we hear from the volunteer we hear from the volunteer women protecting the russian women protecting the russian quys women protecting the russian guys from attack. quys women protecting the russian guys from attack. and in football, thomas and in football, thomas tuchel is to become tuchel is to become the new england boss. the new england boss. he's the third foreign he's the third foreign manager to take charge manager to take charge of the men's team. of the men's team. measures�* to boost aid. welcome to newsday, welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. i'm steve lai. we start with the latest on the we start with the latest on the conflict in the middle east. conflict in the middle east. the biden administration has the biden administration has given its most stark given its most stark warning yet to israel warning yet to israel over its conduct in gaza — over its conduct in gaza — threatening to withdraw some threatening to withdraw some military assistance — military assistance — unless israel allows unless israel allows more humanitarian aid into the enclave. more humanitarian aid into the enclave. us defense secretary us defense secretary lloyd austin lloyd austin and secretary of state antony and secretary of state antony blinken sent a letter blinken sent a letter to israel's military, to israel's military, which was then leaked to the media. which was then leaked to the media. it says israel must, it says israel must, within 30 days, within 30 days,

act on a series of �*concrete act on a series of �*concrete measures�* to boost aid. israel says it�*s reviewing the letter, and will address the concerns raised. it comes amid further israeli strikes on gaza on tuesday. 50 palestinians were killed, according to the hamas—run health ministry.

humanitarian situation in gaza, warning that 1.7 million civilians are at high risk of lethal contagion, having been forced into a narrow coastal area by israel�*s evacuation orders. the letter demands urgent and sustained actions this month to reverse this trajectory, saying israel must, starting now and within 30 days, act to boost aid supplies. it warns that failure may have implications for us policy, and it quotes american law, which prohibits military assistance to countries that impede the delivery of aid. critics have long accused the us of failing to leverage its weapons supply to israel to get what it wants on the protection of civilians in gaza. it�*s always rejected that, but now it is issuing its starkest warning yet to the israelis to do more to get aid in and to do it now. at the state department, officials say the letter is a matter of us law.

good afternoon, everyone. 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? you shouldn�*t assume that the letter is our first intervention with the government of israel. about the situation, just over the past few months, we have been making it clear to them that we needed to see results, and we haven�*t seen the results. president biden�*s pressure on its government is increasing near the end of his term, but the war in gaza may yet last a lot longer. tom bateman, bbc news, washington. laura blumenfeld is former senior policy advisor on the state department�*s israeli—palestinian negotiating team. she shared her reflections on the impact a letter like this could have.

well, i think that the letter is one side of a coin, the other side of that coin being a missile—defense battery that�*s being deployed as we speak. i think they are both the same kind of currency, saying israel, we�*re going to put boots on the ground for your defence and we expect concrete conditions on the ground in gaza and also frankly in lebanon to change. i do think they have leverage. we�*ve seen that, i think netanyahu�*s first target choice with iran, would have been to go after the nuclear facility, and second choice would have been the oil production sites. so, we are seeing some kind of leverage being exercised. it�*s not enough and i believe after the election, you will see a very different picture out of the us. we saw that after the election in 2016 where president 0bama was coming to the end of his second term, where there was a un security council resolution condemning israel on settlements and united states abstaining. there will be more examples to come.

in lebanon, the deputy leader of hezbollah, has suggested the only solution to the conflict with israel, is a ceasefire. but naim qassem also warned that his iranian backed militia group, was prepared to continue to inflict "pain" on israel and keep fighting. it comes after the un�*s human rights office, called for an investigation into an israeli airstrike which killed at least 22 people in the christian village of aitawah, many of them women and children. israel says it�*s targeting hezbollah, which hides among civilians. here�*s 0rla guerin. death tolls don�*t tell life stories. this is shana qasim, a young mother. she fled israel�*s attacks in the south, only to be killed with her baby in an airstrike in the north. they died with relatives and neighbours from a shia border village.

all had sought refuge in a christian district. typically, these areas are not targeted. "0h, mother mary," says this man, seeing the destruction that came without warning. israel says it struck a hezbollah target and is investigating the claim that civilians were killed. it�*s more than a claim, here and elsewhere. in recent weeks, we have travelled around lebanon, reporting on half a dozen airstrikes that killed only civilians — 53 in total. that�*s according to relatives, rescue workers and neighbours, and in some cases, officials. this was september 27th in the sunni border village of shaba. an israeli airstrike killed nine civilians, including four children, all members of an extended family.

nasri hamdan can now kiss his son yusuf only on the screen. the 15—year—old was here at his grandparents�* house helping with livestock. "it�*s a massacre," he says. "if it�*s a war, they should hit military areas. "these are civilian areas. "may god rest his soul. "hopefully, he�*s in heaven." nearby, relatives mourn for one of the dead — a pregnant woman. this is her husband, mohammed. his unborn child was found in the rubble, ripped from his wife�*s womb. 0rla guerin, bbc news, beirut.

with the us presidential candidates locked in a tight race for the white house — kamala harris and donald trump are vying for votes in battleground states. meanwhile, former president donald trump held several events in georgia — including a pre—taped town hall early voting has kicked off in the crucial swing state. this was the scene early tuesday morning at polling centers — officials say voter turnout records have already been broken. this is live in atlanta where donald trump has been addressing a rally. vice president harris has been campaigning in michigan today, participating in a town hall with radio host charlamagne tha god, as she reaches out

to black voters. the middle east conflict is a prominent issue in michigan with the state being home to the large number of arab americans in the country and 2% of the population is arab—american. ed 0�*keefe is a cbs news senior white house and political correspondent. he�*s following developments from detroit — he had more on what the harris campaign will need to do to win over voters in michigan. she has to find a way to shore up her support amongst arab and muslim voters in this state. it may be difficult given the personal anguish are so many have experienced or believe the biden administration has wrought on their friends and family back in the middle east, but today�*s main focus was shoring up support from black men. while overall, about 87% of black voters across the country are backing kamala harris, and those numbers are on par with what president biden earned four years ago, it is the support amongst men specifically that seems to be softer than four years ago.

so there is a real push to ensure enough of them are turning out to vote for them, not only here in michigan, but also detroit with its large african—american population but also cities like philadelphia in pennsylvania, milwaukee in wisconsin, and atlanta in georgia. any slippage in support or a decision to stay home could cost her thousands of votes when every single vote across the states will determine who wins this. pakistan�*s capital, islamabad, is in lockdown as a majorsummit, bringing together the leaders of china, russia, india and iran culminates today. the shanghai cooperation 0rganisation is taking place against a backdrop of rising insurgent violence in pakistan. the threat alert has been high, especially after the killing of two chinese engineers and shooting deaths of 21 miners last week. i wasjoined

by husain haqqani 7 former ambassador of pakistan to the united states , and director of the south & central asia, of the hudson institute. the organisation was created in 2001 by russia and china to advance their interest in central asia and then it was joined by india, pakistan and iran and the grouping is primarily about political and economic cooperation as well as security cooperation on counterterrorism. for pakistan the summit is significant because it is the first big international meeting in islamabad after two years of political turmoil and of course the city is in lockdown primarily because of security threats from myriad terrorist groups, as well as from the political supporters of the former prime minister imran khan who has minister imran khan who have threatened to protest against their government in the presence of foreign visitors in islamabad. and how crucial is pakistan to china�*s larger plans? pakistanis china�*s most important partner in south asia.

china has invested heavily in pakistan and is pakistan�*s major military supply and china�*s guarantee with india as long as there are half a million pakistani troops on indian�*s border it keeps india busy in south asia rather than being able to look towards china, so china considers pakistan very important and of course pakistan considers china a very significant guarantor of pakistan�*s security and economic survival. china normally has a hands—off approach when it comes to intervening in foreign countries. will that continue to hold with regards to pakistan? definitely. china has no intention, i think of intervening in pakistan domestic politics and right now it seems no one is.

the former prime minister imran khan was not particularly liked by any of the pakistan foreign partners and has a strong support base in parts of the country and his supporters are very enthusiastic in their support for him but at the same time pakistan�*s military no longer trusts him and the pakistan business community doesn�*t trust him and nobody wants to intervene on his behalf which, of course, the downside is that human rights violations and any draconian measures against mr khan and his supporters are not addressed, but on the other hand it enables the pakistan government to move forward with its plans for the economy as well as restoring security. just one last quick question. you mentioned russia being part of this grouping from the beginning. what does it want to get out of its participation in this sco? on this particular occasion i think russia wants to make sure the central asian republics — iran, pakistan and india — continue to remain

neutral in its conflict with ukraine. all of these countries have essentially abstained in un votes and cannot support or do not want to support russia but they do not want to be seen as supporting ukraine either and from russia�*s point of view, that is a positive thing. we must understand the shanghai organisation constitutes 24% of the world�*s land area and 42% of population and for russia that is significant. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let�*s look at some other stories making news. the old bailey has been hearing how sara sharif, who was 10 years old, suffered dozens of injuries in the run up to her death last year. the little girl�*s body was found at her home in woking in surrey, after herfather, urfan sharif, called the police from pakistan. he denies murder and causing

or allowing the death of a child, along with sara�*s stepmother, and her uncle. the mother of dawn sturgess, the woman from wiltshire who was poisoned by novichok in 2018, has paid tribute to her daughter, at the public inquiry into her death. dawn unwittingly sprayed herself with the deadly substance from a contaminated perfume bottle, four months after the same chemical weapon was used to target a former russian spy and his daughter, in salisbury. sir keir starmer has denied that increasing national insurance contributions for employers would break a promise made in the labour election manifesto. speculation that a rise could be announced in the budget later this month has been growing since the chancellor, rachel reeves, suggested the party�*s pledge may not apply to businesses. you�*re live with bbc news to asia — and north korea has blown up several interconnecting roads and railways on its side of the border with south korea. footage released by south korea shows the moment north korea blew up roads connecting the two countries.

pyongyang had vowed to cut off the roads and railways once seen as symbols of inter—korean cooperation. north korea says it wants to completely separate the two countries. ambassadorjoseph yun is a former us special envoy for north korea policy, serving in the 0bama and trump administrations. the leaflets dropping has really upset them and the second more underlying causes the deteriorating relationship between north and south korea. this started probably a few years ago and got steadily

worse and now it�*s quite bad, especially with a very conservative president in south korea. we have seen reports there might be north korean troops fighting in ukraine and that has made russia and north korea�*s relationship very strong and really china, not wanting to be left out has also improved its relationship with north korea, so north korea is no longer isolated and nor should we consider it a pariah state any more. in the last causes really the us elections and you see that.

sometimes they will test a rocket testing, so those are the four causes that might make things dangerous. haw the four causes that might make things dangerous. how concerned are ou it things dangerous. how concerned are you it could _ things dangerous. how concerned are you it could escalate - are you it could escalate further? we know north korea often criticises the us and south korea for conducting joint military drills which they say is a pretext to invasion so does the us need to tread more carefully? i invasion so does the us need to tread more carefully?— tread more carefully? i think so. i tread more carefully? i think so- i think — tread more carefully? i think so. i think the _ tread more carefully? i think so. i think the situation - so. i think the situation is quite tense now. it�*s not as tense as the situation was in 2017 when you might remember president trump was going through a very angry period. the so—called pi and fury. i don�*t see immediate danger that north korea will become

immediately aggressive but the situation is getting worse and worse so really in the medium term we should be worried about that. and the signs of immediate danger are of course the north korean leader kim jong—un coming out himself and saying very loudly that he�*s about to do something. so far we�*ve only heard from the system, so i would say you will notice it is getting quite dangerous, when the leader himself comes out openly and blasts south korea and the us. ukraine says it shot down 12 attack drones launched by russia overnight. but that�*s an almost nightly occurrence 1,000 days into russia�*s full—scale invasion. across the country, ukraine�*s military relies on volunteers to help protect

the skies — and with so many men being called up to the frontline, more women are stepping in. 0ur eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford joined one patrol, who call themselves the witches of bucha. 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 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: ukrainians 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. thomas tuchel has agreed to become the next manager of england�*s national football team. the bbc has been told by two different sources that tuchel, who is german, will become the third non—british permanent manager of the england men�*s team after sven—goran eriksson and fabio capello. england have been without a permanent manager since gareth southgate resigned, following the sides euro 2024 final defeat against spain. adriana barraza me has become only the second woman to climb the highest peaks. it all started when i was eight years old and my father was the one that was doing mountaineering at the time and when he came

back from his expeditions i thought he was one of the most amazing humans in the world so i wanted to replicate exactly what he was doing in life so i sat in my primary school classroom one day and wrote a letter to myself saying i wanted to climb mount everest and be famous and inspire other people so 12 years later that�*s exactly what i did. it was the most incredible feeling, coming up most incredible feeling, coming up towards the summit, it was an hour before the summit when i knew i would do it because i saw the people that were before us coming back down the mountain and i knew they weren�*t so far ahead so i knew the summit was in reach and to be able to know that fact, it brought tears to my eyes. there always moments in your mind where you think, is it safe, is it possible. there�*s been times in the mountains where we have had avalanches nearly hit us and kill us essentially and in those moments you think, is this a good idea or not but then you remembered a bigger

goal you have in your life. nearly approaching ourfinal nearly approaching our final stop nearly approaching ourfinal stop for the night. the reaction has been amazing and i�*ve had so much support from the uk and spain, my other home country and its been magical to read all the comments on the support on social media. it is an incredible achievement and congratulations to her. let�*s see what she does next as she is only 23 years old. hello there. tuesday was a cloudy day, but it was also mild. temperatures reached 19 degrees in cornwall before the rain arrived, and all this mild weather is pushing up from france towards the uk and it�*ll stay mild through the rest of the week and into the weekend as well. we�*ve got southerly winds, though, at the moment. that�*s bringing in the mild air, of course, but it�*s also bringing in some rain, and again, it�*s all moving up from the south across western parts of europe. heavy rain, too, but at least it�*s keeping it mild overnight. no frost this time in scotland. a really mild start to wednesday, but a wet one in many places, too.

and that rain will continue across scotland, heavy at times. northern ireland may become a bit drierfor a while, but across western parts of england and wales, this is where we�*ll see further rain. to the east, it may well become dry. bit of sunshine for east anglia, the south—east and lincolnshire, and temperatures could be 21, even 22 degrees. through the midlands, around 18 or 19. and where we�*ve got that wet weather further north and west, still 16 or 17 celsius. there is more rain, though, to come on wednesday evening and overnight, and this rain marches its way eastwards across all areas before pulling away out into the north sea. and again it could be quite heavy rain, possibly even thundery. but wednesday night into thursday morning will again be very mild. cloudy start, though, for scotland. still some rain to clear away from the north. then the cloud breaks up. most places will have a dry day with sunny spells, but a few showers will come into some of these western areas. they may prove to be rather hit—and—miss, mind you. we�*ve got a south—westerly breeze. it�*s still mild — 16,

17 degrees typically — but where it�*s dry with the sunshine in the east, temperatures of 18 or 19 celsius. heading towards the end of the week and the winds are strengthening again, and we�*re piling in more rain and some stronger winds from off the atlantic, around that low pressure area. in western areas, this is where we�*ll see the worst of the weather — strong to gale force winds picking up, and with some spring tides, there could be some coastal flooding. and then we see the rain developing more widely here. 0ut towards the east, it should be dry. there�*ll be some sunshine, not quite as mild, but still mild for the time of year. and it�*s going to stay that way into the weekend as well, but still very unsettled. yes, there�*ll be some sunshine at times, but we will see some spells of rain and it could be particularly wet and windy on sunday.

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lee is set to deliver a policy address in the next 30 minutes. he is expected to focus on boosting the economy which has been hit by the slowdown in china. let�*s speak with the city�*s largest think tank. good to speak to you. we know he will speak in half an hour or so. what are you expecting him to focus on?— to focus on? thanks for having me. it's to focus on? thanks for having me- it's going _ to focus on? thanks for having me. it's going to _ to focus on? thanks for having me. it's going to be _ to focus on? thanks for having me. it's going to be a - me. it�*s going to be a potentially important address forjohn lee. his policy address, entering the middle of his term. and with national security, the covid measures covered... i think this is the first time he�*s going to be 100% focusing on the economy. there will be two focuses, one on solving some of the