welcome back. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says 19 palestinians have been killed in an israeli strike on a designated humanitarian zone. local reports say at least 60 more who were sheltering in the displacement camp at al mawasi were injured. israel's military says it targeted what it called

a "hamas command centre." the israeli military saiys it was highly likely that its troops fired the shot that killed an american—turkish activist at a protest in the occupied west bank last week, but that it was unintentional. the idf said an initial investigation had been held into the death of aysenur ezgi eygi and expressed its �*deepest regret�* over the incident. the idf has also said its forces are resuming operations in the northern west bank that started almost two weeks ago. earlier today, during a joint news conference held by uk foreign secretary david lammy and us secretary of state antony blinken, both countries have confirmed that iran is supplying ballistic missiles to russia. let's take a listen. dozens of russian military personnel, trained in iran, to use the close range ballistic missile system, which has a maximum range of 75 miles, and russia has now received

shipments of these ballistic missiles, and will likely use them within weeks in ukraine. against ukrainians. russia has an array of its own ballistic missiles but the supply of iranian missiles enables russia to use more of its arsenal on targets that are further from the front line while dedicating the front line while dedicating the new missiles from iran for close range strikes. with me is our security correspondent frank gardner. you were at the news conference, so tell me more about what they were saying in that area in your assessment. you go to these things and the flags up and it's a harsh and everybody comes in, and often there is a lot of froth but there is a lot of froth but there was quite a bit of substance today actually because for the first time, the most revered intelligence that confirms that iran has transferred a number of the short range ballistic missiles

—— the us revealed intelligence put up what this will allow the russians to do is to free up their own arsenal to hit cities further afield like kyiv and odesa and so on, and both of top diplomats from the uk and the us are pretty angry about this and they are responding with sanctions. the us already has sanctioned iran pretty much to the maximum about the uk had been hopeful that the new president and may be a new leaf was being turned in iran and that it was reaching out towards the rest of the world, but they are saying it is going in the opposite direction by shipping these missiles across the caspian sea and training of russians to use them so that more and more ukrainians can be killed in their homes in ukrainian cities.- killed in their homes in ukrainian cities. also in the news conference, _ ukrainian cities. also in the news conference, antony . ukrainian cities. also in the - news conference, antony blinken talked about the american citizen who was killed in the

occupied west bank and he used clear language, unprovoked, unjustified. he clear language, unprovoked, unjustified.— clear language, unprovoked, un'ustified. , , ., unjustified. he was pretty hard on that one — unjustified. he was pretty hard on that one and _ unjustified. he was pretty hard on that one and he _ unjustified. he was pretty hard on that one and he said - unjustified. he was pretty hard on that one and he said there l on that one and he said there can be no justification on that one and he said there can be nojustification ever for firing on can be nojustification ever forfiring on peaceful for firing on peaceful protesters, forfiring on peaceful protesters, and one of the interesting things with all of this, and he did not talk much about the middle east but he said they were 90% then getting a ceasefire deal but the last 10% was the hardest. it is up to egypt and qatar and the two main parties, israel and hamas, to bridge the final gap, and that will always be the hardest, but he was confident it could be done and it desperately needed to be done for the sake of the families of the hostages and the hostages themselves and for the palestinian people. the one thing he did not talk about is the slight difference in opinion between the uk and the us on this, over, for example, the international criminal court bringing possible charges

against netanyahu and the partial suspension of arms by the uk to israel which is not something the us has done. frank, thanks forjoining us. if you head to the bbc website there is more details about the news conference that david lammy and antony blinken were giving a little while earlier. all the latest on that same head to the website and we will be live injerusalem on the story in about 20 minutes. plenty of information and plenty coming from our correspondent injerusalem in correspondent in jerusalem in the correspondent injerusalem in the next little while. spacex has launched four astronauts into space onboard a falcon 9 rocket. the polaris dawn mission aims to use new spacesuits to attempt the first commercial spacewalk. the mission is being bankrolled by the billionaire, jared isaacman, who is the mission commander. he is joined by scott poteet, a retired us air force pilot,

and spacex employees sarah gillis and anna menon. the public inquiry into the crimes committed by serial killer lucy letby, who murdered seven babies and tried to kill seven more, has opened in liverpool. it'll examine the circumstances around the killings at the countess of chester hospital in 2015 and 2016, and how hospital managers responded to doctors who raised concerns about the neonatal nurse. graham satchell reports. lucy letby is serving 15 whole life orders after being found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more. she is britain's most prolific baby killer in modern times. her trial raised serious questions about the hospital where she worked, the countess of chester. how was lucy letby

able to repeatedly kill and harm babies? what were her colleagues and managers doing? was there a wider failure in the culture of the nhs? the public inquiry headed by ladyjustice thirlwall was set up to answer those and other questions. at the heart of this inquiry are the babies who died, who were injured, and their parents. the inquiry bears my surname so that the parents do not see, repeatedly, the name of the person who has been convicted of killing and maiming their children. the inquiry will hear from doctors, nurses and managers who worked with lucy letby at the countess of chester hospital. the purpose of this inquiry is to reduce the risk of this happening again. none of those giving evidence to you can change the past, but they can have an impact on the future. in the coming weeks the inquiry will also hearfrom the parents of the babies letby was convicted of attacking.

fundamentally, the families i represent want two - things from this inquiry. they want to understand how it was possible for these - crimes to be committed. and secondly, they want to - understand why they were kept in the dark about it for so long. - in recent months a number of critics have questioned letby�*s guilty verdict, raising doubts about the evidence presented at her trial. this morning, lady thirlwall took the unusual step of addressing that criticism. she said the court of appeal had looked thoroughly at the case and the conviction stand. all of this noise has caused enormous additional distress to the parents who have already suffered far too much. this inquiry is expected to last until at least the end of the year. graham satchell, bbc news. george lucas, the creator of star wars, has led tributes

to the darth vader voice actor james earljones who's died at the age of 93. lucas described him as a beautiful human being. mark hamill who played the film's protagonist and darth vader's son luke skywalker, tweeted "rip dad." as well as the star wars villain, jones was well—known for a wide array of roles over his six—decade career. his other voice work included mufasa in disney's lion king and the ident for the news channel cnn. lizo mzimba looks back at his life. from his first film role, he clearly had something special. the fire is out. emergency power is on. everything seems to check out all right. that voice... will advise. before doctor strangelove, james earljones had served in the military, but he really wanted to act. i've been waiting for you, obi wan. we meet again at last. then came something that made his voice world famous. when i left you, i was but a learner, now i am the master. you are part of the rebel alliance and a traitor. take her away!

his voice's gravity and depth made him a natural choice for the lion king... look, simba, everything the light touches is our kingdom. ..and its remake a quarter of a century later. one day, simba, the sun will set on my time here and will rise with you as the new king. while he again played a king opposite eddie murphy in coming to america... i want the woman to love me for who i am. ..he also had the chance to show his gift for comedy. i am a man who has never tied his own shoes before. wrong. you are a prince who has never tied his shoes. believe me, i tied my own shoes once. it is an overrated experience. on tv, he played the author alex haley, who's search for his african ancestors led to the ground—breaking series — roots.

the force is with you, young skywalker, but you are not a jedi yet. and is all the more admirable in that a young boy who barely spoke because of his stutter... most impressive. ..should become an actor whose stirring tones... that's very good. ..earned him the accolade of having perhaps the world's most recognisable voice. simba, remember. kunta kinte, ifound you. i am your father. we have the weather in a moment. we will be with the chief inspector of prisons and in westminster for the next round of voting on the tory leadership and live in philadelphia for the build—up to the presidential debate later tonight. to the presidential debate latertonight. now to the presidential debate later tonight. now it is term for the weather details. hello, there.

0ur change to much cooler, more autumnalfeeling weather takes place for many parts of the uk today. the cold front has already gone through scotland. here, a day of sunshine and blustery showers. some strong winds around, but the cold front continues to work southwards across england and wales this afternoon, clearing the south as we head into tomorrow with that feed of chilly air coming from a long way north. now through this afternoon, it stays blustery across northern areas of the uk, with plenty of showers. gusts running into the 60s of miles an hour across northeast scotland, so particularly blowy here. we pick up on our cold front, bringing some patches of rain across the midlands through the afternoon, but the rain turns a bit heavier and more extensive as it works towards east anglia and southern england. towards the end of the afternoon and on into the evening time as well. before the rain band arrives, 19 in london, not feeling too bad, but the colder air making its presence felt across northern portions of the uk. and eventually, overnight,

that rain band clears away from southern england. we will continue to see blustery showers towards northwestern areas, particularly near to coastal portions of the uk. it's going to be a colder night than we've seen over recent times, with temperatures down to five in aberdeen, for example. tomorrow, showers start off near coastal areas, but as the day goes by, we'll see those showers move right the way across the uk, some of them heavy and thundery with some hail mixed in. but at the same time we'll all see some spells of sunshine at times too. in the sunshine, probably not feeling too bad, but it will be a cooler kind of day. temperatures about 12 to 15 degrees and those temperatures are below average for the time of year. similar kind of day coming up really for thursday. we start off with showers near coastal areas, but again, it's a day where showers become widespread and move right the way across the country. some of them again likely to be heavy with some hail and thunder, but not lasting too long in any one place. given those strong, blustery north westerly winds. now heading towards friday and the weekend, we are eventually going to see the winds turn to a southwesterly direction and that will bring up some much milder air, so temperatures are set to recover. however, into the weekend, this area of low pressure is also going to be bringing

some spells of quite heavy rain, particularly to the north west of the uk, where it will also be quite windy. so temperatures coming back close to average, 18 for edinburgh, belfast, cardiff, as we get into the weekend and up to 19 in london. but there will be some rain at times, particularly in the north west. live from london. this is bbc news hundreds of prisoners walk free early across england and wales in an effort to ease overcrowding in jails. we'll be talking live this hour to the chief inspector of prisons and the domestic abuse commissioner for england and wales.

the uk government wins the vote on a controversial plan to cut winter fuel payments, for millions of pensioners — we'll have the latest from westminster. american voters — gear up —to watch the two main presidential candidates, debate head—to—head on live tv. the two will meet for the first time on the stage here in philadelphia at what could be their only presidential debate. the un condemns an israeli airstrike — and — spacex launches the polaris dawn rocket from florida — for the first privately funded spacewalk by non — astronauts. welcome to verified live — we'll have the latest on those emergency prisoner releases in a moment — as well as all the build up to the presidential

debate in philidelphia. but let's start this hour, by going to westminster —