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 and — fireworks light up the night sky — up the night sky — bringing the paralympics — bringing the paralympics — and paris�* summer of and paris�* summer of sport — to a close. sport — to a close. hello, i'm kasia madera. hello, i'm kasia madera. schiller has the story. the internationally renowed the internationally renowed specialist children's hospital, specialist children's hospital, great ormond street in london, great ormond street in london, says it's carrying out a review says it's carrying out a review of more than 700 patients of more than 700 patients cases, after concerns cases, after concerns were raised about one of its former surgeons, were raised about one of its former surgeons, yasarjabber, a consultant yasarjabber, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon. orthopaedic surgeon. our correspondent nicky our correspondent nicky

schiller has the story. great ormond street 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

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 mrjabber for comment but so far we haven't heard back from him. we will catch up with our health editor who is at the hospital shortly so stay with us for that. we start in the middle east, wherejordan has launched an investigation into the shooting dead of three israeli security guards by a jordanian lorry driver at a border crossing with the occupied west bank. the attacker was shot dead by israeli security forces. the incident happened at the king hussein—allenby bridge crossing, which israel has now closed, along with its other two land border crossings with jordan. the victims were three civilian security guards. israel's prime minister said it was a "hard day" and sent his condolences to the victims' families. jordan and israel signed a peace treaty in 1994

and have close security and economic ties. but diplomatic relations have been strained. hundreds ofjordanians have taken to the streets of amman, hailing the attacker as a hero, who'd avenged the death of thousands of palestinians killed in the war in gaza. 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 u.n. 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. 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. earlier i spoke tojill rutter, senior fellow at the institute for government and former official in the treasury about the potential rebellion the prime minister faces on the issue of the winter fuel payment. of course, with keir starmer�*s very big majority, the

government can easily survive 50 abstentions, even 50 rebellions, 50 votes against. i think it's very unlikely 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 hand, rebellion of that size would have actually meant they lost the vote. 50 size would have actually meant they lost the vote.— they lost the vote. so what is, if ou they lost the vote. so what is, if you say _ they lost the vote. so what is, if you say a — they lost the vote. so what is, if you say a rebellion, - they lost the vote. so what is, if you say a rebellion, what. if you say a rebellion, what does that mean? because of course, we had seven labour mps they had their whips suspended backin they had their whips suspended back in the summer, back in july 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, obviously. — rebellion? i don't know this, obviously, it's _ rebellion? i don't know this, obviously, it's up _ rebellion? i don't know this, obviously, it's up to - rebellion? i don't know this, obviously, it's up to the - obviously, it's 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 kings' speech, which is a really flagship thing setting up really flagship thing setting up the government's agenda. but quite a few people were absent, didn't vote, didn't take any action against them. so i think it would be interesting if the government actually faces some votes against this measure, will it then move in a similar way to the way it moved against those seven back in the summer. i don't know if we're like to see mass suspension there, but it's very interesting that the government clearly has decided that it really wants to stick with this and make this an early test and actually say to labour mps, you may not like this so there will be other things coming down the line that you're going to find very difficult. you're going to have to defend unpopular decisions with the people who voted for you, we're going to make you do that and we really holding with this. that seems to me the position both keir starmer and rachel reeves are adopting. just briefly if you would come up just briefly if you would come up another big moment in this week is the report into the nhs

and it's 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 how long can he use that line for? ~' , , , for? i think he can probably use it for— for? i think he can probably use it for quite _ for? i think he can probably use it for quite some - for? i think he can probably use it for quite some time, | 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 promises, those first steps on the nhs, more apartments, reduce waiting lists, i don't think people will way for yea rs years and years on that until the end of this parliament. much more politics under your uk website. the venezuelan opposition leader, edmundo gonz lez, has delivered an audio message, after arriving 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". 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. 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. with me is our latin america reporter mimi swaby. just bring us up—to—date with this first communique, this audio message from gonzales. he said audio message from gonzales. he: said he is still confident that they will continue the fight to achieve freedom and recover

democracy in venezuela. this message came in the form of an audio message which was distributed by his press team to various news outlets. he also said he thanked his supporters and his departure had been marked by pressure, coercion and threats to block him leaving. this comes shortly after the opposition leader said that edmundo goes all of us will fight from outside the country and she will remain in venezuela and continue the fight from there. they are still hopeful though, the opposition have said they are is still unity there and they expect to gonzales returned to venezuela in the coming months, they said january where he will become the president. they are very hopeful this unity, but it is a blow to the opposition party. £31 is a blow to the opposition .a _ . ., , is a blow to the opposition party. of course the world is watching. — party. of course the world is watching, the _ party. of course the world is watching, the eu _ party. of course the world is watching, the eu has - party. of course the world is | watching, the eu has spoken party. of course the world is - watching, the eu has spoken out about this, because there's a lot of interest in what happens to venezuela's opposition. the to - to venezuela's opposition. the top diplomat — to venezuela's opposition. tue: top diplomat has to venezuela's opposition. tte: top diplomat has said it's a very sad day for venezuela,

he's demanded authorities to end oppression and arbitrary arrests in the country. nearly 2000 individuals and journalists come opposition figures, civilians have been detained since the election result injuly, and an ngo that marks what they call political prisoners say this includes many children and women and they are being held in illegal circumstances. there's a huge climate of oppression in venezuela at the moment, and increasing international demand for the vote tallies to be published and for these different detentions and proportional tactics that have been, a climate of fear by the un -- been, a climate of fear by the un —— called a climate of fear. they are increasing at the moment and this will be an optimistic step forward, maduro will see it as a win that the main opposition figure, edmundo gonzales has left the country and is now in the capital of spain, madrid.— and is now in the capital of spain, madrid. what does that mean? given _ spain, madrid. what does that mean? given that _ spain, madrid. what does that mean? given that he's - spain, madrid. what does that mean? given that he's there, l mean? given that he's there, obviously not in venezuela, how

does that split the opposition, does that split the opposition, does it, or does it strengthen them? , , , them? there is still unity. they have _ them? there is still unity. they have lots _ them? there is still unity. they have lots of - them? there is still unity. - they have lots of international support from neighbouring countries, brazil, colombia, argentina, all being very vocal in their support for the opposition party, whether they are in venezuela or outside. spain has taken a very pivotal role in protecting this opposition figure, and we are not going to see this and any time soon. this is a fight which they will keep on working towards. this is been a long time in the making, its a miracle summer saying that these presidential elections even happened in venezuela, that they were allowed to happen. this is been a big step forward and nowhere near the end yet but it is another uncertainty. what happens now is going to be the question on all venezuelan�*s lions, is he going to stay for the long—term, will he gain momentum there and come back to venezuela, whatever happens,

wherever they are, the opposition is still saying they are strong, they are unified and they will continue to nicholas maduro.- and they will continue to nicholas maduro. our latin america reporter, - nicholas maduro. our latin america reporter, thank. nicholas maduro. our latin | america reporter, thank you nicholas maduro. our latin - america reporter, thank you so much for bringing us up to date, that first audio message to us, thank you so much. former us congresswoman liz cheney has urged fellow republicans to vote for democrat kamala harris, calling donald trump �*someone who represents unrecoverable catastrophe'. she's been speaking to abc's this week with george stephanopoulos. you let's hear some of what she had to say. i've never voted for a democrat. wow. and it tells you, i think, the stakes in this election. you know, donald trump presents a challenge and a threat, fundamentally, to the republic. we see it on a daily basis. somebody who was willing to use violence in order to attempt to seize power, the stay in power. someone who represents

unrecoverable catastrophe, frankly, in my view. and we have to do everything possible to ensure that he doesn't, that he is not reelected. kamala harris says she's "honoured" by the recent endorsements of liz cheney and herfather, former vice president dick cheney, adding, "it's important to put country above party. " 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 eight pm — east coast time — and one am on wednesday morning, if you're watching in the uk. more now on our top story: great ormond street children's hospital in london, says is urgently reviewing the cases of more than 700

patients, after allegations concerning the possible negligence of a former doctor. yaserjabber worked as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the specialist centre, from 2017 to 2022. we can cross live to our health editor hugh pym outside the hospital in central london. it's a difficult day, hugh. great orman street _ a difficult day, hugh. great orman street is _ a difficult day, hugh. great orman street is having - a difficult day, hugh. great orman street is having to l a difficult day, hugh. great. orman street is having to look 0rman street is having to look at these more than 700 cases involving treatment of children, so far 39 have been formally reviewed and of those more than half saw harm to a child, 13 of them severely so. all have been linked to one consultant orthopaedic surgeon — yaserjabber. we understand that he is based in and

possibly practising in dubai and in fact is due to be speaking at a conference there over the next week. we've tried to contact him but he is not come back to us. back in 2022, the royal college of surgeons was asked by a great 0rman street to carry out a review of its paediatric orthopaedic service, and according to its final report back to the trust, seen by the sunday times, it found a case of limb lengthening and strengthening which is incorrect and unsuitable. lawyers for some of the family involved are saying that there are cases of muscle and nerve damage, and in one case amputation of a lower limb. the hospital itself has said it's committed to learning from patients, it's been in touch with all the patients and their families, touch with all the patients and theirfamilies, review will go their families, review will go on theirfamilies, review will go on for 18 months but they are saying right now they are extending sincere apologies. hugh penn, at the hospital, thank you so much forjoining us and bringing us up to date,

thank you. the closing ceremony for the paralympics has been taking place at the stade de france in paris. more than 20 top french djs are closing out the games, with a line—up overseen by 76—year—old french electronic music pioneer jean—micheljarre. ahead of the ceremony, the organiser tony estanguet said it would see the national stadium turned into a giant nightclub. 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. great britain have come away with 49 golds — second in the medal table behind china who won 94. here we are in paris windows live images where people are leaving after that electric closing ceremony of the 2024

paralympics, a sparkling closing ceremony where the stud to france was turned into him nightclub under the electronic musicianjohn the are. a british world war two veteran who landed in france on d—day has died, aged 104. royal engineer donald �*don�* sheppard was among the troops who fought their way ontojuno beach on the morning of june sixth 1944. he later advanced through belgium, the netherlands and eventually on to nazi germany. 0ur condolences to him. you are watching bbc news. low pressure and early warmth in september have brought flooding rains to some this weekend. a month's worth of rain fell in parts of the west midlands

on this slow moving weather front on sunday, which is only slowly easing its way eastwards through the remainder of the night. so the heaviest rain does ease. the thunderstorms ease away as well, but there'll be misty low cloud and hill fog with this weather system in the east. further west, the skies start to clear and it will be chillier for scotland and northern ireland in particular. and in fact in these areas, it was chillier on sunday as well. still warm and muggy in the south and still with a lot of murky weather first thing on monday. quite grey, quite damp on that weather front initially, but compared with sunday for wales, for north west england, for the south—west of england, it's much drier picture eastern scotland as well. but the rain does roll back in to the west of scotland, northern ireland later and this cloud, murky low cloud, could just hang on in east anglia and the south east for much of the day, where we see the sunshine, 17 or 18. but that's considerably down. and as we saw on sunday, temperatures are lower anyway in the north now. and then that rain rushes eastwards as we go through monday night. on a developing area

of low pressure. actually got a sting in its tail i think by the time we get to tuesday. a fresher night in the south, despite quite a bit of cloud and quite a bit of breeze as well, we'lljust notice it won't feel as close. but this weather system will slowly meander its way southwards. and then behind it, we open the doors to this northwesterly air flow. hence it will feel chilly midweek and the northwesterly wind is a chilly direction at any time of year. so we will notice that particularly tuesday and wednesday when the winds are strongest, lots of showers around. strong winds as well. notjust by day, but by night. by the end of the night, the end of the week. rather, we could have a touch of grass frost in the north, but that's the end of the week. however, from midweek onwards, the showers coming in thick and fast to scotland could be a little bit wintry over the top of the munros, this rain just dragging its heels in the south. but a windier day for all of us. gales possibly in the north and the east. and it's here where the rain hangs around, and it could give some significant rainfall across the likes of 0rkney and shetland as well, through tuesday and into wednesday. so although we'll see 12 to 18, i think those, those temperatures tempered

by the strength of the wind particularly so on wednesday, does look as if southern areas may see a ridge of high pressure building towards the end of the week, but we will firm up on the details as the time goes on. more online.

this is bbc news — the headlines. great ormond street hospital is overseeing an urgent review of the cases of more than seven—hundred 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. edmundo gonzalez — the senior venezuelan opposition figure — has arrived in spain where he's being granted political asylum. he had challenged the venezuelan president injuly�*s election — which the opposition claims it won. in a statement to his supporters he said �*we will continue the fight.�* now on bbc news. newscast. we've bounced back, with laura kuenssberg,