attacks that killed more than 1,200 people. israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, vows to press on with operations in gaza and lebanon — even as regional tensions flare, with israel coming under rocket fire. hurricane milton strengthens to a category five storm as it heads for florida — and there are warnings it could be the worst storm to hit tampa in 100 years. hello, i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome. israelis have spent october 7th remembering the 1,200 who were killed one year ago to the day, as well as the many others who were abducted and later died in captivity. it was 6.30am on october 7th, when fighters from hamas and other groups crossed the southern borderfrom gaza, and inflicted the worst single

mass killing of israelis in the nation's history. the gunmen from hamas broke through the border fence, rampaging through nearby villages, kibbutzes, military posts and a music festival. they torched homes, shooting and killing indiscriminately. hamas is designated as a terrorist organisation by the us, uk, and other governments. according to israel, 251 of its citizens and foreigners were taken hostage into gaza. one year on, around 100 people remain unaccounted for. the events of last year have transformed israel and the region. including in gaza where nearly 42,000 people have been killed in israel's response. israeli bombs continued to fall on the territory today. tonight, beirut is being rocked by explosions as israel continues its campaign against hezbollah. but we start with the day of commemorations in israel as it remembers — one year on. clive myrie reports from tel aviv.

their tears are shared. there's a solidarity in this nation's sorrow, uniting strangers and friends, rich and poor, young and old. as a still traumatised people mourn, thousands gathered today in southern israel, remembering the 383 people killed at the nova music festival. what's also being mourned is the death of promise, because so many young lives yet to be lived were snatched away. ask this survivor of the horror of october 7th, in her early 20s. 0ur conversation about how she ran for cover, broken

by the sound of artillery fire as war rages not far away in gaza. i rememberfor a few minutes, just running, not knowing where to go. and the war continues. it continues — a year later and it continues, and it's very sad to say, but i'm kind of use to it by now. i'm only 23, i think it's best that i am used to rockets and missiles, and terror attacks. i mean... that is such a tragedy. i don't know how — how is it possible that one year later, we still have 101 hostages? a few miles away from here? beneath the collective trauma, there are divisions. here in tel aviv, it's the bereaved families of the hostages still being held in gaza who are holding this commemoration. while tonight, there will be a different ceremony on behalf of the government — pre—recorded and was later

broadcast on television. how best to get the hostages home? how best to turn military victories into longer lasting political solutions? those are the big questions and fault lines. but for now, there's collective silence, to remember. do you think you will ever get over your experience of what happened ? i hope so. i don't know, but i hope so. i'm wishing i will. i'm surrounded by amazing people. the whole nova community, for me, is my new family, so i am hoping i'm going to be ok, and i have to believe in that. but will israel be ok? israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, stayed away from the public ceremonies, instead releasing a pre—recorded statement. here's a little of what he had to say.

translation: members i of the government, citizens of israel, we are gathering today for a special- morning meeting. one year ago, hamas terrorists launched a murderous surprisel attack against the state of israel, against - the citizens of israel. shortly after that massacre, i said, "we are in a war. - not an operation. we will fight back with the force, the enemy. has never known. we are at war, - and we will win it." since that black day, l we have been fighting. this is a war for our existence — the war of resurrection. - that is how i would like to officially call the war. - we are changing the security reality of our region - for the sake of our children, for the sake of our future, l and to ensure what happenedl on october 7th will not happen again.

one of the hostages taken that day was abigail edan, who was just three years old last october. hamas attackers raided her home and killed her parents. they then took abigail to gaza, and held her hostage for 51 days, until she was released in a prisoner swap deal. her great—aunt, liz naftali, pushed for her release — shejoins me now. liz, thank you for speaking to us today. first of all, how is little abigail?— little abigail? abigail is ok, thank you — little abigail? abigail is ok, thank you for _ little abigail? abigail is ok, thank you for asking - - little abigail? abigail is ok, thank you for asking - and i thank you for asking — and thank you for asking — and thank you for having me. she's a beautiful little girl, she's four years old — she turned four years old — she turned fourin four years old — she turned four in captivity. and you know, she lives with the fact that she saw her mother and father being murdered by hamas terrorists in front of her one year ago. terrorists in front of her one yearago. she terrorists in front of her one year ago. she lives with her aunt and year ago. she lives with her auntand uncle, year ago. she lives with her aunt and uncle, with her siblings, and she has a beautiful life. this last week, with the israelis back in israel for the memorial, which we had today — but back in

israel, there's bombs — you reported bombs being dropped in lebanon, but i was just reported bombs being dropped in lebanon, but i wasjust in reported bombs being dropped in lebanon, but i was just in the bomb shelter here for about 30 minutes, about an hour ago because there were sirens all over the central part of this country, and you could hear the bombs exploding in the background. 50 bombs exploding in the background.— bombs exploding in the background. bombs exploding in the backuround. ., background. so how did your family mark— background. so how did your family mark this _ background. so how did your family mark this day, - family mark this day, notwithstanding having to go to the bomb shelter, as you mentioned?— the bomb shelter, as you mentioned? ~ . , mentioned? well, the family we went to the _ mentioned? well, the family we went to the burial— mentioned? well, the family we went to the burial site of - mentioned? well, the family we went to the burial site of my - went to the burial site of my niece, abigail's mother and father. and there was a large gathering, and beautiful things were said. and one of the things that i was thinking about was that i met this woman, abigail, after her father was murdered, her brother and sister thought she was killed as well because they were running for safety, and her brother had fallen on her. abigail managed to survive and call out, and go to a neighbour. but in the same

breath, her brother and sister, six and nine years old, ran home and locked themselves in his closet for 1h hours. and today at the memorial, i met this woman named tamara who came from the north of israel — she left north where her bomb is being national is being bombed as we speak. she came to the south where we were having the south where we were having the ceremony, and this woman spent 1a hours talking to a little boy named michael, nine years old, and a little girl, age nine. she kept them on the phone and she save these little children's's soul. and when we talk about how we spent today — which was we were honouring these parents, my niece and nephew of the three children, and what happened to them one year ago — and this little boy and girl were saved because they ran home. but this woman save their soul. and one of the things i was thinking about today as i went to other memorials was the people in israel, their souls need to be saved. and there's only one

person who right now can do that, and that's the prime minister. i heard a little about your intro — i was just thinking and reflecting, he calls this a war of resurrection, and i look at it as an american coming here and living israel and having family here, and saying, "we need to recover." what we need is for the souls of those people who are still hostages to come home and we need their families to be recovered, and we need this nation to be recovered. because as i speak to you, this is a nation that is suffering and in pain, and it is the responsibly of the prime minister to make sure that the souls of this nation are taking care of. bud nation are taking care of. and indeed, nation are taking care of. and indeed. to — nation are taking care of. and indeed, to that _ nation are taking care of. and indeed, to that point, we sought protests outside the prime minister's home today — what is your view of how he's handling it, and what should netanyahu do differently neta nyahu do differently specifically? netanyahu do differently specifically? i netanyahu do differently specifically?— netanyahu do differently specifically? i can only say the following. _ specifically? i can only say the following. a _ specifically? i can only say the following. a year - specifically? i can only say the following. a year ago, | specifically? i can only say - the following. a year ago, 246

people, children, infants, abigail, three years old, mothers, sons, fathers, daughters were killed by hamas terrorists. there is a deal that released 105 women and children — abigail was released. that did not last, but you got out 105 women and children, because there was political will on behalf of the prime minister and the hamas leader. but there was also amazing work done by president joe biden, vice president harris, and their administration, and with the qataris and egyptians, and other partners and european nations pushing for this deal. there was political will internationally, but there was political will from prime minister netanyahu and said more. since then, which was now ten months ago, there is no political will or desire, and we are sitting here with a war escalating when what we know is that there are 100 people who

are kidnapped and have spent a yearin are kidnapped and have spent a year in captivity. and as you know a month ago, six young people who had spent 11 months in captivity were executed. they were just executed, they were already suffering, emaciated, and horrible facilities underground. and i say, we are at a time right now, one year, where it is the responsibility of prime minister netanyahu, who has promised the israeli people — i set in a meeting with american hostage families with prime minister netanyahu and joe biden on 25july at the white house. one of the things i actually asked both these gentlemen is, what is their commitment to these families? because my loved ones was released, but there loved ones -109 released, but there loved ones —109 other people have not been released. the president of the united states looked at me and this group of families that are

suffering and said, "i will work for the rapid release of our hostages." and he has done that every day tirelessly with his administration. i look at the prime minister and said the same thing, what can you do for us? he looked at me and said, "i will do as the president." but it's been over two months, we know that over 12 hostages have been executed in that period of time. there have been too many promises — and what we know is that these hostages, these people, these loved ones need to come home so their families can recover and move forward, but so can this country. and i go back to what i said at the beginning, this country needs to recover. and while everybody is fighting, the reason why am talking to you today is for me, the most important part is to get these hostages home. 101 people, and we know that with 101 people being released — and there will being released — and there will be a prisoner swap and negotiations — by the concept of bringing them home report is what also could bring down the

fighting and stop all this escalation, and help the palestinian people to have security and dignity in gaza. there is nothing if we keep fighting. there is nothing if we keep fiuuhtin. ., ~' there is nothing if we keep fiuuhtin. . ~ i. there is nothing if we keep fiuhtin_ ., ~ ., there is nothing if we keep fiuuhtin. ., ~ ., ., fighting. thank you for “oining us from israel, * fighting. thank you for “oining us from israel, and _ fighting. thank you forjoining us from israel, and thank - fighting. thank you forjoining us from israel, and thank you | us from israel, and thank you for staying up to speak to us — i know it's in the early hours of the morning there.- of the morning there. think ou. this evening, israel has again hit targets in the south of the lebanese capital, beirut. the stakes of its war against hezbollah were brought home to israel on sunday, when rockets fired by hezbollah from lebanon, managed to penetrate air defences and hit the port city of haifa. the israeli military says it's investigating how that and as it hits beirut from the air, israel is also pursuing his brother across its northern border. lucy williamson reports from an israeli community on the front line of that conflict. the gaps in israel's defences

are still being tested. a rocket fired from lebanon landed near a hospital, sending shrapnel and explosives through the car park as patients lay metres away. dr 0sama nasser left his car here five minutes before the rocket hit, his daughter's car seat still intact inside the shattered frame. i'm a lucky man. it hit the car, not me. i have a little girl also. two years old. and with every boom and siren, she gets anxious. it is hard to be in this situation one year, it's exhausting situation. suddenly, more sirens, the panic here sharper this time. seconds later, the thud of rockets. three, four, five, six? that's a lot. just coming to the safe room here after the siren sounded again at the hospital this morning. there's been a barrage,

20—40 interceptions. some of them sounded very close. 0utside, fresh smoke marks where rockets have landed. another has hit a house. a elderly neighbour, frozen in shock, barely registering her injury. part of the rocket still unexploded as bomb disposal teams are called in. since last night, we have a lot of incoming hezbollah rockets. this town has been targeted. the coming weeks will be very challenging. 0ur town has not been evacuated. israel's ground invasion of lebanon is triggering a response, but a year after the hamas attacks, many here see war as the solution to this border conflict — and invasion as the best defence. lucy williamson, bbc news. israel's response to hamas's unprecedented cross—border attack has had a devastating

impact on the people of gaza. last 0ctober, areas across the north of the territory were targeted and israel began a full scale ground invasion at the end of the month. gaza city was pounded, along with other urban centres. hundreds of thousands of people began to flee south. then the air strikes spread to southern cities. by the end ofjanuary more than half of gaza's buildings had been damaged or destroyed. an analysis of satellite data now shows, that close to two thirds of buildings across the gaza strip have been hit. the hamas—run gaza health ministry says almost 42,000 people have been killed, most of them civilians. israel will not allow journalists, including the bbc into gaza. but fergal keane has been talking to some of the people affected, and his report relies on material gathered by trusted local teams, living and working, on the ground. his report contains upsetting scenes.

a year of the sights and sounds of war. for the last 12 months, our cameras recorded the lives of gazans under fire. now we've gone back to find some of those people. last february, near rafah, two israeli hostages were rescued from hamas captivity. more than 70 gazans were reported killed. abed—alrahman al—najjar was a farm labourer and father of seven. he was hit by shrapnel in front of his family in a refugee tent. translation: what was his fault? what was his children's fault? what's my fault? nawara, 27, was six months pregnant. several of the children were wounded. 13—year—old malak lost an eye.

translation: i'm in pain. i lost my dad. enough! now, eight months later, malak is caring for a new baby sister, rahma. translation: we feel tenderness and love towards her. _ i love her so much in a way no—one else knows. sibling solidarity — essential for a family displaced four times since the war began. translation: as a child - who lost an eye, lost a father, i carry a pain that even mountains cannot bear. in gaza, there's nowhere to run. not from the war or loss.

translation: every day | sit| by myself, bring up his name, talk to him and cry. i feel like he's aware of everything i'm going through. i tell myself i need to be patient for the sake of my children. injuly, a grieving mother. translation: i constantly see the dog tearing at him - and his hand and the blood pouring from his hand. in the suburb of shejaiya, the israeli army said it detected hamas fighters in this building during intensive fighting. like here on a different operation, they used dogs to search. when troops entered, they found muhammed bharand his family. the search dog attacked muhammed, who had down�*s syndrome and autism.

translation: it stays in front of my eyes the whole time. . it never leaves me at all. we couldn't save him, neither from them or from the dog. the troops gave muhammed some basic treatment. two of his brothers were arrested. his family was ordered to leave. but the soldiers then left the wounded muhammed alone — in order, they said, to help troops who had been attacked nearby. a week later, when fighting here ended, the bhars returned to find muhammed dead. this is the bloodstained sofa where the dog attacked him. three months on, muhammed's room has been left in darkness. brotherjibreel says the soldiers abandoned his disabled sibling and wants an independent investigation. translation: they could have treated him much better -

than they did, but theyjust put some gauze on him, as if they did a quick, carelessjob. whether he lived or died didn't seem to matter to them. at the time, the army said it regretted any harm to civilians in combat operations, and accused hamas of using them as human shields. muhammed is buried in an alley beside his home. the war means it's not safe to go to the cemetery here. she sings softly muhammed, his sister here singing him a lullaby, and malak, who lost her father, are just two stories of gaza out of many thousands. and the war goes on. fergal keane, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

let's look at some stories making news in the uk. a doctor in newcastle has admitted trying to kill his mother's partner in a dispute over inheritance. prosecutors say thomas kwan disguised himself as a nurse, and injected 72—year—old patrick o'hara with a poison, claiming it was a covid booster. kwan had initially denied attempted murder at newcastle crown court, but today changed his plea to guilty. he'll be sentenced next week. a double—decker bus carrying 43 school children and a driver crashed in county down. the northern ireland ambulance service — which originally declared the crash as a major incident — says four of those on board were taken to the hospital with non life threating injuries. the bus had been carrying students to strangford college to bangor when the accident happened. foreign secretary david lammy says britain's decision to relinquish control of the chagos islands does not signal a change in the government's position on other overseas territories.

he said the status of the falkland islands, gibraltar and other british overseas territories are "not up for negotiation." it comes after the government announced it would give up sovereignty over a cluster of remote indian ocean islands. you're live with bbc news. the us golf coast is preparing for another intense storm, as hurricane milton makes it way to florida. hurricane and storm surge warnings have been issued for portions of florida's west coast, as people being to evacuate. we're looking at pictures showing just how enormous it's become over the past 24 hours. the national hurricane centre says milton has winds up to 175mph. the storm is expected to make landfall wednesday night or early thursday morning. here, we're looking at at the precipitation forecast — i've been speaking with felecia bowser — meteorologist—in—charge at the national weather service in tallahassee, florida. she's been discussing what people in the storms path should look out for as they prepare for landfall.

people should not focus on the centre of the storm. impacts can occur while away, hundreds of miles away from the centre of miles away from the centre of the storm. so of course, there will be some wind impacts that'll have a powerful punch with it, so people need to prepare for the wind. rainfall is also something people will have to prepare for — not only from the sky, but also from below in the form of storm surge, especially on the coast. people need to be aware of quick rising of waters, and they need to make sure they're not in that particular area when that was to occur. and when that was to occur. and when it comes to hurricanes especially on the eastern flank of a hurricane, tornadoes will always be a possibility — so not only do we have that storm surge threat, there also be tornadoes, as well. let's turn to some other important news around the world. the us supreme court has sided with a texas

law that bans hospitals from providing emergency abortions. the biden admistration argues this latest ruling violates federal law and urged supreme courtjustices to throw out the lower court order. a white house spokesperson said women being denied care in emergency situations is "completely unacceptable". texas has one of the strictest abortion bans in the us. the deputy president of kenya has vowed to defend himself before parliament, where impeachment proceedings against him are due to begin on tuesday. the effort to oust rigathi gachagua from office follows a public feud with president william ruto. mps backing the motion accuse him of acquiring massive wealth since coming to office two years ago. mr gachagua dismissed the allegations as propaganda. i'm caitriona perry, thanks for watching, do stay with us here on bbc news. hello. a lot going on with our

weather right now. we'll see some heavy downpours for the next couple of days, then it will turn colder. we've got low pressure in charge — you can see areas of clouds circulating around that. there's also another deep area of low pressure in the mix. this is ex—hurricane kirk — this will stay to the south of us, but it will essentially join forces with our low. some heavy downpours over the next couple of days, then the whole lot shifts eastwards, leaving us with northerly winds and something significantly colder. but in the short—term for tuesday, still relatively mild, actually, with a mix of some sunshine, yes, but also some really heavy, thundery downpours. a band of cloud and rain moving slowly northwards across the far north of england, northern ireland, into southern scotland — some parts of southeast scotland looking very wet, indeed. northern scotland seeing a fair amount of cloud, it'll be windy, some spots of rain and drizzle. and then, further south, it is that mix of sunshine and showers, but some of the showers really heavy with some hail and thunder, the winds strengthening down towards the southwest.

temperatures north to south between 10—18 celsius, and then, these various clumps of showery rain just continue to circulate around that area of low pressure as we head on into the first part of wednesday. but these northerly winds will be strengthening up towards the north of the uk — things here will start to feel colder, and that cold air will start to sink a little bit further south as we go through the day on wednesday. still some showery rain across parts of eastern scotland, northeast england, sunny spells and showers elsewhere. but, while it will remain relatively mild in the south, as those northerly winds strengthen — we could see gusts of 40—50mph in the north — it will really start to feel quite a lot colder. temperatures at best in lerwick, stornoway, aberdeen at nine celsius. and by thursday, that cold air will sink even further southwards. now there should be a fair amount of sunshine around on thursday, 1—2 showers — some of those showers wintry over the highest

ground in scotland. and have a look at these — these are the afternoon highs we're expecting, north to south around 8—12, maybe 13 degrees. and we stick with that chilly feel for the end of the week. the weekend bringing some rain towards the north and the west, drier conditions further south and east.

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we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk, i'm allan little. what is it like to grow up in the shadow of a parent who was the world's most revered political prisoner, and an iconic champion of democracy and human rights? aung san suu kyi has two sons whom she left behind in britain when they were children, placing what she saw then as the needs of her native myanmar above those of her family. my guest today is kim aris, the younger of those sons who, after decades of silence, has finally decided to speak out. when his mother eventually gained power, she was swiftly denounced by former friends and allies, who accused her of siding with the military in a brutal crackdown on the country's minority muslim rohingya people. now a political prisoner again, the ousted civilian leader is approaching 80 and in declining health.

what is her fate?