not enough has been going in to the southern areas of gaza and nothing has been going in to the north. we just had small breakthrough where we took in some 12 trucks and a truck—load of petrol. but it is just not enough. the us issues an ultimatum to israel — allow more aid to gaza, or military assistance could be cut. a strong warning from the biden administration — we'll take a look at what comes next. also on the programme. thomas tuchel is to take over as england's new football manager suceeding gareth southgate — what will he bring to the team? and will there be an national insurance rise in the uk's upcoming budget?

prime minister sir keir starmer tells the bbc he hasn't ruled one out. it's one of america's starkest warnings yet to its long time ally. a strongly worded letter from the us to israel's government says if it doesn't boost humanitarian aid to gaza within the next 30 days, it could see military assistance from america cut. the letter — which was leaked, was written two days ago. it calls on "urgent and sustained actions by government this month to reverse this trajectory". we can cross live to washington and our correspondent there, gordon corera — is this a surprise in washington? it has come out of the blue in a sense, but the state briefing in the last hour or two, said this isn't new in the sense that they've been pressing for more aid to be able to get into

gaza for some time. therefore it was back in april they made representations to israel about the problems of getting aid in and that led in that case to an increase of aid delivery is getting back up to they said about 3—400 trucks getting into gaza. but the state department have been saying that that is now dipped to around half that level with september being the lowest month of deliveries this year and that has led to the sick concern and therefore this letter that was sent privately on sunday by the secretary of state, secretary of defence, to israeli counterparts, but which was clearly within a day or two leaked, leading to this public recognition that there is this pressure, renewed pressure i think is the way they put it, on israel to make it easierfor some of that aid to get into gaza. ,., ., ., �* “ gaza. gordon, i don't think we've had _ gaza. gordon, i don't think we've had any _ gaza. gordon, i don't think we've had any substantivel we've had any substantive reaction from israel yet about this leaked letter, but of

course this all comes, this threat to withdraw us military assistance to israeljust as the us has sent over more help. that's right, it does come at an interesting moment. it's not quite clear, there's a 30 day window for israel to respond to this letter. us officials have not said how israel has responded so far or if they've responded so far or if they've responded in any way, but clearly the us will be hoping that there might be some change in the coming days and weeks as happened earlier in the year. but you're right, it also comes at a moment where the us has supplied a missile defence is system. including us troops helping to operate a sophisticated air defence system primarily to help israel defend against the threat of missiles from iran. you are seeing a complicated relationship here where the us is supportive of israel in certain areas and more critical

in others. it was noticeable that the us officials at the state department were calling for a cease—fire agreement and gaza, but weren't using the same language when it came to lebanon and hezbollah. and also clearly are more supported in this case of israel's defends against a possible retaliation from iran, because of course we're still waiting for israel itself to respond to that last iranian ballistic missile attack, so clearly different axes going on right now that the us is playing.— the us is playing. gordon carrera. _ the us is playing. gordon carrera, thanks _ the us is playing. gordon carrera, thanks for - the us is playing. gordon carrera, thanks for the i the us is playing. gordon - carrera, thanks for the update. 0ur correspondent tom bateman asked matthew miller — the whitehouse spokesperson about the letter. 0n the point that you said, you know, you were asked repeatedly about the timing of the letter and you said, "well, you know, because the situation has changed," but in a lot of ways it hasn't. i mean, you talked about, the letter talks about 1.7 million palestinians

in al— mawasi who you say are at risk of lethal contagion. that has been a situation that hasjust been building up. i mean, it hasn't, you know, it hasn'tjust happened overnight. and so, you know, there will be those who say you've had a year to write this letter, to issue such a stark warning to the israelis. why has it taken so long? so it hasn't taken... so that i completely reject the premise of the question, as i think you said... well, you didn't say, but when you said you were going to push on me, i totally reject the premise of the question. we have intervened on numerous occasions. the point i made tojumeirah�*s question, in the days right after october 7th, the secretary was in israel having very difficult conversations with the prime minister about the need to let the first trucks come in across the border. and he was successful and got rafah opened up for trucks to come across the border. we then had very difficult conversations with israel about the need to open kerem shalom. and those conversations included the president, the secretary, the national security adviser and others across our government, and we saw kerem shalom open. we saw over the course of months repeated examples of the us, not in any other country, but the united

states intervening and getting results. now, what we have seen is a significant degradation in the amount of humanitarian assistance that's coming in. let's turn to the latest in lebanon and the deputy chief of hezbollah has given an address, in which he threatened to target all areas of israel. naim qassem made the remarks in response to israel expanding its military campaign to all of lebanon. he also said the solution to the conflict with israel is a ceasefire, but warned the group was prepared to keep fighting, and inflict "pain" on israel. the children's charity unicef says more than 400 thousand children have been displaced in lebanon, 90% in the past three weeks. arman mahmoudian, international affairs analyst, research fellow at the university of south florida global and national security institute.

welcome to the contents. before we talk about lebanon in detail, i want to get your reaction to this letter that has been sent by the secretary of defence and the secretary of state to israel, issuing an effective ultimatum. i think the united _ effective ultimatum. i think the united states _ effective ultimatum. i think the united states tries - effective ultimatum. i think the united states tries to i the united states tries to establish a balance, what support of israel as an ally but also prevent israel to be encouraged to expand the scale of war. from the last... in active support, but i think they are also cautious that israel being armed and equipped with one of the most, if not the most sophisticated aerial defence systems would be encouraged to expand its scope of attacks, specifically speaking of iranian nuclear which can wage a full bore across the region, it's a sophisticated tangle to support

but also not encourage israel. let's turn to the situation in lebanon. we have been talking in the last day or so about this attack that killed at least 21 people. it was an israeli air strike in northern lebanon which was quite unusual and it hit a predominantly christian village. we see israel expanding its scope of attacks when it comes to lebanon. what do you think the strategy is there and what might come next in terms of a possible response from hezbollah?— possible response from hezbollah? ., , hezbollah? that is a very good question- _ hezbollah? that is a very good question. first _ hezbollah? that is a very good question. first of _ hezbollah? that is a very good question. first of all _ hezbollah? that is a very good question. first of all israel - question. first of all israel is trying to retaliate or respond to hezbollah's, which led to the injuries come on the same day hezbollah launched 37 aerial operation launching rockets, missiles, orders against israel. some of it has against israel. some of it has a deterrence and retaliatory nature, but the other part is

israel is already concerned at why they are hammering or bombarding hezbollah's position and south of lebanon, now it seems gradually that it seems it's getting on its foot in terms of command system moving toward the north and one of the reasons they are concerned about is right after hezbollah's involvement in the civil war which started 2013-2014, they civil war which started 2013—2014, they expanded their footprint and the northern part of lebanon and kind of turned one of the corridors into syria. so this is a severe concerned that hezbollah, israel has why they are getting hezbollah under attack in the south, north could be the place of refuge and they are trying to neutralise it. and again i want to emphasise that some of it has a retaliatory impact. israel wants to send a message to hezbollah and also lebanese that the lebanese government of the israel is very much capable to expand the scope of the

attack all over lebanon if hezbollah cause future actions. you talk about israel's expanding the scope of its attacks, also the conflict from attacks, also the conflict from a potential escalation between israel and iran. we saw iran sending those missiles towards israel and now people are braced for possible retaliation from israel. we know it is likely to come but the question is when and in what form. i don't know when it's going to be, i think. don't know when it's going to be, ithink. but don't know when it's going to be, i think. but i think it's going to be soon. i can't comment on behalf of the idf but after the delivery it's going to be soon it's going to be not a wile but either in this month or early november. i believe while it seems the attack is going to happen, the retaliation is going to happen, the scope of it is going to be lesser and more limited at what we expected, initially the

expectation was idf and the air force would strike at oil refinery which would have led to full—fledged war. expensive diplomatic and military support... israel has had to limit their scope of revenge or retaliation most likely would be under attack against military facilities, i think it's going to be on underground missile cities orfire it's going to be on underground missile cities or fire drone and missile building facilities somewhere. i think it's and missile building facilities somewhere. i think its limited but inevitable. somewhere. i think it's limited but inevitable.— but inevitable. joining us from tam -a but inevitable. joining us from tampa and — but inevitable. joining us from tampa and florida, _ but inevitable. joining us from tampa and florida, thank - but inevitable. joining us from tampa and florida, thank you| tampa and florida, thank you for sharing your thoughts. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

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the last half hour or so it's confirmed... the former chelsea boss thomas tuchel has agreed to become the next england manager. two sources have told the bbc that the german will take over from the caretaker manager lee carsley. he'll become the third non—british permanent manager of the england men's team after sven—goran eriksson and fabio capello. tim vickery, brazil—based football expert, joins us now. he specialises in everything you need to know about the england team, it's great to have you on, tim. first of all, what you make of this appointment? it what you make of this appointment? what you make of this anointment? . ., i, ., , appointment? it clearly shows that the fm _ appointment? it clearly shows that the faa wanted _ appointment? it clearly shows that the faa wanted to - appointment? it clearly shows that the faa wanted to act - that the faa wanted to act quickly. part of the idea we thought of having a caretaker, lee cars lee, is that it would buy time until perhaps pep guardiola of men city or carlo and gelati. they decided not to do that, they want someone who is available now, tell mrjoe is available now, tell mrjoe is not in work now so they acted quickly to bring someone in even though lee curtis lee will still take charge of the

team for next month's game, but they wanted to end the speculation and act very quickly. apart from that, i find it intriguing for a number of reasons. first is that international football is a very different from club coach has his players all the time. he can work relentlessly with his players. and we know that tuchel is a detail fanatic, he's seen as a link key figure prowling the touchline with a permanent scowl as he casts his eye on the details. but for the national team, we simply don't have time training with your players to work so many little details. may be the big idea is more important than the little detail. purely and simply because there is not the same time on the training ground. so can tuchel adapt to that? there is no easy answer, there's only one way to find out. that's one thing that intrigues me, can he adapt to the demands of an

international coach? the other is that he doesn't tend to stay in the same place for very long. he's a fiery character. even his brief career as a player and then as a coach, there been lots of rows and lots of disagreements, and that's the main reason that he's out of work at t