with the conflicts in ukraine and the middle east at the top of the agenda. and king charles and queen camilla are in australia — for their first major foreign trip since the kings cancer diagnosis. hello. a senior hamas official, has given the group's first official confirmation of the killing of its leader, yahya sinwar, by israeli troops yesterday. the group said, sinwar had died in combat, and warned his death in the gaza strip would only strengthen the movement. the us has called on hamas and hezbollah, as well as israel — to seize opportunities for change — created by the killing. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is reported to be holding a security meeting — to discuss the possibility of negotiations on a deal, to free the remaining hostages in gaza.

but hamas said, no hostages would be freed until israel ended its offensive in gaza, and withdrew its forces. yolande knell reports from jerusalem. live pictures in berlin because joe biden isjust leaving, he hasjust gotten onto joe biden isjust leaving, he has just gotten onto air force one as he leaves that meeting of european leaders. a couple of european leaders. a couple of lines of come to us in the last couple of minutes and the possibility of any sort of cease—fire in lebanon and joe biden said there is a possibility of a cease—fire in lebanon but it is going to be harder than in gaza. he's also talking about potentially will you might see a but with israeli strikes on iran and joe biden says he has an understanding of how and when israel will respond to the missile attacks by iran but he declined to give any of the reporters details. some of the

key lines and he has been talking to reporters in the last few minutes and if there is more, we will return to that but those of the pictures as the us president departs from berlin but it has been another very busy 2a hours in the middle east and let's get this latest report. in his final moments, the wounded hamas fighter seated in the ruins wasn't recognised. it was only later that soldiers found they'd killed israel's number—one enemy, yahya sinwar, taking a final swipe at their drone. the hamas leader was the mastermind of the october 7th attacks, israel's deadliest—ever day. and israeli security chiefs saw this as settling a score, but it's clear that the fighting goes on. the prime minister said hamas needed to surrender. while this is not the end of the war in gaza, it's the beginning of the end. to the people of gaza, i have a simple message — this war can end tomorrow.

it can end if hamas lays down its arms and returns our hostages. israelis have been celebrating the killing of the country's most wanted man. but many relatives of the hostages still held in gaza are fearful, too. they want their loved ones home. this is a critical, time—sensitive development as it relates to the hostages. their lives are in great danger now, more than ever. we are calling on the israeli government and the us administration to act swiftly and do whatever is needed to reach a deal with the captors. washington is launching a new push for an agreement after months of failed efforts. the chief obstacle to reaching that ceasefire and bringing. an end to the war has been sinwar, who has refused i to negotiate at all in recentj weeks and has said no time and time again. that obstacle has - obviously been removed.

and yet, few palestinians see an end in sight to the deadliest—ever war in gaza. translation: neta nyahu won't stop. we know that all palestinians are targeted, not only sinwar. every day, there are massacres. and today, hezbollah rockets being intercepted over northern israel were a reminder of how war has already spread in this region. as israel battles hamas, hezbollah and their backer, iran, all are now indicating that the latest high—profile killing only strengthens their resolve. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. our correspondent in jerusalem is wyre davies. tell us a little more about what is really officials have been saying about the death of yayha sinwar because they are trying to create a very clear narrative because that is very important in the region, isn't

it? , ., ., ., it? first of all, we had confirmation - it? first of all, we had confirmation from - it? first of all, we had i confirmation from hamas it? first of all, we had - confirmation from hamas itself, there deputy leader did say that yayha sinwar had been killed but went on to describe the method of his killing and that israeli video according to hamas and the allies and iran, she was fighting with weapons in his hands and he died a martyr step fighting, heroically. that version was contradicted somewhat by the israelis said quite the opposite end according to their intelligence, he had spent most of his time underground in tunnels protected by a human shield of israeli hostages and is only when he was flushed out of these tunnels and running between various houses in the much bombed city in southern gaza that they're able finally catch up with them. very different narrative which may

be met is the short term how he was killed but differing in the events, the thing is, he is dead and hamas has not announced a successor yet but they said that their fight and struggle for palestinian statehood will continue. i do not think on the ground here that there is much on the cease—fire talks despite what we've heard from international leaders elsewhere in the world today. leaders elsewhere in the world toda . g ., �* leaders elsewhere in the world toda �* ., ~ ., today. joe biden talking about the difficulties _ today. joe biden talking about the difficulties of— today. joe biden talking about the difficulties of working - today. joe biden talking about the difficulties of working for. the difficulties of working for a new cease—fire in lebanon and the crisis in gaza and joe biden also saying that he now has an understanding of how and when israel is going to respond to the attacks by iran but declined to give details but we know that missiles are in place and us personnel and so, everything seems to be in place with that response. find everything seems to be in place with that response.— with that response. and that is really ominous. _ with that response. and that is really ominous. he _ with that response. and that is

really ominous. he is - with that response. and that is really ominous. he is and - really ominous. he is and promise they will hit iran in a foetal manner and iran won't know, the thing now is iranian targets that israel is going to hit. and we know americans do not want them to nuclear facilities and so petrol and military facilities, just where in win, the regent, iran has vowed to hit back and that's one of three florence in which israel is fighting a war. despite the death of yayha sinwar, a bombing in the school were several civilians were killed, they said they were going after terrorists in the ongoing fighting in lebanon. the region is really in a very perilous state and despite the calls from keir starmer and other international leaders for a pause in the fighting, to allow the cease—fire.

—— fatal manner in the last few minutes uk prime minister, sir kier starmer, said he continued to support israel's right to self—defence but that there is "no military solution — the answer is diplomacy". speaking directly to israel, he said "the world will not tolerate any more excuses on humanitarian assistance". let me start by saying that no one should mourn the death of hamas leader yayha sinwar. on his hands is the blood of innocent israelis, kill it on the 7th of october and over years of terror. and also, the blood of the palestinian people who suffered in the chaos and violence that he saw and celebrated. we continue to support israel's right to self—defense, particularly in the face of the attacks by the

iranian regime. alex will keep working together to de—escalate across the region. because we know that there is no military only solution here, the answer is diplomacy. and now, we must make the most of this moment. what is needed now is a cease—fire in gaza, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, immediate access to humanitarian aid and return to the path towards the two state solution. that is the only way to deliver long—term peace and security. the dire humanitarian situation cannot continue. president biden's former special envoy to the middle east, david satterfield, told us of his fears over the humanitarian situation in gaza — and the failure of diplomacy. i am very, very

concerned about the humanitarian disaster, and i use the term advisedly, that now exists in gaza. it is a reversal since may of the progress made over the preceding six months, seven months. it has to be addressed and addressed immediately. if you look at the text which was published of a letter sent by secretaries blinken and austin last sunday, you will see an enumeration of specific steps needed by israel and all those steps have been part and parcel of the requirements we have made in the past but they are now essential to avoid notjust the possibilities but the probability of moving beyond malnutrition to famine and starvation, and that cannot be allowed to happen. yes, and we saw that break out at the opening of the un last week with the us ambassador warning israel against using starvation as a weapon and saying, "we are

watching you", and also saying civilians in the north can't be told to have an evacuation order and then anybody who does not move is assumed to be a combatant. what does it tell you that that is what the us is having to say to a major ally? it tells us that the kinetic campaign in gaza has not been paralleled by, if you will, a humanitarian campaign, a humanitarian effort, which if you go back to october, joe biden made clear to netanyahu and his security cabinet, had to be done. it had to be done in order to allow the military campaign to have the time and space necessary to have forward, but it has never adequately met the vigour with which the military side of efforts have been pursued and it has to do so now, given the magnitude of the situation. and winter is coming,

and with it, the chance of epidemic disease, with further suffering, with the effects of malnutrition now projected over many months and going into cold weather. now is when these steps have to be taken. how frustrating has it been behind the scenes for the administration to be on so many occasions ignored? you only have to look at the recent book from bob woodward, with various comments from joe biden, expletive—riddled, calling benjamin neta nyahu a liar. how frustrating has it been to try to exert leverage but for that to be largely ignored? frustration is a term that can be used, but in diplomacy and leadership, it is a matter of persistence, and the record from october until may was a positive one. there was indeed significant positive impact from the...

sure, but we are in october and that is such long period of time where, as you have hinted, the situation has gone backwards. it has indeed, and that is why it has to be addressed in the explicit manner is outlined in that letter. what is to stop the israelis simply continuing to ignore, as you have said they have done over the last three months? in gaza, israel will face 2.3 million desperate people moving into famine and starvation, entirely reliant upon assistantce, feeding, medical care coming in from outside. and we in the international community hold israel responsible for the security environment in the gaza strip and for ensuring that humanitarian assistance can be delivered. i don't believe israel, the government or the israeli people, want to take

on that responsibility, but if they wish to avoid it, now is the moment when steps have to be taken and taken urgently to begin reversing what has happened since may. a few more broader questions — when you look at the situation, we are a year—plus into the conflict in gaza, what is your assessment? is israel more secure a year on? is the us reputation unchanged in the region, or badly damaged? there is no question that israel is more secure. hamas' military might has not been eliminated but it has been significantly disrupted and diminished through battlefield removals. that is without question. and hamas' ability, though, to govern, to effectively project its power on the street, that remains and that has not been broken to the extent their military might has been, and that is a great concern, not

just for israel and the us but for our arab partners as well. but the manner with which you confront that phenomenon is, at this point, not through continued military force but rather through the presentation of a political vision, a horizon, if you will, which in our view has to include a credible pathway to a negotiated permanent status, a two—state resolution. but you have heard what benjamin netanyahu has said about a two—state solution — he simply rules it out. it won't happen. all the more reason for the international community and the united states to continue reiterating that... just repeat a message that is being ignored? it must continue to be reinforced because there is no other path to the genuine diminution of hamas as an ideology, as an idea, with its disastrous, terrorist,

dark vision for the future of the palestinian, and indeed, the arab people of the region. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

south korea's spy agency has presented satellite pictures, which it says, confirm north korea has sent soldiers to support russia in its war against ukraine. seoul's national intelligence service, said 15 hundred special forces troops, had already arrived in russia's far east for training. it said, they were sent on russian transport ships earlier this month. our correspondent will vernon gave us more details. we've had reports for many months now of north korea's intensifying participation in this war.

there have been reports of north korean engineers being killed on the battlefield. western officials saying perhaps half of all artillery shells fired by russia are supplied by north korea. and now this information today from south korean intelligence that perhaps 1,500 special forces troops from north korea are being trained in russia, and they say 13,000 containers of arms have been shipped from pyongyang to russia to be used on the battlefield there since august 2023. now, that is a huge amount of arms — things like artillery shells, missiles, other munitions. and then, as you say, yesterday president zelensky said ukrainian intelligence understands there are 10,000 north korean troops that are being prepared to be sent to the battlefield and he said there are perhaps already some north korean officers in the occupied areas of ukraine and i think we can have a listen now to what president zelensky said. our intelligence, we've got information that north korea

sent tactical personnel and officers to ukraine — temporarily occupied territories. and they are preparing on their land 10,000 soldiers, but they didn't move them already to ukraine or to russia, so when we will have this information, of course we will raise up this question. interestingly, the nato secretary general, mark rutte, was asked about this yesterday and said nato couldn't confirm the participation of north korean soldiers in the war in ukraine. but we know western countries are incredibly concerned about this growing role of north korea in the conflict. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has spoken about this before, spoken about pyongyang ramping up its military support and both russia and north korea deny that north korea

is helping russia. joe biden saying there's no consensus about long—range weapons for ukraine and the repeated requests from president zelensky is the ability to use symbols long—range weapons into russia and targets within that and joe biden said there's no consensus about long—range weapons for ukraine. lord darroch is the former uk national security adviser. he was the uk ambassador to washington during joe biden has been a very good friend to europe during his time as president and paid a lot of attention to european issues. he has been a very solid and reliable ally and contributed a lot to the defence of ukraine. and he has been, which is important in diplomacy, he has been a very predictable figure on the world scene and we've known what he

stands for and what he is going to do. so if this is his last trip, as is likely, i think there is a lot of real business to talk about on ukraine and on the middle east, but it is also a moment for european leaders to express appreciation for what he has done and to say, genuinely, i believe, "we will be sorry when he is gone." exactly on that point, one remembers four years ago when he came into the white house, he effectively said to his allies, "the us is back", and that was so important in terms of some of the question marks of what had gone before. i mean, how important was that? because in terms of the transatlantic relationship, it is in his dna, isn't it? he is one of that generation of american leaders that, when they think of foreign policy, they probably think of europe first. and donald trump, who wasn't without achievements in the foreign—policy field, but he was mostly critical of europe and the contributions of some european

countries to nato, over european trade practices — he said the eu is worse than china. so it was a difficult relationship with donald trump. we may have donald trump next or we may have kamala harris and there would be a lot of continuity with joe biden's foreign—policy with kamala harris, but let's remember that she was brought up in california and is a west coaster. i'm not sure that she has europe in her dna in a way that joe biden and his generation of american politicians do. just discussing those reports about potential troops from north korea joining with russia and that will concern so many of those european leaders and ukraine will be essential to the various sets of talks he is having. how does europe and the allies insulate themselves potentially from the potential of a donald trump presidency and perhaps a markedly different strategy when it

comes to ukraine? i think there are two sides to this. number one, and i think this is happening, we need to get as much of american supplies of weaponry and equipment into ukraine before the 20th of january next year as we possibly can, and i understand that is happening and that the americans are front—loading all their supplies and trying to get as much in as possible over the next few months. and secondly, europe has to do more. in a way, it is actually pathetic that europe is so reliant on america to supply some 70%—plus of what ukraine is doing. king charles and queen camilla have arrived in sydney for a tour of australia and samoa. it's the king's first major overseas engagment since our senior royal correspondent daniela relph reports. 2a hours and 10,000 miles after leaving the uk back

in australia for the 17th time, but his first as king. the welcome party included the australian prime minister, anthony albanese, a republican who would like an australian head of state here. but for the next few days that will be put aside and he will help host a king and queen. to mark the arrival sydney's opera house was lit up with memories of royal trips of old when, as prince of wales, the king was here. visits dating back to 1966 marking key moments in his life. the optics of a royal tour matter, especially this one. it's been a challenging few months for the king with his cancer diagnosis and treatment. this visit is a chance for him to show that a degree of normal service has resumed. preparations for the trip included a commonwealth reception in london,

but on the advice of the king's doctors, the visit is also shorter, includes a rest day and in australia has no evening engagements. buckingham palace say all these adjustments have been made to preserve the king's energy, to make this visit as successful as possible. daniela relph, bbc news, sydney. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. this weekend sees the first named storm of the season. it has been named by the irish met service. at the moment, storm ashley is a long way away, over the other side of the atlantic, and yet to develop from that area of cloud. in advance of that, we have got this deep low running to the north—west of the uk, pushing in this cloud, bringing some rain and some stronger winds. but we still have mild air this afternoon, temperatures will be 16 or 17 degrees. the mist and low cloud and fog that we have had through the midlands and east of england

slowly lifting as the breeze picks up. the stronger winds are in the west, where we have the cloud and this rain. this first bit of rain really won't amount to very much. the second band of rain is going to be heavier. as the winds fall lighter overnight, that rain is going to slow down as it moves into england and wales. clear skies do follow into the west, with temperatures in scotland and northern ireland down to 8 or 9 degrees, but milder elsewhere. a change of fortunes, though, for tomorrow. it's going to be eastern england this time that sees the rain in the morning. it should tend to clear away, but it may linger in the south—east and into the afternoon. otherwise, sunshine follows on behind, and many places will be dry. just a few showers remaining towards the west of scotland. temperatures very similar to today, the winds fairly light, so all in all a decent looking day for many. certainly the better day of the weekend. sunday sees the arrival of this deepening area of low pressure. this is storm ashley, bringing some rain and also those strengthening winds. it's going to be windy everywhere on sunday, with widespread gales. the strongest winds

will be towards the north—west of the uk. this is where we are more likely to have some travel disruption and maybe some damage as well. we have got the rain in the morning, that's going to sweep its way eastwards. there may not be too much rain in the south—east of england. following the rain, a window of dry weather before those squally showers near the storm pack in towards the north—west. another mild day, but that's not the main story — the strength of the wind is the story. the winds picking up really quickly through the irish sea, pushing in those very strong winds across scotland and northern ireland. the core of strongest winds is shown here by this amber wind warning from the met office in the west of scotland and, combined with some high tides, there will be some coastal flooding as well. the winds will still be gusting 60 mph in northern scotland on monday. as the storm moves away, the weather turns quieter.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the british prime ministers starmer issues a blunt warning to israel over the humanitarian situation in gaza. �* , over the humanitarian situation in gaza. �* ., . ., ., ., gaza. and i say once again to israel, gaza. and i say once again to israel. the — gaza. and i say once again to israel, the world _ gaza. and i say once again to israel, the world will - gaza. and i say once again to israel, the world will not - gaza. and i say once again to - israel, the world will not tolerate any more excuses on humanitarian assistance. any more excuses on humanitarian assistance-— assistance. president biden leaves berlin and says _ assistance. president biden leaves berlin and says there _ assistance. president biden leaves berlin and says there is _ assistance. president biden leaves berlin and says there is no - berlin and says there is no consensus on giving long—range missiles to ukraine to strike within

russian territory. the former captain of the latest football team says she was sexually assaulted by mohamed al fayed —— fulham ladies football team. more on those stories in a couple moments, first, though, the sport. good evening, gallon. —— that evening, gavin. hello. we'll start with sailing, and not the day ben ainslie's ineos britannia team would have hoped for — they're just one defeat away from losing the 2024 america's cup. two days after they breathed life into the final with consecutive victories, the crew of britannia were powerless to stop emirates team new zealand from moving to within a race of defending their title. they won both sprint races, the second race by more than 1,000 metres, to leave the british crew needing to win every remaining race in the best—of—13 series in barcelona. the formula 1 season resumes after a three—week break in around one hour's time with the first practice for the united states grand prix. in the driver's championship,

britain's lando norris is nowjust 52 points behind max verstappen with six races of the season