be on the battleground state to be on the border soak issues of immigration and border control are of massive importance to the voters here. and australia weighs up its royal future as king charles and queen camilla are about to arrive for a regional visit. welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. there has been dramatic turn in the middle east conflict with israel announcing that it has killed the leader of hamas, yahya sinwar, the man widely believed to be behind the october 7th attacks. dna tests confirmed the 61—year—old died along with two other hamas members during an israeli ground operation in the city of rafah on wednesday. one of israel's top targets, officials hold sinwar responsible for organising and directing the worst—ever attack on the country.

about 1200 people were killed and more than 250 were taken hostage. the family members of two israeli hostages held in gaza have told the bbc — sinwar�*s death is a "brief window of opportunity" for benjamin netanyahu's government to negotiate the return of the hostages. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke after the confirmation of sinwar�*s death. translation: this is a milestone in taking down the evil of hamas. hamas will no longer. rule over gaza. this is the beginning. of the day after hamas. this is opportunity- for you residents of gaza to finally liberate yourself from his tyranny. - to hamas terrorists let me say this — your leaders are runningi away and they will be taken down. -

if you take down your weapons and return our hostages, - we will allow you to come out and live. _ but at the same time, - let me also say if you hurt our hostages, you will be taken down. - we will settle - the score with you. us presidentjoe biden says yahya sinwar�*s death marks a good day for israel, for the us and for the world. speaking after his death was confirmed, vice president kamala harris said us special operations and intelligence personnel had worked with their israeli counterparts to track down sinwar and other hamas leaders. israel has a right to defend itself— israel has a right to defend itself and the threat hammers poses— itself and the threat hammers poses to — itself and the threat hammers poses to israel must be eliminated. today there is clear— eliminated. today there is clear progress toward that goat _ clear progress toward that goal. hamas is decimated and its leadership is eliminated. this— its leadership is eliminated. this moment gives us an opportunity to finally end the war in— opportunity to finally end the war in gaza. our international editor, jeremy bowen has more on the dramatic events from jerusalem. at the beach south of tel aviv, a lifeguard picked up his microphone.

"attention, all bathers. "it's not 100%, but there's a strong chance that the rat from the tunnels known as yayha sinwar is dead." and then it was confirmed. they knew sinwar�*s death was a big victory for israel and a big defeat for hamas. the israeli army released drone footage showing he was still fighting in his last moments. they said sinwar, on a chair at the back of the room, had thrown two grenades and obviously wounded, tried to fend the drone off with a stick before he was killed. it had been a chance encounter and at first they didn't realise who they'd killed, then soldiers saw the dead man resembled sinwar. yahya sinwar, born in 1962, grew up in a refugee camp in gaza. he spent 22 years in israeli jails for killing four palestinians who'd collaborated with israel, so the security services had dental records and dna to identify his body.

injail, he learned hebrew, studied his enemy and believed he'd worked out how to fight them. 0n the 7th of october last year, in a meticulously planned series of attacks, sinwar and his men inflicted israel's worst ever defeat. and a collective trauma that is still deeply felt. the killing of civilians, the hostage—taking and the celebrations of their enemies recalled for many israelis the nazi holocaust in the second world war. prime minister netanyahu said the war would go on. today he said, "we made clear once again what happens "to those who harm us. "we showed the world the victory of good over evil. "but the war is not over yet. "it is difficult and it is costing us dearly." israel's response, a year israel's response, a year of war, continued this morning. of war, continued this morning. around 25 palestinians around 25 palestinians

were killed and dozens more were killed and dozens more wounded in the latest big raid wounded in the latest big raid onjabalia camp onjabalia camp in northern gaza. in northern gaza. israel said it bombed israel said it bombed a hamas commander centre. a hamas commander centre. doctors said the casualties doctors said the casualties they saw were civilians. israel's response to the 7th they saw were civilians. of october attacks has killed at least 42,000 people in gaza. at least 42,000 people in gaza. its war aims of destroying its war aims of destroying hamas and freeing its hostages hamas and freeing its hostages have not been achieved, have not been achieved, so killing yayha sinwar so killing yayha sinwar is its biggest victory yet. is its biggest victory yet. on yahya sinwar or any other the hamas organisation that the hamas organisation that sinwar and others built sinwar and others built before the 7th of october before the 7th of october attacks is largely broken. attacks is largely broken. israel does not let us report israel does not let us report independently from gaza, independently from gaza, but this reaction in khan younis was filmed for the bbc. this war is not dependent

tonight israelis are relieved and happy with that the enemy has been killed but hamas still has its hostages, is still fighting and will get a new leader. i'm joined now by frank lowenstein, former us special envoy for israeli palestinian negotiations. we heard some short bites from

some young palestinian saying israel does not let us report the death of sin why would not indi death intly from gaza, israel does not let us report indi death of ly from gaza, israel does not let us report indi death of sin om gaza, israel does not let us report indi death of sin why saza, israel does not let us report indi death of sin why would not the death of sin why would not change anything but is there an change anything but is there an argument this could drive more argument this could drive more people to the cause of a hamas? people to the cause of a hamas? yes, and it's important to yes, and it's important to understand we are a long way understand we are a long way from the ceasefire and its good from the ceasefire and its good day for israel in the world but day for israel in the world but it's not the end of hamas by it's not the end of hamas by any stretch of the imagination any stretch of the imagination and even makes them more open and even makes them more open to a ceasefire will depend on to a ceasefire will depend on who is the successor to yahya who is the successor to yahya sinwar, may be his deputy your sinwar, may be his deputy your brother, but we are a long way brother, but we are a long way away from any breakthrough on away from any breakthrough on that front. ., ._ that front. ., ._ away from any breakthrough on that front-— away from any breakthrough on that front-— that front. you say we are a lona that front. you say we are a long way — that front. you say we are a long way away _ that front. you say we are a lona that front. you say we are a long way — that front. you say we are a long way away _ that front. you say we are a long way away but - that front. you say we are a long way away but does - that front. you say we are a long way away but does it i that front. you say we are a - long way away but does it move that front. you say we are a long way away but - that front. you say we are a long way away but does - that front. you say we are a long way away but does it i that front. you say we are a - long way away but does it move his row closer to the stated his row closer to the stated aims of wiping out hamas and aims of wiping out hamas and getting hostages back? it’s getting hostages back? it’s aims of wiping out hamas and getting hostages back?- getting hostages back? it's a aims of wiping out hamas and getting hostages back?- getting hostages back? it's a bit closer to _ getting hostages back? it's a bit closer to its _ getting hostages back? it's a bit closer to its stated - bit closer to _ getting hostages back? it's a bit closer to its _ getting hostages back? it's a bit closer to its stated - getting hostages back? it's a bit closer to its stated aim i getting hostages back? it's a bit closer to its stated aim of getting hostages back? it's a bit closer to its stated aim i getting hostages back? it's a bit closer to its stated aim of destroying hamas but whether it destroying hamas but whether it makes netanyahu any more able makes netanyahu any more able to negotiate a release of the to negotiate a release of the hostages remains to be seen. he hostages remains to be seen. he has very hardline members of has very hardline members of

his coalition opposed to any his coalition

has very hardline members of his cl say on has very hardline members of his cl say what you of the said, say what you make of the fact we are seeing more than 40,000 per day in gaza. it’s fact we are seeing more than 40,000 per day in gaza. it's a traced 40,000 per day in gaza. it's a tragedy and — 40,000 per day in gaza. it's a tragedy and the _ 40,000 per day in gaza. it's a tragedy and the us _ 40,000 per day in gaza. it's a tragedy and the us is - 40,000 per day in gaza. it's a tragedy and the us is finally i tragedy and the us is finally taking some action with respect to limiting arm sales in israel if they don't start letting more humanitarian groups in and we are concerned they might have aspirations to clear out northern gaza and resettle with israelis so there's been a change in the pasture in respect of the war in the last couple of days. jae respect of the war in the last couple of days.— respect of the war in the last couple of days. joe biden has said there — couple of days. joe biden has said there is _ couple of days. joe biden has said there is a _ couple of days. joe biden has said there is a 30 _ couple of days. joe biden has said there is a 30 day - couple of days. joe biden has said there is a 30 day limit i said there is a 30 day limit before they see arms going into israel, so do you think these kind of actions need to be taken rather than words? it is clear that _ taken rather than words? it is clear that this _ taken rather than words? it is clear that this point _ taken ratherthan words? it 3 clear that this point that they don't care what we do and because we have not been able to back up words with actions they have ignored us when it comes to gaza. and this will probably get their attention

because it's all a political play by the biden administration who want to make over chores to the voters in michigan who are concerned about what is going on in gaza with round creating a fight, so ljy with round creating a fight, so by saying they have pushed it beyond the election and we hope we can see it both ways on that. ~ . . we can see it both ways on that. ~ ., ., , ., we can see it both ways on that. . ., ., y., we can see it both ways on that. ~ ., ., ., that. what are you looking for next to tell — that. what are you looking for next to tell us _ that. what are you looking for next to tell us which - that. what are you looking for next to tell us which way - that. what are you looking for next to tell us which way the l next to tell us which way the conflict is going?— conflict is going? who is the successor — conflict is going? who is the successor to _ conflict is going? who is the successor to yahya - conflict is going? who is the successor to yahya sinwar. l conflict is going? who is the | successor to yahya sinwar. is there is someone who can put a clutch on it we might see a breakthrough but if not we see we will be back where we started. . ~ we will be back where we started. ., ,, ., , started. frank lowenstein, thank you _ started. frank lowenstein, thank you very much. - there's much more analyis on the killing of the leader of hamas — on our website — including this piece

from our international editorjeremy bowen. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news in the uk. a seven—year—old boy who died in a house explosion in newcastle — early on wednesday morning — has been named as archie york. the blast, which happened just before 1am destroyed three houses in the area of benwell. police also confirmed a second person was found dead. an investigation into the cause of the explosion is under way. the wife of a conservative councillor has been jailed for 31 months after pleading guilty to inciting racial hatred on the day three girls were murdered in the southport attacks in july. lucy connolly from northampton called for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire in a post on the social media platform x. and the bbc has found that over 140 million litres of sewage has been illegally discharged into lake windemere in england's lake district, during the last three years by the water company united utilities. data obtained by the bbc shows the environment agency was unaware of the extent of the pollution in england's largest lake.

you're live with bbc news. to the us presidential election, and both kamala harris and donald trump — along with each their running today. kamala harris has been holding a rally in the battleground state of wisconsin, where she was joned by the billionaire businessman mark cuban — who warned against electing donald trump. meanwhile, mr trump has himself been holding a fundraising dinner in new york raising money for catholic charities. one of the key swing states where early voting is already underway is arizona — which could be key to november's election. here's how the latest polling across the battleground states is looking. arizona is one of three states currently leaning towards donald trump. my colleague caitriona perry has travelled to the state. and sent this report. yeah, you want to grab that one sign?

for lucy and erin, this election is about life. ..ask me about an abortion pill reversal... three days a week they come to stand outside one of the southern arizona's only two abortion clinics, trying to persuade women not to terminate their pregnancy. hey, i'm lucy with pro life tucson. got a gift bag for you. this year, in addition to voting for president, arizonans will also vote on whether to extend the right to an abortion from 15 weeks up to viability, around 24 weeks. donald trump was the most pro—life president we have ever had. we don't vote for personality. we vote for what that candidate is going to bring, and he going to protect us from evil. these are our last ultrasounds with her. for kristen and dave, it's a matter of health care. they got a tragic diagnosis when kristen was 18 weeks pregnant with their daughter. that was her heartbeat. the life expectancy and life quality the doctors described to us was really, really grim.

the doctors told them there was an option to end the pregnancy, but that they would have to leave the state for that care, and organise it themselves. i would have appreciated having been able to just mourn our loss privately. you know, enjoy those last few moments of carrying our baby girl. and instead, we were... all the logistics of travelling out of state... it was the most devastating thing i have ever been through. the choice is extremely simple for us. - yeah, harris and walz absolutely have our vote. there's just a clear winner. early in—person voting is already under way in this state. with polls showing a dead heat, it's all about turnout. outside the cities, 45% of arizona is made up of desert, and the border with mexico runs 370 miles, 600 kilometres. 0n the other side of this fence is mexico.

arizona is the only battleground state on the border, so issues of immigration and border control are of massive importance to the voters here. the people, let's take you back here, will come down this canyon. more will come down from this canyon over here to the house. tom lives on a ranch of several thousand acres that run alongside the border. he regularly sees migrants on his land. i'm 82 years old. about four years ago, it started going bad. i want to go back the way we were. i'm glad i'm really old is all i can say. if she becomes president, we are done, i think. the terrain is treacherous. in the migrant help centre in the nearest town, arivaca, residents have rescue packs ready. by far, kamala harris will be better. i will be voting for her because in many ways i think she is far superior to trump.

but on immigration, both parties have nothing new to say about immigration. there are more registered republicans than democrats here, but three in ten people consider themselves independent, and those are the voters harris and trump are fighting for. catriona perry, bbc news, arizona. prabowo subianto will be inaugurated as the eighth president of indonesia this sunday — after being formally declared the country's president—elect in april. prabowo is currently serving as defence minister, and is backed by current presidentjoko widodo. he swept to a landslide victory in february's direct continuity. he was once banned from the united states because of rights abuse allegations. now, as the incoming leader of the world 5 third largest democracy, the new president has ambitious plans for military expansion and defence deals — and a desire for more global influence.

i'm joined now by vedi hadiz, director and professor of asian studies at the asia institute, university of melbourne. what will be his immediate priorities and challenges? well, he is going to start with some signature, populist policies just to brand some signature, populist policiesjust to brand himself as a pro—people president and to shore up his popularity, independent of his support. these will include policies such as providing free lunches and free milk to schoolchildren and free milk to schoolchildren and raising the salaries of the civil service. what he's really interested in is a few interrelated things and she mentioned the enhancement of

the indonesia milk capacity and because the fact he comes from the military and has support base in the military and would benefit from support of some businesses that would be controlled by military interest. and i think you would also have an interest in pushing forward the fortunes of his own patron edge and that has meant the use of institutes and resources or the accumulation of private capital and this will be centred amongst the alliance of politicians, bureaucrats and big business that are behind him and thirdly i think you will be pushing for a high economic growth, saying he

wants 8% economic growth and thatis wants 8% economic growth and that is virtually impossible and the only way it can be achieved in any semblance whatsoever is to actually push for indonesian deforestation and also the resources in ways that override any environmental protocols. we that override any environmental rotocols. ~ . ., ., protocols. we have about a minute left _ protocols. we have about a minute left so _ protocols. we have about a minute left so i _ protocols. we have about a minute left so i want - protocols. we have about a minute left so i want to - protocols. we have about a minute left so i want to get your thoughts on how he will deal with indonesia's relationship with big international plays like the us and china and given his background in the military and the fact he was abandoning the us at one point.— us at one point. well, he is far more — us at one point. well, he is far more adept _ us at one point. well, he is far more adept at _ us at one point. well, he is far more adept at the - far more adept at the international stage than his predecessor. he speaks better english, he likesjostling around with powerful people on stage, on the political stage,

but his main priority, i think would be to ensure that indonesia still maintains america's favour and a lot of those arms will come from the west but at the same time he wants to make sure that china continues to invest in indonesia especially in the infrastructure projects that the west is not interested in. so pity is exactly he will be with the americans put economically he will move closer and closer to the people's republic of china. thank you very much for your insight today. ukraine's president zelensky

has been in brussels — where he's urged leaders to accept his plan to strengthen kyiv�*s military position, to force russia into peace talks. speaking at a summit, he called for fast tracked nato membership and permission to use western long—range weapons. he said the additional support would pressure russia into accepting what he called �*a just peace'. senators in kenya have voted to remove the deputy president, rigathi gachagua from office despite his failure to testify at his impeachment trial — after his lawyer said he had been taken to hospital. mr gachagua was accused of corruption, inciting ethnic divisions and undermining the government after falling out with president william rutu. he had denied all the charges and described the impeachment proceedings as a political lynching. and us regulators have adopted a �*click to cancel�* rule — which aims to make it easierfor people to end subscriptions. the move by the federal trade commission will come into effect in around six months' time. king charles and queen camilla are on their way to australia for their biggest overseas trip since

the king began cancer treatment in february. the visit has attracted some controversy though, re—opening questions about the future of the monarchy in australia and the debate about whether the country should become a republic. from sydney, katy watson reports. # god save the king #. for australia's young monarchists there is a lot to celebrate. the fact king charles is travelling 10,000 miles and across ten different time zones, all the while having cancertreatment, is, say these students, testament to his fondness for this country. i'm really excited. i think he's such a big part of our history and our tradition, it's really wonderful we get to celebrate it. people aren't going to line the streets waving unionjacks, they are going to be waving the australian flag because the king isjust as much the king of australia as he is the king of england.

archive: at london airport i the heir to the throne prepared to say goodbye to britain for a few months. - the king first came here aged 17, spending two terms at a rural boarding school and calling it by far the best experience of his education. voice over: monarchy - the farewell tour. - but republicans here say the country needs to move on. they've released this tongue—in—cheek video encouraging australians to think about a future without the royals. we've been independent for a long time now. but that last little step of independence for us is splitting away from the monarchy, having an australian — somebody who lives here, somebody who represents us — someone who is able to go and attend events not every ten years, but every week. this weekend the king and queen will land here in sydney and be shown around by one of the country's most prominent republicans. prime minister anthony albanese has long made it clear that australia needs to rid itself of the monarchy, but plans to hold a vote on the issue have been shelved. there isn't the appetite

for what many see as a distraction from bigger issues, like the cost of living crisis. and the government was defeated in a separate referendum last october, on giving greater political rights to indigenous people. it was a bruising campaign that divided australia. for many first nations communities, a vote on the monarchyjust isn't a priority. we're not white australia any more, we're a brown australia. it would be very interesting to see, you know, a brown head of state or a black head of state, but before we do that we need to include our first nations and acknowledge and recognise that. australia's flag, with the unionjack in the corner, is the most ubiquitous reminder of the country's ties with great britain. in most places though the aboriginalflag now flies alongside it. australia is a very different country to the one king charles first visited nearly 60 years ago. katy watson, bbc news, in sydney.

the largest and brightest supermoon of the year has risen in the night's sky around the world. the hunter's moon — as it's called is the third of four supermoons to occur this year. these pictures show the moon over the skyline of hong kong overnight. nasa says it anticipates the moon will appear full for three days. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. plenty of clear skies across england and wales have given our weather watchers the chance to see the hunter's moon, the third supermoon of the year so far. this was darlington a little earlier on, but the clear skies are quite widespread across england and wales, and the supermoon can be seen as far south as hampshire as well. hello there. plenty of clear skies across england and wales have we have got more cloud the further north and west, with strengthening winds ahead of this weather front that's going to arrive during the morning rush hour, but with those clear skies,

because it's been so wetjust recently, fog is forming and some of it will be quite dense in places for the early morning rush hour or the journey to school. so that fog will lift away during the morning, and central and eastern england, along with eastern scotland, will keep some sunny spells throughout the afternoon. out to the west, some showery rain and strengthening winds with gusts close to 40 miles an hour. but with the sunshine, we still have some pleasant warmth with highs of 17 degrees. now, the rain could turn quite heavy through northern ireland, particularly on the back edge of that, and the same, too, for western scotland. some torrential bursts of rain not out of the question, accompanied by gusts of winds close to 70 miles an hour. perhaps eastern scotland will stay dry for most of the afternoon — top temperatures here of around 13 degrees. but that weather front will continue to push its way steadily eastwards during the early hours of saturday morning, and still quite windy with it as well, although the strongest of the winds slowly easing down. so we start off saturday morning with rain down through the spine of the country — fairly light and patchy as it continues to push its way slowly east, and it may take most of the day to clear away.

but behind it, sunny spells and a few scattered showers for most of us on saturday afternoon, and temperatures from 12—17 degrees, so still above the average really for this stage in october. as we move out of saturday, though, into sunday we could see more of a significant area of low pressure. plenty of isobars squeezing to the southern flank of that low. it could bring some gales or severe gales, and it may well become the first named storm of the season, so keep abreast of the forecast on sunday — some wet and significantly windy weather due to sweep its way north and east. and once it does so, well, for england and wales, we'll see some quieter weather into next week. it stays unsettled further north.

china will release its quarterly growth numbers and about 30 minutes. we get a preview on what to expect straight ahead. plus netflix's results come in strong as the streaming giant gains 5 million new customers in the third quarter. hello and welcome to business today. china markets are trading down ahead of the release of the country's economic growth figures for july to september which will be out in 30 minutes. the world's

second largest economy has expanded 4.7% in the second quarter of the year. that is raising a lot of question marks over beijing hitting its growth target of 5%. for a breakdown of china's challenges, let's bring in katie da silva. help us understand that a. this bring in katie da silva. help us understand that a. as you mentioned. _ us understand that a. as you mentioned, we _ us understand that a. as you mentioned, we have - us understand that a. as you mentioned, we have seen i us understand that a. as you i mentioned, we have seen that 4.7% growth figure for the second quarter. now we are going to find out how the economy performed three months later. the two interesting figure to note here, one is the year on year numbers, so how closest to china to that 5% target? economists are predicting between 4.7% and 4.9%. the other parties whether or not we will see a deceleration and whether the economy has stalled somewhat from the previous three months. in the last 20 minutes we have been hearing from the people's bank of china, the central bank there, they have been meeting with financial institutions, banks, mortgage brokers, fund managers, and they say they have been urging financial

institutions to boost credit support for the