occupied west bank. 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 taking place. 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. 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?

yaserjabber. well, yaserjabber 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. my my colleague nikki schiller there. there is an article about this story on our website. 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. we 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 palestinian refugees who left gaza remain trapped in the occupied west bank. 4,400 palestinian workers and patients are stranded

in need of support. now a $4.5 million 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 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 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 uk 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 country. 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. as we've been hearing, unions are worried about the government's winter fuel plans. zoe conway is at the tuc annual conference, getting under way in brighton. the mood here at tuc congress is one of optimism. you get the sense that the trade unions can't quite believe they've got the first labour government in 14 years, but there are already signs that that relationship between the government and the trade unions is not going to be plain sailing, because although public sector workers have recently been awarded an above inflation pay rise, there are unions here who want to see more above inflation pay rises in the years ahead. and there is real anger and dismay here over the government's decision to means test the winter fuel payment. the unions here think

that all pensioners deserve it, regardless of whether they're on benefits. and there's concern here, too, that the government could water down its commitment to strengthen workers' rights. but overall, the message coming from the unions is that they want to be constructive. they want to give the government time to deliver on its promises. let's speakjill rutter. senior fellow at the institute for government, also, joe, you official in the treasury and at number 10 downing street. when it comes to the winter fuel allowance, of course got that vote, possibly up to 50 labour mps refusing to back the government.— mps refusing to back the government. , , ., , government. yes, but of course with keir starmer's _ government. yes, but of course with keir starmer's very - government. yes, but of course with keir starmer's very big - with keir starmer's very big majority the government can

easily survive 50 abstentions, even 50 rebellions, 50 votes against. i think that's very unlikely, it's more likely that people will abstain to make their displeasure known. we have to get used to that change in parliamentary arithmetic, because under the conservatives before had a rebellion of that side would've actually have meant they lost the vote. if you say a rebellion, what does that mean? because of course, we have seven labour mps, they have their whips suspended back in the summer, back injuly, when they voted for an snp amendment on the two child benefit. does sir keir starmer have to repeat that, does he have to repeat that, does he have to repeat that, does he have to be tough if he gets a rebellion? i have to be tough if he gets a rebellion?— rebellion? i don't know this, it's obviously _ rebellion? i don't know this, it's obviously up _ rebellion? i don't know this, it's obviously up to - rebellion? i don't know this, it's obviously up to the - it's obviously up to the government and its whips to decide what they want to do. i don't think we're like to see 50 people with the whips suspended, it was quite interesting back in the summer that the government differentiated between people who voted against, voted with

one of the opposition parties against an amendment to the king �*s speech which is a really flagship thing setting out the government's agenda. but quite a few people were absent to vote and they didn't take any action against them. so i think it would be interesting if the action phase did some votes against this measure, will it then move in a similar way to the way it moved against the seven back in the summer, i don't know where like to see mass suspension there. it's very interesting the government clearly has decided that, to stick with this and make this a means test. you may not like this, things coming down the line that you're going to find very difficult, defend unpopular decisions with the people voted for you, how would you do that? really holding with this. that seems to be the position both keir starmer and rachel reeves are adopting. briefly if you would come another big moment in this

week, we already we've had snippets of it is not looking great, sir keir starmer very much blaming the state of the nhs on the previous government. how long can he use that line for? i think he can probably use it for quite some time, whether people go on believing it is a different matter because i think people will be expecting pretty soon that a labour government will make good on its promise, those first steps on the nhs, more pointless, reducing waiting lists, i don't think people will be expecting to wait years and years for that, not until the end of the parliament. really appreciate your insight, jill rutter therefore the institute for government, a difficult week for the government. now it's time for a look at today's sport with 0lly foster. jannick sinner isjust a few games away from his second grand slam title. the world number one is up against the home favourite taylor fritz in the us open final in new york. the italian has made very light work of the american, even though he was broken in the first set he still took it 6—3, breezed

through the second 6—4 and sinner won his maiden grand slam at the start of the year at the australian open. taylor the australian open. fritz has broken centre taylor fritz has broken centre in the first set and he is serving for that third set to keep himself alive in what is his first grand slam final. jannik sinner won the australian open, his maiden grand slam title at the start of the year, but fritz is making a real match of it now, serving for the third set. lot's more nations league football across europe. denmark have made it two wins out of two in the top tier of the competition — they beat serbia 2—0. also in the top tier, portugal have equalised through bruno fernandes against scotland. spain are the holders — they are down to ten men against switzerland in geneva but lead 2—1. these matches are all approaching full—time. they are about 15 minutes away

from full time. in sweden going well against estonia there in the third tier of the competition. also wins for slovakia, belarus and bulgaria. england's perfect record this summer is under threat after a batting collapse on the third day of the final test against sri lanka at the oval. they were bowled out for 156 in their second innings, vishwa fernando and lahiru kumara undoing england with their swing bowling sharing seven wickets. it could have been worse without a rapid 67 from jamie smith. sri lanka chasing 219 for victory, they'll resume on 94—1. it certainly hasn't been one of our better days in 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. i've got to give full credit to sri lanka today. the movement they got on the

ball, the links that they hit, 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. slovenia's primoz roglic has won vuelta a espana title for a fourth time, that's a joint record for the grand tour. the final stage was a time trial in madrid which was won by stefan kung. but roglic was second, and that was more than enough to retain the overall lead. australia's ben 0'connor was over two and half minutes behind. roglic�*s fourth vuelta title moves him level with the spaniard roberto heras. competition is now over at the paris paralympics, the closing ceremony is taking place at the stade de france, artistic director thomas jolly says it's going to be "the biggest nightclub in france" with over 20 top djs and over 4,000 athletes invited. this is how the final medal table looks, china finishing top for the sixth summer games in a row. 220 medals in all, 94 of them gold .

great britain have finished second for the third games in a row. the us were third, hosts france were eighth in the table, 75 medals and 19 golds. their best showing in 20 years england's matt wallace has won his first dp world tour title in six years, coming through a play—off at the european masters in switzerland. wallace and alfredo garcia—heredia finished tied on 11—under par, so they went back down the 18th, and wallace won it with a birdie on the first extra hole. wallace's compatriot andrew "beef" johnston was third, his best finish in four years. jannik sinner has just broken back, fritz serving for that third set so it is five all that are in the third. jannik sinner, two sets to love up, you can keep across on the bbc sport website or your bbc sport up, i'll have some more sport a lot later in the evening.

more now on the paralympics as the games are coming to an end. the stadium is lit up, it's apparently meant to be a massive dj session. nikki fox takes a look now at how successful the games may have been, and where the paralympic movement, maybe 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. you're watching 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. the 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.

staying with venezuela... the opposition leader, edmundo gonz lez, the 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, 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 chiefjosep borrell described it as a "sad day for democracy in venezuela". in a statement, he said... let's get the reaction of some residents of caracas. translation: i feel. . . hopelessness. what little hope we had went off with him. i think that his

departure says a lot. translation: 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. 0ur europe regional editor, danny aeberhard, explained why gonz lez ended up in spain. well, basically, spain offered him political asylum. so straight after the july election, edmundo gonzalez took refuge in the dutch embassy, first of all, in caracas. he stayed there for more than a month. and this week, he went to the spanish embassy. now, spain has consistently said that he appeared to be the winner of that election. and venezuela had issued an arrest warrant against him. and the venezuelan vice president said that in the end, it decided to offer him safe passage to leave venezuela for the sake of political peace was how theyjustified it. so the venezuelan government,

of course, rejects the claims from the opposition that they won the election and they claim to be the victims of a right—wing attempt to subvert the government there. and in terms of the rest of the international community, the european union has come out and spoken on this quite strongly as well. yes, sojosep borrell, who's the head of the eu's foreign affairs bureau, he said that it was a sad day for venezuela, for democracy there, and he's called on the venezuelan government to end repression of political activists and release political prisoners. so basically, the eu, again, consistently, since the election, has said that the venezuelan government did not release full voting records. it's called on them to do so, so that these can be checked and and verified independently, if they say that they've won it. so the european union has

said that the opposition appears to have won by a large majority. and that's why edmundo gonzalez has been effectively given political asylum in spain. so now he's in spain. what does this effectively mean for venezuela's opposition? this is the interesting point because maria corina machado, who's the opposition leader, who's still in venezuela, she has said that, actually, edmundo gonzalez remains the president—elect. and she said that he will be the person who is still inaugurated injanuary next year as president. and she says that he was facing severe threats, including dangers to his life. he left notjust alone — he left with his wife. and she said that, basically, venezuela will continue the opposition movements — edmundo gonzalez from abroad, her from within venezuela. now, the problem here for the opposition is that although there are likely to still be more street protests, they have the challenge of maintaining momentum in a repressive environment. and the military in venezuela

still backs the government. danny aeberhard there on the situation in venezuela. now, let's turn to algeria. the incumbent president abdelmadjid tebboune has won a second five—year term in office. he won 94% of the votes in saturday's election. the 78—year—old is backed by the military and was widely expected to win. his main rival, abdelaali hassani, gained 3% of the votes. his campaign teams says it had reported of election irregularities. and the socialist candidate, youcef aouchiche, won 2% of the votes cast. algeria's election authority announced voter turnout was just 48%. sudan has rejected a proposal by a united nations team that peacekeepers should be deployed to the country immediately to protect civilians. a un mission said it had uncovered evidence of atrocities which it said "may amount to war crimes". but sudan's foreign ministry dismissed the recommendation, calling the un mission

political and illegal. more than ten million people have fled their homes since civil war broke out in april last year between sudan's army and the paramilitary rapid support forces. earlier, i spoke to the un population fund's regional director, laila baker, in port sudan. and she explained what the agnecy is trying to do to help those on the ground. for unfpa, ourjob is twofold. one, to ensure that where we have internally displaced people and those in need, particularly girls and women, to ensure that we support all of our partners who can provide those vital services getting the care that women need to have a baby, making for sure that if you are exposed to sexual violence that you are not judged, that you can get the counselling and medical care that you need. these are the things that we will focus on and we hope that

all the partners we work with can build a new sudan where the future brings a little bit more hope. in the meantime we need to focus on those who are most in need right now, and that is half of sudan's population, whether that's access to food and clean water or shelter or protection from all of the climate change elements like floods that we have been seeing, as well as access to services or health care and protection from gender—based violence. the un population fund's regional directorfor the un population fund's regional director for sudan there. donald trump has said he's "very offended" after vladimir putin endorsed his rival kamala harris for the us presidency. speaking at a rally in the key swing state of wisconsin, mr trump told supporters he didn't believe mr putin was serious and insisted he was the toughest candidate in his approach to moscow. russia would have never happened if i were president. attacking ukraine would have never happened. i knew putin, i knew him well.

and, you know, he endorsed... i don't know if you saw the other day, he endorsed kamala. he endorsed kamala. i was very offended by that. i wonder why he endorsed kamala. no, he's a chess player. he endorsed kamala. should i be... congressman, should i be upset about that? no. huh? was it done with a smile, ron? was it done with a smile? i think it was done maybe with a smile. i don't know. who the hell knows? donald trump's comments follow remarks by mr putin at the eastern economic forum in vladivostok, when he said kamala harris was russia's preferred choice for the next us president. translation: she has such an expressive - and infectious laugh. it shows she's doing well. i mean, trump has imposed more restrictions and sanctions on russia than any president has ever imposed before. and if mrs harris is doing well, maybe she will refrain from doing something like that.

the next big moment in the race for the white house is on tuesday with the first tv debate between donald trump and kamala harris. a reminder — you'll be able to watch rolling coverage of the abc news presidential debate here on bbc news on tuesday. our special coverage will start from 8pm — east coast time — and 1am on wednesday morning, if you're watching in the uk. here in the uk, thousands of offenders who've served 40% of their prison terms will be eligible for early release next week. the government says it's necessary because of severe overcrowding in jails. there are fewer than 500 spaces left in men's prisons in england and wales — a crisis made worse by the convictions of hundreds of people involved in riots last month. sian williams is the ceo of switchback, a charity that helps young men find a way out of the justice system.

sian gave us her assessment on whether the early release of this many prisoners is a cause for concern. every day, prisoners are released. and so, in that, nothing is changing. the significant fact is that people are being released early — as you say, 10% early. for some people, that means a week earlier than they would otherwise have been released. for other people, maybe up to a year. but the kind of key concern is always about what happens on release. and when you're released from prison, to stay out of prison, you need a few key things. you need somewhere to sleep so that you can actually stay off the streets. you need work. you need support. you need access to benefits. you need mental health support. and of course, the big challenge that we're facing as a sector, both statutory sector and voluntary sector, who support people leaving prison, is that we've got more people leaving prison than we would normally on a day—to—day basis, and so we need more support services. so that's the concern.

and we've, along with many other organisations in the sector, been working really closely with the probation service and the prison service to get ready. we're concerned that there's not enough housing, we're concerned there's not enough support, but we are working really closely to make sure as many of those people who are released now are able to stay out of prison and build a new life. on average, one in three people released from prison do return to prison. now, that isn't always about a new offence. that's often because what's happened is they are claimed to have breached their licence conditions, and that might be, for example, not sleeping at the address that they've been registered to when they've left prison. and those things are often out of their control. so we absolutely know that when many people are suddenly released, as this is what's happening, many more than we would normally see, and there's a crunch in this country, as we know, in the housing crisis, we do anticipate more people will be recalled to prison for breaching their licence conditions, and that's why we're working so closely with the prison and probation service. but we want to really see a change in an understanding of what the support needed

is for someone leaving prison. so switchback, along with many other other organisations, is calling for a national resettlement framework, really making sure that when someone is released, they have housing notjust for the first six weeks, which is often what happens, but actually ongoing so that they can really build a stable life. so, expect to see recalls increase, but we're doing everything we can to help prevent that for the people we're working with. sian williams from the charity switchback. as children worldwide settle back into school, one charity's highlighting the plight of nearly 20,000 ukrainian children who've been forcibly deported to russia. posters with the message "back to school — but not for them" can be seen in major cities across europe. mariam lambert is the co—founder of the 0rphans feeding foundation, who's running the campaign and has worked to find and return these children to ukraine.

so let's just start off with your campaign. tell us a little bit more. figs your campaign. tell us a little bit more-— bit more. as you know, we've been working _ bit more. as you know, we've been working for— bit more. as you know, we've been working for almost - bit more. as you know, we've been working for almost a - bit more. as you know, we'vel been working for almost a year on these critical issue of missing children in ukraine, and we thought... wall children worldwide arisa breeding the return to school with their parents, we realised that importantly people tend to forget that thousands of ukrainian children are being separated from their family and also deported and forcibly transferred to russia, belarus or occupied territories, so that was a very important message to highlight this critical issue.— message to highlight this critical issue. . , , critical issue. can you help us to understand _ critical issue. can you help us to understand why... - critical issue. can you help us i to understand why... apologies, mariam, ithink to understand why... apologies, mariam, i think our line is a little bit difficult, but can you help us to understand why these children are being or salida ported to russia? ——

being forcibly deported there are different reasons. russia argued occupying a new city in ukraine. they are being deported in order to erase the identity of ukrainians, to erase their history and to erase their history and to erase anything related to ukraine, and they are being actually trained to become russian for different reasons. one of the reason which is absently traumatic is they are being trained to become the next military generation in russia —— absolutely traumatic. some of them are being adopted by russian families and others are being held in children's prisons detention centre. 50 prisons detention centre. so 'ust prisons detention centre. so just expend a little bit more, develop a little bit more on what happens to them once they are in russia. 50 what happens to them once they are in russia.— are in russia. so they are not all in russia, _ are in russia. so they are not all in russia, it _ are in russia. so they are not all in russia, it is _ all in russia, it is important to highlight that some of them

have been transferred to occupied territories, some in russia. when they are in russia i bought happens as those children, their passports are being changed and they are getting a russian passport. sometimes the birth certificate are being changed and names are being changed. any worst case, we have also evidence that the figure prints are being burned in order to really not be able to trace them back. that's the first step. the second step, the russians are using different methodologies in order to deport them. it's actually organised crime which comes from teachers, doctors, officials in russia, for organising all these series of deportations to russia. i know ou have deportations to russia. i know you have managed _ deportations to russia. i know you have managed to - deportations to russia. i know you have managed to bring - deportations to russia. i know i you have managed to bring some of these children back. mariam, can you give us an example of a child who you have returned back to their family? we returned _ back to their family? - returned together with

ukrainian authorities, and exhibit is a family of a mother with two children who were living in a cookie and cs, and when the city got occupied, the russian federation together with the military started to actually evacuate, as they call it, all children in schools —— in kupyansk. those two children who were brother and sister have been transferred to occupied territories. during that day, the mother understood the city was getting occupied, and she ran, she was running to the school in order to take back her children, and she realised that they were not there must�*ve after days and days of looking after them, she realised and she would not find them back and also you need to understand, when the mother was looking for those children, she could not properly report it to the authorities because she was living under occupation and she had to wait eight months until the city got liberated again in

order to report the missing children, to report the ukrainian authorities, together, it takes like months and months in order to trace them, to find a location, to identify them and to reunite them with their mother, which happened actually nine months later, after she lost the children, they were able to be reunited nine months later. at the ukrainian border. i was also there to witness this horrific situation but also the m horrific situation but also the joy of this family to find themselves again. the most horrific... themselves again. the most horrific. . ._ horrific... yes. apologies. thank you _ horrific... yes. apologies. thank you so _ horrific... yes. apologies. thank you so much - horrific... yes. apologies. thank you so much just i horrific... yes. apologies. | thank you so much just for sharing that story and for sharing that story and for sharing the work that you're doing with the 0rphans feeding foundation. mariam lambert, the ceo of the charity that is highlighting these missing children who, in your campaign,

back—to—school but not for them, is being seen across europe. thanks for your time. we've all heard the saying "cheap as chips" — but prices for the humble potato is set to rise. farmers say it's due to extreme weather and high production costs. in east kent, the last remaining potato grower is calling for more support, as jadzia samuel reports. it's day two of the potato harvest on this farm in east kent. so far, their crop is looking pretty good. but 0liver furnival�*s farm only one of only a few left growing potatoes in the area. he is one of many hoping for more support in the industry. they are doing some grants towards solar and other schemes, just things that can help mitigate some of the rising costs, and also, to try and help slightly negate the impact of climate change. the actual potatoes would cost in the region of sort of £3,000 an acre to grow pre—covid, and now they are up to three times that amount.

it's fairly challenging with the weather windows that we now seem to get, and the financial implications, if it goes wrong, are fairly huge. this field is one in around 370 acres of land all growing potatoes here on this farm. on a hot and dry day like today, it makes for pretty good conditions when it comes to harvesting. but weather is unpredictable. usually, 0liver would be hoping for 6,000 to 7,000 tonnes of potato. heavy rainfall in autumn and spring made for late planting so these crops haven't been in the ground for all that long. but it's still a race against time to get the potatoes out of the ground before the weather turns too wet again. some businesses fear the potential impact of a tough crop this year. i try not to put it up, but we have no choice, my customers are. . . i have the best customers, so they won't say anything.

they are willing me to put the prices up a bit more, but... it's not just potatoes. generally everything has gone up. we're still eating lots of potatoes, the brits love their spuds and, increasingly, we are importing them mainly as frozen chips from belgium and holland, and that trade is worth over £1.2 billion and has increased by about 30% or 40% over the last two or three years. oliver is feeling fairly chipper about his crop, but with increasingly unpredictable weather and rising costs, he says change is needed soon to keep the humble spud on the table. king charles has attended a service at crathie kirk near balmoral on the second anniversary of the death of his mother, queen elizabeth. the late queen was a regular worshipper at the church. queen camilla was at the king's side as they attended

the service, which also marks two years since his accession to the throne. pope francis has been visiting a remote area of papua new guinea, where he called for an end to division, superstition and magic. on a visit to the town of vanimo, the pope donned a traditional bird of paradise headdress. about a quarter of papua new guinea's residents are catholic, but pockets of the country face the challenge of tribal violence and deep—rooted beliefs around the existence of witchcraft. the music world is today bidding farewell to a legend — the 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

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 on 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'sjust 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 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, paying tribute to that

extensive career of herbie flowers. i am going to take you back to paris... i am not going to do that, i am told. the oscar—winning actress kate winslet has told the bbc that women should celebrate "being a real body shape" after being told on a recent film set to sit up straighter to hide her belly rolls. speaking about her upcoming film lee on sunday with laura kuenssberg, winslet said it was herjob to be like her character — the fashion model turned acclaimed world war ii photographer elizabeth "lee" miller. we are so used to perhaps not necessarily seeing that and enjoying it. the instinct, weirdly, is to see it and criticise it or comment on it in some way. and people were saying, "god, how wonderful, she's saying that she doesn't care about her body." i was talking about the character, it's the character that i'm playing! of course i don't care. but it was through the conversation about playing lee. and i think my point

is that as women, you know, we so need to be having that conversation and just celebrating being a real shape and being soft and maybe having a few extra rolls. laura, life is too short, do you know? i don't want to look back and go, why did worry about that thing? so guess what, i don't worry any more. i don't care, i'm just going to live my life, i'm going to enjoy it, i'm going to get on with it. you've got one go around, make the most of it. well said, well done, kate winslet. iam going i am going to take you to paris, whisky away to images of the stadium where the closing ceremony of the paralympics is under way. this is being described as a huge dj set. that's paris for you! 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.

live from london. this is bbc news. an investigation's under way at one of the world's most famous children's hospitals — as concerns are raised about a former surgeon. jordan launches an investigation into the killing

of three israelis at a border crossing to the occupied west bank. sir keir starmer tells the bbc his new government is �*going to have to be unpopular�* if it wants to change the country. venezuela's opposition leader arrives in spain — claiming asylum. he tells his supporters �*we will continue to fight�*. and — fireworks light up the night sky — bringing the paralympics — and paris' summer of sport — to a close. 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. 0ur correspondent nicky schiller has the story.