendary status. we are all proud of you _ legendary status. we are all proud of you and _ legendary status. we are all proud of you and just - legendary status. we are all proud of you and just tell. legendary status. we are all proud of you and just tell usj proud of you and just tell us what sort of work it takes. obviously you been training for years to get to your third but what does that involve a daily basis in the lead up to the paralympics?— basis in the lead up to the paralympics? basis in the lead up to the paral mics? , ., _ ~' paralympics? obviously knew the ol mic paralympics? obviously knew the olympic games. _ paralympics? obviously knew the olympic games, the _ paralympics? obviously knew the olympic games, the paralympics| olympic games, the paralympics is a full—timejob olympic games, the paralympics is a full—time job and we are lucky to be supported by the national lottery and anyone who plays in order to do this is

our dayjobs and we are so incredibly lucky because of that and we have to put in 25 to 30 hours of training a week and we're lucky as a paralympic group in rowing that we fully involved with that. we also train with the olympic programme in a training centre in reading and thus incredible for us to have that level of integration with the paralympic programme because not every paralympic sport is as integrated as we are. so it's incredible to see our team—mates compete at the olympics and bring back all the medals because back training, weaving their way from home for the past month now.— the past month now. sorry to stop you _ the past month now. sorry to stop you there, _ the past month now. sorry to stop you there, i _ the past month now. sorry to stop you there, i could - the past month now. sorry to stop you there, i could talk i the past month now. sorry to| stop you there, i could talk to you for hours. congratulations. what a champion. the party of the weekend we have a thundery lowest sitting across england and wales that will generate heavy rain and

also some thundery downpours through the afternoon. further north, the drier it will be. cooler than of late, north—westerly winds starting to set in across the north—west, whereas low pressure means warm and humid air. the weather front across southern scotland, north—east england, through north—west england, wales and the south—west, could bring persistent heavy rain. further east, the sunshine could trigger some heavy thundery downpours. cloud in scotland and northern ireland, winds in from the north—west. cooler across the north than the last few days, but still fairly humid with some warmth across england and wales, especially the east. thunderstorms this evening across the south—east. the weather front in the west pushing eastwards. a legacy of cloud across large parts of england and wales, keeping temperatures up, not falling below 11—12, but it will be chilly in scotland and northern ireland, under clearer skies. monday, in between weather systems, high pressurejust coming in to turn things drier. a bit of cloud and rain across eastern areas, the weather front eventually into the north sea. plenty of sunshine in england and wales, but more cloudy skies in scotland and northern ireland, with rain in western scotland.

a cooler and fresher day across the board, mid—to—high teens. big changes from tuesday, this area of low pressure moving down from the north, parking itself across northern scotland, into the norwegian sea. that will open the floodgates to an arctic north/north—westerly wind, turning much cooler for all areas on tuesday. the cold front spreading southwards, squally rain. behind it, brightening up, plenty of sunshine but blustery showers as well, they may be heavy and thundery across the north—west. a windy and blustery day especially across the north—east. cold and windy with sunshine and showers. temperatures in the low teens in the north, the high teens further south. it stays pretty chilly for the time of year for the upcoming week. it will be cold at night, most showers in the north and west, staying drier the further

south and east.

this is bbc news — the headlines... jordan's launched an investigation into the shooting dead of three israeli security personnel by a jordanian truck

driver — at a border crossing which links it to the occupied west bank. jordan and israel have closed the king hussein—allenby bridge in both directions. israel's pm condemned the shooting. sir keir starmer has told the bbc that his new labour government is "going to have to be unpopular" in order to make necessary reforms. the prime minister said it was important not to shy away from hard decisions — if his government was to change the country. spain's foreign minister has confirmed his country is granting political asylum to the venezuelan opposition presidential candidate — edmundo gonzalez. jose manuel albares said he'd spoken to mr gonzalez on a spanish military plane that's taking him to spain. mr gonzalez challenged the incumbent venezuelan president — nicolas maduro. now on bbc news, click.