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the amount of aid delivered to gaza reached its lowest level for a year in september. earlier an advance team of american military personnel and the initial components of a missile defence system, arrived in israel, after missiles were launched by iran earlier this month. the us says they have been deployed to protect against any further such attack. in lebanon, hezbollah's deputy chief has threatened to target all areas of israel, in response to israel targeting, in his words, all parts of lebanon. but in the address, he also said the solution was a ceasefire. the children's charity unicef says more than 400 thousand children have been displaced in lebanon, 90% in the past three weeks. us state department spokesperson matthew miller confirmed the letter was sent to the defence minister of

israel yoav gallant — you were asked in repeated the time of the letter and you said because of the situation change. it allowed ways it hasn't. the letter talks about 1.7 million palestinians who you say are at risk of legal contagion. that is better situation that has been building up. it has notjust happened overnight. there will be those who say you had a year to write this letter, to issue such a stark warning to the israeli so that was it taken so long? i israeli so that was it taken so lona ? ., . ., , , . long? i would completely re'ect the premise �* long? i would completely re'ect the premise offi long? i would completely re'ect the premise of the i long? i would completely reject the premise of the question, i long? i would completely reject the premise of the question, as you think you said for that when you said, i totally reject the question for that there been numerous occasions, the point i made in the days right after october seven. the secretary was in israel having a very difficult conversation with the prime minister about the need to let the first trucks coming across the border. he was successful i got rafah opened up for trucks to

come across the board of we then had very difficult conversations with israel and the president, the secretary, the president, the secretary, the national security across our government was all it open. we saw over the course of months repeated examples of the us, not any other country but the united states intervening and getting results. what we have seen is a significant degradation in the amount of humanitarian assistance coming in. a ~ humanitarian assistance coming in. ~ , , . ~' humanitarian assistance coming in. matthew miller speaking a short while — in. matthew miller speaking a short while ago, _ in. matthew miller speaking a short while ago, answering i in. matthew miller speaking a short while ago, answering a | short while ago, answering a question from the bbc�*s tom bateman. let's get more on why they us is set another us defence wisdom and how iran has been part of that disc action. —— decision. we're seeing a little bit of carrot and stick photo on the one hand the americans have been deploying this high altitude missile defence in israel complete with about a hundred american military personnel. hundred american military personnel-—

personnel. they will be on thoug ground _ personnel. they will be on thoug ground and - personnel. they will be on thoug ground and israel. personnel. they will be on i thoug ground and israel to personnel. they will be on - thoug ground and israel to help protect israel in the advents of iranian response what is expected to be some sort of israel lee, it is really a position of a nuclear or petrochemical in the next few days or even few weeks. it's an attack the israelis promised will happen at some point. the fear is that iran will retaliate in kind. the americans have sent american military personnel and this missile defence system to the ground. the americans were very reluctant to get america a military boot on the ground. on the other hand we've seen this very strongly worded letter, a joint letter from the american secretary of state and the american defence and israeli counterparts. this letter is unprecedented. it's a very strongly worded warning to the israelis that the way they are prosecuting the war in gaza at the minute may be illegalfrom in american perspective. it

might affect future american weapon supplies to israel. clearly, the americans along with many aid agencies say the humanitarian impact of this new israeli military offensive in gazais israeli military offensive in gaza is unacceptable. the israelis for the last week or so have been pounding many parts of northern gaza around the refugee camp put are thought to be as many of the eight 300,000 people. some people have been able to get out but it's clear that the humanitarian crisis is worsening bear. about 300 people have been killed during this latest israeli military operation. forthe this latest israeli military operation. for the americans to criticise what is happening in the way is almost unprecedented. it may cause israel to rethink the way it's prosecuting this particular part of the war in northern gaza. has the last deputy leader gave a televised statement as well

as defiance and threats towards israel. our world affairs correspondentjonathan head explained the significance of the warning, and how israel might respond. we don't hear a lot from his brother. he is the public face of his brother, the deputy leader, the most public face since the killing of hassan nasrallah by israeli and israeli air strike last month. so what he says is significant. clearly, he had two audiences in mind. one was the world in general and israel in particular, saying, we're not out. we can still inflict pain, was the way he put it, even though he acknowledged hezbollah acknowledged hezbollah has lost a lot of its top leadership. he said that was very painful. but the fight goes on. there was also a message to the lebanese people. many people here are very frustrated and angry with the way in which their country

has been dragged into this destructive war. lots of lebanese do not support his brother, support hezbollah, even though it's a very influential group here. and he was appealing to the lebanese for unity in the face of what he called the israeli invasion, saying that israel will remake lebanon and the middle east if it manages to destroy hezbollah. urging people to be patient, telling them that their sacrifice was worth it, that they would. his brother would rebuild their houses. i don't know how well that will resonate. i think hezbollah is concerned that many lebanese do oppose the way that it's got involved in this conflict. but it was a very defiant note and a sign that his brother is determined to fight on. israel is still launching lots of raids up last yesterday with 200. we don't know how many today. and israel's goal, of course, is to destroy hezbollah's military capabilities. that clearly is nowhere near being reached. so this conflict in lebanon is going to continue with all of its humanitarian consequences. staying with israel: the uk has announced sanctions against israeli settler organisations which it says have sponsored

violence against palestinian communities in the occupied west bank, calling on israel to "stop settler expansion on palestinian land". the sanctions target three illegal settler outposts and four organisations that have supported and sponsored violence against communities in the west bank. the foreign secretary david lammy says... earlier, the man who was british foreign secretary until a few months ago, lord cameron, said the uk government should impose sanctions on two right—wing members of the israeli cabinet. the finance minister bezalel smotrich and itamar ben gvir, the minister for national security. lord cameron told the bbc that he'd been working up a plan against the two israeli ministers, as part of the last conservative government until the general election intervened. but he said he didn't agree with the labour government's restrictions on arms sales to israel. i think there are perhaps other things we can do to put pressure

on on netanyahu and say, look, of course we respect your right to self—defence, but we do want you to act within the law. and in fact, before i left office, we were i was working up sanctions on these two ministers. minister smotrich and ben—gvir, who when you look at what they say, they have said things like encouraging people to stop aid convoys getting into gaza. they've encouraged extreme settlers in the west bank with the appalling things they've been carrying out. and so actually saying to netanyahu, yes, we support your right to self—defence. no, we're not going to end the sale of arms. but actually, when ministers in your government who are extremists and behave in this way, we're prepared to use our sanctions regime to say this simply isn't good enough and has to stop. the former british secretary speaking. sir mark lyall grant, former principal adviser to the foreign secretary in the foreign and commonwealth office and former national security adviser when lord cameron

was prime minister. has the current uk government missed a trick? should they have been targeting these two individuals? i have been targeting these two individuals?— individuals? i think it's probably _ individuals? i think it's probably under- individuals? ithink it's probably under active | probably under active consideration within the government at the moment. i think they will want to move in concert with at least some european partners and preferably the united states. my preferably the united states. my guess is they will not move forward with this unilaterally. at least wait until after the american elections and see whether they'll put more pressure on these two individuals by sanctions themselves.— individuals by sanctions themselves. ,., , themselves. the uk saying they are sanctioning _ themselves. the uk saying they are sanctioning israeli _ themselves. the uk saying they are sanctioning israeli settler. are sanctioning israeli settler organisation, will that do the trick? to sanctions work in your experience? sanctions can certainly work. _ your experience? sanctions can certainly work. there _ your experience? sanctions can certainly work. there are - your experience? sanctions can certainly work. there are lots i certainly work. there are lots of experience where they have worked they worked in iran and bringing them to the table for the nuclear talks whilst i was at the united nations. i think

in this case the sanctions we're talking about are essentially travel bands and asset freezes. i don't think these individual extremist organisations or indeed the individual extremist settlers are likely to be travelling to the united kingdom or having assets in the united kingdom. nonetheless it does send a powerful message that these settlements are illegal. they are against international law. and someone needs to be brought to justice for that happening. that's when way of doing that through the sanctions regime. he said he didn't agree with the current labours restriction on arms sales to israel. how do the international community get israel to curb what they are doing within the middle east when it comes to northern gaza, across the whole of gaza and also in lebanon? we have the us now warning israel to be

careful, giving israel 30 days to boost humanitarian access within gaza. at the same time they are offering assistance in terms of military personnel, components to the new us missile defence system. how does the international community make israeljust community make israel just calmed community make israeljust calmed down a bit? i community make israel 'ust calmed down a bit?�* community make israel 'ust calmed down a bit? i think we have to be — calmed down a bit? i think we have to be realistic. _ calmed down a bit? i think we have to be realistic. the - have to be realistic. the british government does not have a huge amount of influence on the israeli government let alone the prime minister benjamin netanyahu. no one really does any other european government. the only government that can influence israeli behaviour is the us. they are trying this approach for that what is noticeable about the threatening letter is that it gives it 30 days, essentially to allow a proper amount of humanitarian aid into gaza. 30 days takes us beyond the

american elections on the 5th of november. that i think is the significance of this time. once those elections are out of 0nce those elections are out of the way i think we're going to see a tougher line with the israelis from the biden administration for the old whoever wins the elections on the 5th of november for the president biden will still be the president for several months. i think in that time he will probably take a tougher line with israel because he has become deeply frustrated that american advice is not being heated by prime minister netanyahu. if} heated by prime minister netanyahu.— heated by prime minister netan ahu. xi: , ., ~ heated by prime minister netan ahu. xi: , .,~ , netanyahu. 30 days will take us ast the netanyahu. 30 days will take us past the us _ netanyahu. 30 days will take us past the us election _ netanyahu. 30 days will take us past the us election on - netanyahu. 30 days will take us past the us election on the - netanyahu. 30 days will take us past the us election on the 5th | past the us election on the 5th of november. former principal adviser to the foreign secretary, thank you very much for speaking to us. around the world and across the uk. this is the world today on bbc news.

here in the uk — the old bailey has heard how sara sharif had suffered dozens of injuries

in the run up to her death last year. the ten year old's body was found at her home in woking in surrey after her father called police from pakistan. herfather, urfan sharif, her stepmother and her uncle deny murder and causing or allowing the death of a child. here's our uk correspondent daniel sandford. 0n the 9th of august last year, sara's entire family left for the airport, leaving her lying dead on a bunk bed upstairs. the next day, her father made this phone call from pakistan. i killed my daughter. it was just my intention to beat out but i beat her up too much. within minutes, police officers were at the house, and upstairs they found sara's

body come up with a note saying, i love you, sara. i swear to god it was not my intention to kill her. the prosecution say sara sharif had serious head injuries and have never been taken to see a doctor except for vaccinations. the police found packing tape at the house which the police say were put over sara's head. the jury heard of the neighbours from her previous home said they have sometimes heard gut wrenching screams from the children. a teacher from her school had seen bruising on herface five months before she died. the prosecution suggested to the jury that she had started wearing a hijab to conceal the injuries to herface and head. her stepmother had messaged her sister two years earlier to say

urfan had beaten sara until she was covered in bruises. in court, urfan sharif and otherfamily members have all denied murder and causing or allowing the death of a child. daniel sanford, bbc news, at the old bailey. gang warfare is rife in many prisons in england and wales and a lack of space is making it harder to keep rival gangs apart — that's what prison officers have told the bbc. and the government acknowledges that chronic overcrowding in men's prisons is making it impossible for staff to deal with gangs effectively. the number of assault on prisons and staff injails has increased by over a quarter in in the last four years 0ur senior uk correspondent, sima kotecha, reports — and a warning, you may find some of her report disturbing: just moments before an inmate has his ear cut off during a prison gang fight. there's people there waiting for you as soon as you come in. those who've been inside tell

us gang violence is rife and there's no escape for new inmates. they have every kind of weapons in there. we're talking about a potential murder weapon here, aren't we? and some prison officers say it's getting worse. i've seen a murder. i've seen sort of mass brawls, assaults, serious assaults, stabbings. there's been a dramatic increase in violence injails, blamed on overcrowding. this footage was passed on to us by an inmate. we understand this happened in prison recently, and that the police are now investigating. a man doing time for murder calls us from his cell on an illegal phone. he says he was forced to be in a gang and forced to hurt others. listen, i've shot people. i've bleep attacked staff. i've done the maddest

things i've not wanted to do just for my safety. i've carried out more than 20 attacks on staff, on prisoners, anybody they don't like. if you don't carry out these attacks, what happens to you? i get attacked. i've just seen your scar there. you're showing me your scar on your neck and on your arm. that's what happens. you're in prison because you broke the law. and there might be some people who are watching this who have very little sympathy for what you're saying. i did wrong because i wa �* i understand it, but no, it's time to do the wrong i've done right by being honest in it. there are two prisons here right next door to each other. behind me is hmp belmarsh. it's a category a prison. and next door to it is hmp isis, a young offenders institution. both have gang problems. in fact, hmp isis is said to have more than 130 gangs. he's had his face slashed and his throat slashed... by hmp isis in london in his car, we speak to a man

who's been visiting a relative. he tells us the relative is the victim of a vicious gang fight. we've had to revoice his words because of the threat posed to his family member. he hasn't been out of his cell for two days because there's been eight stabbings on the wings over the gang fighting. postcode gangs, drug gangs, religious gangs — they're often put on different wings, but some prison officers say a shortage of cells means this isn't always possible. they say it's leading to more violence as rival groups are sharing the same area. on our recent visit to hmp pentonville in london... 0h! the smell of the drugs in here. ..confiscated cannabis and weapons used by gangs. tell me what you've got here. 0k. what we've got is, um, weapons that have been fashioned by prisoners whilst they're in the custody. we've got the toilet brushes here where they've had razor blades melted into them. this could do some really serious damage. i mean, we're talking about a potential murder

weapon here, aren't we? absolutely. certainly, prisoners are finding that they need weapons more, or they feel they need weapons more than what they did in the past, so that's why we have a lot more weapons being fashioned inside the establishment. the government says violence and gangs are a scourge in ourjails, and chronic overcrowding has made it impossible for staff to deal with them effectively. but it doesn't make clear exactly what it will do to sort the problem, apart from releasing more offenders early to reduce the population. it says those who are violent will be punished. imagine everybody wanting to chop your neck. that's how it feels when you don't do what the gangs say. why should people care about this happening in prisons? i deserve this, but i think i deserve rehabilitation. sima kotecha, bbc news. breaking news former chelsea

boss thomas to go has agreed to be gone the next england managerfor the be gone the next england manager for the two different sources reporting that the former chelsea boss will be the third non—british manager of the england's men's team after erickson and capello. this is just breaking for that after england had been without a permanent manager since gareth southgate resigned thomas to go has agreed to become the next england manager reaction coming out. england manager reaction coming out. ukraine says it shot down 12 attack drones launched by russia overnight. but such interceptions are an almost nightly occurrence one thousand days into russia's full—scale invasion. drones buzz. the buzz of danger over kyiv. russia's attack drones arrive here almost nightly now, forcing ukraine's air defences into this deadly game of search and destroy.

so outside the city, they're supported by volunteer teams. we followed one in a recent air raid, as they rushed to help protect the skies. they call themselves the witches of bucha because apart from him, they're women, stepping in as ever, more men are sent to the front line. a vet and a manicurist helping assemble a machine gun that's more than eight decades old. it's ancient, but effective. the team say it's downed three drones so far. valentina is saying that the drones could see the light and could respond to that, they don't know how the drones are going to behave. so they're saying they need

to, we need to work in the dark, essentially. on her tablet, yulia spots two drones in the air. but not close yet. translation: of course, it'sl nervous work because we need to be focussed, to react to the slightest sound. this is how the bucha witches now spend their weekends. lesson one, on storming a building. not perfected yet, but these skills are empowering for women who lived through the russian takeover of their region and were terrified. translation: i remember how we were under occupation. - i remember all that horror. i remember the screams of my own child. i remember the dead people when we were fleeing. that's where i find

the strength to go on. they combine doing all this with their dayjobs. a maths teacher and an office manager tired of feeling helpless. translation: ukrainian suffer for the people - who are no longer here, those taken by the stupid war. then they were recruiting women here and i tried it and didn't fall apart. this full—scale war will soon be 1,000 days old and valentina's life has been transformed. but the women here refuse to give up believing in victory and in their role trying to bring that about. sarah rainsford, bbc news, near bucha. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello. areas of heavy and, in places, thundery rain to take us through tonight, but it won't be a cold night by any means. now if i show you the temperature — normally this is how temperatures compared to normal over the next few days, the oranges and the reds show temperatures above average, peaking really on wednesday and thursday, but remaining above average as we go through into the weekend. driving it all is this area of low pressure. it's allowing those southerly winds, but because of its proximity, is why we're going to see those areas of rain. so for the night ahead, it's going to be a case of heavy, thundery rain in the south and west to begin with, pushing its way northwards and eastwards. some drier, clearer spells east anglia and the south—east later on and temperatures not dropping a massive amount — ten to 1a or 15 degrees. that's not a million miles away where it should be in an afternoon, never mind first thing on a wednesday morning in october. so to start the day, lots of cloud in the north and west. still some areas of rain around thundery for1 or 2. it's going to come and go. northern england, scotland, northern ireland during the morning, linger though

into the afternoon for some across scotland. we then see another batch of rain develop across wales and the south west and the channel islands later, but with some clearer skies. lincolnshire, east anglia and the south—east. bit of sunshine through the afternoon here could lift temperatures to around 21 or 22 degrees. that's around six degrees above where we should be for this stage in the year. another batch of heavy thundery rain then works its way northward and eastwards as we go through wednesday night and into thursday, affecting most parts actually, with some clearer skies in the west later. so it might turn a bit fresher here in the west by the end of the night, but still temperatures in double figures, if not mid teens for some. but here's the chart for thursday. instead of southerly winds, as those weather fronts go through, it's west or south—westerly ones, so the winds will be as strong but still not cold winds at that early rain across parts of scotland, typically north and east, maybe through central areas clears. sunny spells for the vast majority, but we could see some showers, even some lengthier ones around these western areas around the irish sea in particular with some blustery winds. but away from that, with the sunshine out and lighter winds, it may

actually feel a little bit warmer than wednesday. into friday, we start to inject a bit more moisture into the atmosphere, so more cloud around. still some sunny spells through central eastern areas in the west, though the cloud will be thickening up through the day. outbreaks of rain become heavy and prolonged, the winds strengthening as well, and we could see some pretty rough seas around parts of wales and the south—west, too. that rain spreading eastwards on friday night.

this is bbc news, the headlines. us tells israel to boost humanitarian aid access in gaza within 30 days or face cuts in of some us military assistance. the british government plans to give obese unemployed people weight loss jabs to help them return to work. former chelsea boss thomas tuchel has agreed to become the new england manager becoming the third foreign permanent english manager of the men's team. let's pick up on that breaking story thomas tuchel has become the newest english manager two sources has said the german

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