sir keir starmer tells the bbc his new government is �*going to have to be unpopular�* if it wants to change the country. fleeing venezuela — the man many in the west believe won the country's presidential election arrives at an airbase near madrid. and au revoir, paris — the paralympics come to an end. the closing ceremony is now under way. hello, i'm kasia madera. the internationally renowed specialist children's hospital, great ormond street in london, says it's carrying out a review of more than 700 patients cases, after concerns were raised about one of its former surgeons, yasarjabber, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon. our correspondent nicky

schiller has the story. great ormond street, which, as you said, is world famous for treating children, says it is looking at 721 patients, all children who had come into contact with yaserjabber while he worked there as a surgeon. now he is reported to be an expert in limb reconstruction. now, so far, of the 39 cases reviewed, more than half were found to have been harmed. 13 of those patients severely. now, lawyers representing some of the families treated by yaserjabber say that children as young as four months old were subjected to unnecessary surgery and suffered life—changing injuries, with one child having to undergo an amputation that could possibly have been avoided if different treatment had been followed. now, the solicitors representing seven of the children says the claims are shocking. have a listen to what she's had to say. clients that we have been instructed to represent

in claims against mrjabber have suffered a variety of orthopaedic injuries. some of them have nerve damage, some of them have muscle damage. we have a client that has undergone an amputation of his lower limb. we have clients that have permanent deformities that have undergone unnecessary operations as well. now, great ormond street has said it is incredibly sorry for the worry and uncertainty that this has caused and that it has contacted all patients and families affected. now, in addition to the cases that i mentioned that have been fully reviewed, it says a56 cases have been looked at by a senior nurse and a paediatrician and have not been categorised as needing their most urgent attention. now it is likely it is going to take 18 months to complete this review and, again, the solicitor representing some of the children wants it done as quickly as possible. i understand the difficulties, given the sheer volume of number of cases, that the trust has to review, that it will take time to undertake that review.

what we would urge the trust to do is to try and undertake that review as soon as possible. what we do know from representing clients who are children is that sometimes the injuries don't manifest until they're much older, and families and our clients, the patients, want to know firstly if they have suffered harm from the treatment they have already received, or alternatively, whether they are likely to suffer injuries in the future on account of treatment they have received. and if that is the case, they may wish to seek treatment and advice elsewhere. it's very important for them to know that. so the sooner the trust can can conclude that, the better we know that they have, um, asked five independent surgeons to review the care. um, asked five independent we know that this is a very niche area of medicine, and the availability of surgeons will be limited, but we would urge them to widen the scope so that there are more surgeons involved in that independent review, so it can be undertaken in a shorter period of time as possible.

what have we heard, if at all, from the surgeon in the centre of all of this? well, yasserjabbar no longer works for great ormond street, and he has not been licensed to practice in the uk since january this year. but we understand that he is still working at an orthopaedic clinic in dubai. now, of course, we have contacted mrjabbar for comment but so far we haven't heard back from him. there's much more on the story on her website as well. israel has closed all its land border crossings with jordan after three israeli civilians were killed in a shooting at the crossing between jordan and the occupied west bank. israel's prime minister said it was a "hard day" and sent his condolences to the victims' families. the attacker, reported to be a jordanian truck driver, was shot dead by israeli security forces. the incident happened at the king hussein—allenby bridge crossing. the victims were three civilian security guards. jordan has launched an investigation into the shootings. jordan and israel signed a peace treaty in 1994

and have close security and economic ties, but diplomatic relations have been strained. our correspondent mike thomson reports from jerusalem. the day started with a deluge of 50 rockets fired into northern israel by lebanon's hezbollah. then, maherjazi, a 39—year—old jordanian truck driver, is said to have left his lorry at the allenby bridge border crossing before opening fire on civilian border staff, killing three before being shot himself. israel's prime minister had this to say. translation: in recent days, loathsome terrorists have - murdered six of our hostages in cold blood and three israeli police officers. the killers do not distinguish between us, they want to murder us all. the gunman�*s motives are unclear, though israel's actions in gaza are widely criticised in jordan, which is home to many

palestinian refugees. mr netanyahu also called for unity, but that's something that is going to be hard to achieve in this deeply divided country. although many agree with his repeated insistence that defeating hamas is the best way to get the hostages back from gaza, these people aren't among them. late on saturday, an estimated three quarters of a million protesters poured onto the streets of israel, demanding that their government agrees a ceasefire and hostage release deal. but with no such agreement yet in sight, the unrest here looks likely to continue. mike thomson, bbc news, jerusalem. thousands of palestine refugees who left gaza remain trapped in the west bank. 4,400 palestinian workers and patents are stranded in need of support. now a 4.5 million dollar

agreement has been reached with the aid agencies, the qatar red crescent and the un agency for palestinians, unrwa, with a qatari state development fund. tamara al rifai is unrwa's director of external communications. she told me how these workers ended up in the occupied west bank. since israel imposed a blockade on gaza in 2007, the movement for people in gaza in and out of gaza has been extremely restricted, except for those who manage to obtain permits from israel to go and work in israel so they can work in the it hubs, they can work in restaurants, they can repair cars, they can have manyjobs. and it was estimated that around 18,000, a bit over 18,000 gazans, people from gaza worked in israel before the 7th of october,

and about a few hundreds were seeking medical treatment outside of the gaza strip. now, these are the ones that were stranded when the war in gaza started and all crossings closed. of these gazans, israel expelled onto the west bank around 4000, or a bit more than 4000 gazans who neither are working in israel any more, nor can they return to theirfamilies in gaza. they're literally stranded in the west bank. so while well, they're effectively, as you so while they're effectively, as you describe it, stranded in the occupied west bank. what does that mean for them? what kind of conditions do they find themselves in? do they have somewhere to live, even? extremely anxious. not only are they separated from their family when this devastating war is happening and

they can watch live on tv, the destruction of their own neighbourhoods and the death of their own friends and family, but also for those that were expelled from israel and no longer have the possibility to work there. they've also lost their income, so they're very uncertain. they're very anxious. some of them may have found a place to stay with friends, maybe, or with family, but in general, they are just as uncertain as every other gazan waiting for this war to end and be reunited with those they love, their families, if those have survived. so we understand that an agreement has been reached, a $4.5 million agreement between a qatari fund, your agency unwra, and also the qatar red crescent. what does this mean, then, for those people that you describe? the state of qatar took note of that category of gazans who were not covered by funding um to to to the humanitarian um to the humanitarian

response inside gaza. so the qatari government funded gave to the un agency for palestine refugees. the agency i represent, which incidentally or not is the largest aid agency in gaza and qatar, gave unwra, um $4.5 million specifically to be able to help these gazans who are stranded for a few months. so it is a replacement to their income for a few months until it is clearer, until the situation settles one way or another, hopefully for the better for all, for the hostages and for the people in gaza. and these people can either find work again or they can return to gaza. and it's important to note that qatar has been extremely supportive to the humanitarian response in gaza, extremely supportive to unwra, but so have been many countries, many arab countries, the uae,

saudi arabia, jordan, kuwait, um, djibouti, algeria, iraq and many, many individuals around the world. sir keir starmer, says he's prepared for the government government to be unpopular, if that's the price to be paid, for an improved economy. in his first major televison interview since becoming prime minister, he's been defending cutting winter fuel payments for most pensioners in england and wales, a move mps will be voting on this week. here's hannah miller. we are going to have to take the tough decisions and take them early. things will get worse before they get better. so we have had to take tough decisions to stabilise the economy. it is already a familiar refrain, the government saying it's going to make choices that seem uncomfortable. today the prime minister said he is willing to be disliked. we are going to have to be unpopular. tough decisions

are tough decisions. popular decisions aren't tough, they're easy. the things the last government has run away from, that the government has traditionally run away from. i am convinced because they have run away from difficult decisions we haven't got the change we need for the economy. top of the list of difficult decisions, targeting the winter fuel payment at only the poorest pensioners. this year around 10 million pensioners in england and wales will no longer receive the allowance of up to £300, saving the treasury about 1.4 billion. that is not easy and no prime minister wants to take a decision like this, but the winter fuel payments are now to be targeted. they were untargeted before and i think everybody thought that wasn't a particularly good system. 0n the street in huddersfield, the decision hasn't gone down well. looking after the old people, the old folks, that should be top of the list. it is a bit shocking, really. everybody pays in and you

expect to get it back out again at the end of the day. i shall be thinking i twice about turning the heating up this winter. the government says it is actively trying to make sure those still eligible for the payment are signed up to receive it. when a vote takes place in parliament this coming week, the government will almost certainly win, but it could still tell us something about the depth of unhappiness among some labour mps if they choose to rebel. at their conference in brighton, union leaders have been expressing their concerns. i think there will be some pensioners this year who are not eligible for pensioners tax credit but who are not well off by any stretch of the imagination who will worry about the impact of this decision. we don't want to go into the winter with pensioners afraid to put the heating on so i hope the chancellor will use the budget to set out in the round what support she can give. the state pension will go up next april, one of the choices the government has already made, but as keir starmer makes his case for decisions

many won't like he may find there is a winter of discomfort ahead. hannah miller, bbc news. now it's time for a look at today's sport with 0lly foster. we'll start with an update from the new york, the me's final at the men's final at the us open. jannik sinner taking on. 6—3 fairly comfortably. he won his maiden grand slam the australian open at the beginning of the year, fritz may be feeling the effect of that 5 cents win over his fellow american frances tiafoe if you had to go. but centre has the advantage and he's a break—up and the second. footballacross and he's a break—up and the second. football across europe, denmark have made it two wins

out of two in the top tier of the competition, beat serbia, wins also for slovakia, belarus and bulgaria. an early lead against switzerland in geneva, they've doubled that. spain now 2-0 they've doubled that. spain now 2—0 up, and you can see in the top tier, scotland who threw away a lead against the polls in glasgow last week, they have a surprise lead, scott mctominay heading the opener in lisbon against the portuguese. all those matches kicked off about half an hour ago. england's perfect record under threat after a batting collapse in the final day in the test against sri lanka. they were bowled out for 156 and their �*s first innings. undoing england with their swing bowling, sharing seven wickets, could've been worse, a rapid 67 runs from jimmy smith. sri lanka are chasing 219 for

victory, they closed at 94—1, doing well. closed at 94-1, doing well. it closed at 94—1, doing well. it certainly hasn't been one of our better days and test cricket this summer. sometimes that happens. we have a mantra where we want to always put the opposition under pressure and sometimes you do it better than other times will stop by thought give full credit to sri lanka today. the movement they got on the ball, the links that they hit, they were very consistent. today didn't come off but that's ok. we can come back tomorrow, we still have the belief that something special can happen. the final sta . e special can happen. the final staue of special can happen. the final stage of the _ special can happen. the final stage of the time _ special can happen. the final stage of the time trial - special can happen. the final stage of the time trial in - stage of the time trial in madrid which was actually won by the swiss. but he was second, that was more than enough for him to retain the overall lead. ben 0'connor over two and a half minutes behind, his fourth filter title with

him in line with the spaniard. the biggest nightclub in france, over 20 top djs are playing, over 4000 athletes invited. this is how the final metal table looked. china top for the six summer games in a row, 220 metals, 94 of them gold. great britain a long way behind but finishing second for the third games in a row, the us with third. post france eighth in the table, 75 metals, 19 of them gold, that is their best showing in 20 years. the world's biggest half marathon, the great north run, has taken place under grey skies in the north east of england. a crowd of 60,000 gathered at the start line ahead of the amateur race — which starts in newcastle, before heading through gateshead and south tyneside and then finishing up in south shields. the men's professional race was won by abel kipchumba, in the

women's race kenya's mary ngugi—cooper won after a sprint finish, with britains eilish mccolgan in fifth. you an eye on all the football, scotland still leading in the nation lee, i'll have an update on that and the rest of the sport in the next half—hour. thank you very much, 0lly foster there. the venezuelan opposition leader, edmundo gonzalez, has arrived in spain where he's been granted political asylum. this was his plane landing at a military base near madrid. he left venezuela after taking refuge in the spanish embassy in caracas. he'd challenged the venezuelan president, nicol s maduro, president, nicolas maduro, injuly�*s elections, which the opposition claims it won. mr gonzalez�*s opposition colleague maria corina machado says he left the country because "his life was in danger". earlier, the european union's foreign affairs chief josep borrell, described it as a "sad day for

democracy in venezuela". in a statement, he said "the eu insists that the venezuelan authorities end repression, arbitrary arrests and harassment...against members of the opposition and civil society, as well as release all political prisoners". let's get the reaction of some residents of caracas to mr gonzalez�*s departure for spain: translation: | feel. . . hopelessness. - what little hope we had went off with him. i think that his departure says a lot. i'm very upset. but at the same time, i think he's safe where he is. we need to keep on fighting. and with faith, i'm not losing hope. but this needs to end yesterday. not tomorrow, but yesterday. the music world is today bidding farewell to a legend — bass guitarist herbie flowers. it may not be a name you recognise,

but the riffs he composed are some of the most celebrated of all time. # ground control to major tom...# music: walk on the wild side by lou reed. # hey, did you rock and roll, rock on # mm, my soul some absolute classics there. 0ur reporter guy lambert joined me earlier to talk about herbie flowers extensive portfolio. name a music legend from the 1960s, the �*70s, the �*80s, and there's probably a high there's a high probability that herbie flowers worked and recorded with them all, but it was in the 19605 that he really secured his place as one of the best session guitarists in the industry, before becoming a founding

member of blue mink. from there, he went on to chart success after chart success, working with musicians such as david bowie, paul mccartney, sir eltonjohn, cat stevens. the listjust goes on and on and on. there were two other bands in his life. he became a member of the final line—up of t.rex in 1977, shortly before the death of frontman marc bolan, and he was also a founding member of the band sky. but really, there are two tracks that are synonymous with his skill and ability on the bass guitar, and that's david essex's rock rm, and one of the most famous bass lines of all time. that bass line in lou reed's walk on the wild side that we heard just there. and would you believe that before all of that, the bass wasn't even his primary instrument growing up — he played the tuba as a bandsman in the raf in the 19505. he didn't even turn his craft to bass guitar until the turn of the �*60s. my god, it's just an extraordinary career, an extraordinary range of music. and all of those stars that you mentioned. the tributes must be pouring in.

they are. his family announced his passing on facebook, where they said his music has touched so many lives. and elsewhere, the suede bass player mat osman and the charlatans singer tim burgess have paid their tributes, saying herbie flowers had so many great bass lines and he made the greats sound greater. and david bowie's estate has also paid homage, calling flowers a beautiful soul and saying he'll be sorely missed. guy lambert there on the legend of herbie flowers. the closing ceremony for the paralympics is under way at the stade de france in paris. ahead of the ceremony, the organiser tony estanguet said it would see the national stadium turned into a giant nightclub. more than 20 top french djs are set to close out the games, with a line—up overseen by 76—year—old french electronic music pioneer jean—micheljarre. the last two weeks have seen sell—out events and record television ratings.

the paralympic games' 17th edition hosted more than 4,000 athletes from around the world, competing in 549 medal events. nikki fox takes a look now at the games' success and where the paralympic movement, may be heading. cheering it is amazing. paris has been so hospitable. very exciting here, it's wonderful. with close to 2.5 million tickets sold, for these excited fans from around the world, the paralympics have delivered. the atmosphere is amazing. the crowd is unreal, we have been coming to every match. ahead of the closing ceremony, i met up with paralympic greats and broadcasters tanni grey—thompson and richard whitehead. working here has been phenomenal. i don't think it has been quite so easy for the disabled spectators. it has been quite hard. and what have you seen? a lot of steps. awful, awful platform lift, inaccessible viewing platforms. just the challenge of sitting

with your friends and family. but acccess isn't the only nut to crack. it's about visibility. it shouldn'tjust be the paralympics, it shouldn't be once every four years, and unfortunately, yes, we will see those gold—medal moments, but will they filter down to the next generation of young people that want to take their place? the paralympic games is at a really pivotal moment. they've got some big questions to answer. the future of the sports, classification events, what happens in between games. in four years' time, the games will be in the united states, home to gold—medal winning archer matt stutzman. he is confident the popularity of the paralympic movement and the athletes is on the up. you're starting to see these performances from athletes that rival able—bodied athletes. and that's important for the world to see and acknowledge and understand, they are doing it with a disability? what?! that's almost superhuman. like, that's what's

going to grow everything. when i last met nicholas, he told me he hoped these games would bring change for disabled people living in france. how do you think the games have gone? i think overall it has been a great success. the sense of community and friendship, and what in france we are all hoping and praying for is that this sense we had for the olympics and paralympics is not going to stop on the 8th of september but is going to carry on afterwards. nikki fox, bbc news. that paralympic closing ceremony under way now, this is bbc news. hello there. so far september has been quite warm and humid with some thundery downpours and some pleasant spells of sunshine. this upcoming week will be a shock to the system, the first real taste of autumn,

turning much cooler for all of us, with sunshine and showers, windy at times and nights a lot colder. but temperatures will begin recover again as we head into the following weekend. this weekend has been dominated by this thundery low with high humidity, some heavy rain and storms. this will slowly ease as it pushes eastwards during the overnight period tonight and leaves a legacy of cloud and spots of rain for england and wales. but scotland, northern ireland, already signs of something cooler and fresher moving in, with clearer skies, so single digits here. but double figures for england and wales. as we head into monday day, we see the back edge of that low pressure pull away in towards the near continent. it will bring further cloud, a few spots of rain during monday morning but then skies brighten up into the afternoon as it slides off into the near continent. scotland and northern ireland sees the next weather front moving in, so thicker cloud, some spots of rain later in the day, but further south it should be dry with some sunshine. but already feeling cooler

and fresher, 13 to 17 degrees from north to south. monday night into first thing tuesday, low pressure starts to set into the north of the country, bringing wet and windy weather and some colder air begins to dig in behind it. further south, still double figures to start tuesday so anotherfairly mild night to come. but it will change from tuesday onwards, behind the cold front, arctic air sinking southwards as we go through the day and it will be a strong north, north—westerly wind. unsettled picture for tuesday, this band of rain associated with the cold front, some squally rain as it spreads southwards. behind it, skies brighten up but it'll be one of sunshine and blustery showers, these heavy across the north—west and very windy for all of us, particularly across the north—east of scotland. factor in these sorts of wind speeds with these temperatures, low teens in the north, to around the mid—to—high teens in the south. it will feel noticeably chilly. it stays chilly throughout the week, temperatures below

par for this time of year. most of the showers in the north. driest in the south and east but as we head into the following weekend, we start to see temperatures recover back closer to the seasonal norm.

this is bbc news.

0ur headlines: great ormond street hospital is overseeing an urgent review of the cases of more than 700 patients after concerns were raised about a former surgeon. the patients were treated by yaserjabbar, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon who worked at the hospital until a year ago. jordan's launched an investigation into the fatal shooting 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 prime minister has condemned the shooting. venezuela's opposition leader — edmundo gonzalez — has arrived in spain, where he's been granted political asylum. he left venezuela, where he had taken refuge in the spanish embassy in caracas. he'd challenged the venezuelan president injuly�*s elections which the opposition claims it won.