on bbc london, a pregnant woman and her unborn baby have died, after and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. hamas has confirmed that its leader, yahya sinwar, was killed in combat, but says his death will only strengthen the group. sinwar was the architect of the october 7th attacks on israel, in which 1,200 people died and another 250 were taken hostage. tonight we'll look at how israel managed to kill the man at the top of their most—wanted list, inside gaza. the leaders of the us, the uk,

germany, and france today called for an end to the war in gaza. sir keir starmer said the world would not tolerate "any more excuses" over humanitarian assistance. there are fears of famine, as winter approaches. the united nations says there is "catastrophic" food insecurity, with nearly two million people displaced. our first report is from our international editor, jeremy bowen, on the day's developments. in the remains of a mosque in khan younis, his birthplace, there were pairs for yahya sinwar. funeral rites without the body of the man they regard as a martyr. his death, they regard as a martyr. his death, the americans hope, is a chance to restart ceasefire talks and perhaps extract more concessions, but far from here, in qatar, sinwar�*s deputy, who is also the hamas chief negotiator, stuck to his conditions.

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october, like others, i misjudged him, we thought he was hiding but he was fighting, he was armed and engaged — was fighting, he was armed and engaged in battle. translation: ., ., , ., , translation: there are many others, i don't know if— translation: there are many others, i don't know if the _ translation: there are many others, i don't know if the war _ translation: there are many others, i don't know if the war will _ translation: there are many others, i don't know if the war will end - translation: there are many others, i don't know if the war will end or - i don't know if the war will end or not, _ i don't know if the war will end or not. everyone _ i don't know if the war will end or not, everyone wants _ i don't know if the war will end or not, everyone wants the - i don't know if the war will end or not, everyone wants the water i i don't know if the war will end or. not, everyone wants the water end but we _ not, everyone wants the water end but we don't — not, everyone wants the water end but we don't know— not, everyone wants the water end but we don't know full— not, everyone wants the water end but we don't know full stop - not, everyone wants the water end but we don't know full stop may. not, everyone wants the water endj but we don't know full stop may be god have _ but we don't know full stop may be god have mercy— but we don't know full stop may be god have mercy on _ but we don't know full stop may be god have mercy on all _ but we don't know full stop may be god have mercy on all the - but we don't know full stop may be god have mercy on all the dead. i god have mercy on all the dead. yisrael— god have mercy on all the dead. yisrael senses— god have mercy on all the dead. yisrael senses weakness - god have mercy on all the dead. yisrael senses weakness in - god have mercy on all the dead. . yisrael senses weakness in hamas without sinwar and more combat units went into northern gaza, ignoring american pleas for more humanitarian aid instead. hostage families want prime minister netanyahu to prioritise a deal to free them. this is a hue prioritise a deal to free them. this is a huge game — prioritise a deal to free them. ti 3 is a huge game for the israeli government. it can no longer say that hamas is stopping a deal from happening. this is the moment for us to beg you to do what it takes to reach a deal. there is an opportunity now and it's an opportunity now and it's an opportunity that must not be missed. but israel's instinct now is to push

harder. the army chief of staff visited the troops on the other front inside lebanon. israel feels it has its enemies on the run, which is why it's rejected several ceasefire proposals in lebanon. the next enemy israel wants to hurt izzy run, retaliation for attacking israel with missiles his coming. hopes that sinwar�*s death might be a chance to slow the war down for diplomacy to work could be wishful thinking. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. what do we know about how israel managed to kill the hamas leader yahya sinwar, inside gaza? and what do his final moments tell us about the group? our analysis editor ros atkins and our gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf have been looking at the evidence. this is a video filmed by an israeli drone, as it enters the building where hamas leader yahya sinwar was found on wednesday. he was the key figure behind the 7th of october attacks. at bbc verify, we've confirmed the location this building, in rafah, in southern gaza,

and we've studied satellite imagery of the area. as the drone enters the first—floor room, we see a man sitting in an armchair. he's moving and appears wounded. he waves an object, then throws it — apparently at the drone. afterthis, israeli forces killed him. according to israel, there were exchanges of fire and then their tanks aimed at the buildings. but it wasn't until soldiers returned on thursday that they realised that the face of one of the men they'd killed strongly resembled that of the leader of hamas. in order to confirm this, they sent for dna testing, and on thursday it was confirmed — it was him. hamas has confirmed his death as well. and for some, it came as a surprise that he appeared alone, as rushdi abualouf, the bbc�*s gaza correspondent, explains. i met him four or five times before. he was rarely giving any interview to foreign media.

he was always surrounded with a very tight security arrangement around him. so how was sinwar found? the building where sinwar was killed is here, in a northern area of rafah, close to gaza's border with egypt. we've established this by matching known images and videos of the area with the footage released by israel. the israeli military has released images of what it says are weapons found at the scene. also, this sequence of satellite images clearly shows how israeli forces have been operating in the area for weeks. at the end of september, buildings had been destroyed. this video, shared on social media last month, shows extensive damage. and you can see the building where sinwar would later be found. it appears to have been partially destroyed. there also seems to be a defensive wall constructed by the israelis, suggesting they had a strong presence in the area. but the killing of sinwar appears

to have been as a result of a routine patrol, not a targeted assassination, which raises many questions. it was a surprise to everybody to see him just in an ordinary house, in a place called tal al—sultan area in rafah. this place is underfull israeli control since lastjune. but that is where israel's number one target was found and killed. and now this war continues without yahya sinwar, we watch to see what hamas and israel do next. ros atkins, bbc news. inside gaza, as we've heard, there are growing fears of famine as winter approaches. the israeli government doesn't allow journalists from the bbc and other foreign news organisations independent access to gaza. from jerusalem, our special correspondent fergal keane sent this report. a warning that it contains images you may find distressing.

again, the un warns of famine. again, it describes a catastrophe. again, israel denies a policy of starvation. and hunger renewed. charity keeps many from starvation. translation: there is - absolutely nothing available. the financial situation is very difficult and we cannot buy anything. even if prices drop, we still cannot buy. israel launched an offensive in the northern gaza strip two weeks ago and has impeded aid, according to the un and america. now, some trucks are entering since the united states warned israel it might cut arms shipments. arab states have dropped aid, but a prominent un figure told us, "nothing like what's needed."

the violations, the suffering of people on a day to day basis, including for very basic necessities, is unparalleled, is unprecedented. history will look back at this and judge and see, and ask questions about what the international community was doing when such atrocities were happening in gaza. nothing has changed in the reality of gazan lives in the last 2a hours. they're still burying their dead in deir al—balah. 12—year—old abdul rahman al—dalu died of burns in an israeli air strike. the fire that swept through their tents killed his 19—year—old brother shaban. they were refugees in a hospital compound. the israelis blame hamas, saying they operated in the compound. here they are in a selfie taken by shaban before the war, abdul rahman at the back.

his mother also killed. this, the anguish of a father who could not save them. translation: he was the first one i was able to pull out of the fire. . but this was his fate. three times i pulled him out of the fire, but his body was going back to it. i wish it was me. i wish the fire burned me but didn't burn my son. my whole life is gone. desperation in gaza, in all its forms. a food queue, among nearly two million people, pleading for small mercies. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. liam payne's former partner, the singer cheryl, has said their seven—year—old son bear now has to face the reality of never seeing his father again, and described the last few days as an "indescribably painful time".

the one direction star died on wednesday, after falling from a hotel balcony in argentina. simon cowell said tonight that he would remember liam payne as kind, funny, thoughtful and talented. here's lizo mzimba. those who were closest to liam payne have been sharing their grief at his loss. his former partner, girls aloud singer cheryl, who is the mother of theirson, bear, said, liam was not only a pop star and celebrity, he was a son, a brother, an uncle, a dear friend and a father to our seven—year—old son. a son that now has to face the reality of never seeing his father again. criticising some sections of the press, she added, what is troubling my spirit the most

is that one day bear will have access to the abhorrent reports and media exploitation we have seen in the last two days. while liam's girlfriend of two years, katie cassidy, said, she loved him and would love him for the rest of his life. earlier today, liam payne's father arrived at a morgue in buenos aires to formally identify the singer's body so that it can be released and liam returned home. he fell from a third—floor balcony. an initial postmortem that died from multiple traumas. his room was found in disorder with multiple packets of medication found. # driving too fast #. since the news broke those in his life have been paying tribute. simon

cowell, the man who brought one direction together, said he was heartbroken. you were kind, funny, sweet, thoughtful, talented, humble, focused, adding, he always told people how much you love music and how much love you have genuinely had for the fans. all his root bandmates said they were devastated. harry styles said of liam, it was an honour to be alongside him, the most cherished years of my life. both zane and lewis said it was like losing a family member. zayn malik saying, i lost a brother when you left us, i loved and respected you dearly. while louis tomlinson spoke about liam's seven—year—old son, saying, if bear ever needs me i will be the uncle he needs in his life and tell him stories of how amazing his dad was. and niall horan said, i feel so fortunate that i got to see him recently. isadly feel so fortunate that i got to see him recently. i sadly didn't know that after saying goodbye and hugging him that evening i would be

saying goodbye forever. liam payne will be sadly missed by fans and friends. lizo mzimba, bbc news. the former captain of fulham's women's team has said she was assaulted on two separate occasions by the football club's then owner, mohamed al fayed. ronnie gibbons says both attacks took place at harrods department store more than 20 years ago, when she was just 20. she said she's decided to tell her story in the hope of healing the embarrassment and pain she's carried for years. here's our sports news correspondent, laura scott. ronnie gibbons is going to come on... she led a team of trailblazers — fulham ladies, the first women's footballers in europe to turn professional. but, behind hersmile, team captain ronnie gibbons was hiding troubling experiences at the hands of mohamed al fayed, the club's owner. you've just arrived? yes. she became the first person to speak publicly, with allegations against the late billionaire, directly

in relation to fulham, recounting in some detail two incidents she said happened in his private office at the luxury london department store harrods in 2000, when she was 20. speaking to the athletic, she said she was taken to harrods by members of fulham's staff and then left alone with al fayed. recounting one experience, she said... "he held my arms, pulled me in and tried to kiss me on the mouth. "i sort of moved my head so he could only kiss me on the cheek." she said she was wearing her fulham tracksuit at the time and froze. she went on to say... "i was used. "i just felt a huge responsibility on my shoulders because we had just "turned professional. "everything internally was screaming at me, �*ronnie, "you need to leave'." last month, the bbc aired a documentary and podcast containing testimony from former harrods employees, who said al fayed sexually assaulted or raped them. since then, a further 65 women have contacted the bbc, saying they were abused by him.

lawyers representing survivors of al fayed had always warned that, wherever he went, there would be victims. now, allegations have come to the door of fulham football club, which once celebrated the impact of al fayed on its women's team. sad, it is really sad to listen. we all feel something, as i said, notjust as fulham manager but as a human being, and you have to be completely against this situation. we are talking about something that happened probably 25 years ago, it's not something in the last few years, but it is sad anyway. former fulham women's manager gaute haugenes, who was appointed after the alleged incident involving gibbons and al fayed, last month said club staff stopped the owner being alone with players, having known he liked young blonde girls. gibbons was said to be frustrated by his comments, and today haugenes apologised to her, saying more should have been done to protect her and others. the women's football environment in particular, there are some significant

challenges, and it brings to the fore the prevalence of power imbalances and the risk to women in the industry, working both on and off the pitch. for players, it's really important that they are protected and safeguarded, and that their voices are listened to first and foremost, and that's the same for women off the pitch as well. lawyers say they are representing three other former fulham players. the lionesses have stood on the shoulders of players like gibbons, but no one knew the price she paid for pursuing her footballing dream. laura scott, bbc news. our uk correspondent, daniel sandford, is here. daniel, allegations just keep coming. it's really striking how this scandal has ballooned since the bbc documentary was broadcast only a month ago. it's really grown incredibly fast and spread from harrods to al fayed's homes in

london and surrey, to the ritz hotel in paris, which has strongly condemned any actions which don't align with its values, and now fulham football club. since the documentary was broadcast, more than 65 more women have come forward with new allegations just to the bbc. the met police says more than a0 women have come forward to them, the odds to 21 who had made allegations before he died. those are being assessed to see if there's any criminality by people who might have been helping them put up surrey police have a case relating to his mansion in oxted in surrey and the biggest number is the more than 200 claims been settled by harrods with women who say they have had sexual misconduct by mohamed al fayed while in their employ. some of the women making allegations will appear on more than one or all of the lists but it does show that, since the bbc broadcast a documentary about a man who was clearly a prolific predator,

lots of women have lost their fear and have been able to come forward and have been able to come forward and try and give an idea of the scale of the scandal. the body of the former first minister of scotland, alex salmond, has been returned to scotland. his coffin was met by his family as it was taken off a private plane at aberdeen airport. mr salmond suffered a heart attack in north macedonia on saturday. a date for his funeral hasn't yet been announced. south korea is claiming that north korea has agreed to deploy up to 12,000 troops to help russia in its war against ukraine. the intelligence service in seoul says some troops are already being moved, and has provided satellite pictures which it says proves that. moscow has dismissed previous reports of north korean involvement as fake news. our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, sent this report. satellite images have accompanied the claims of pyongyang's growing involvement in moscow's invasion. south korea's spy agency

says they show a russian vessel collecting weapons, as well as north korean troops gathering at military bases in russia's far east. it's thought 1,500 have arrived and another 10,000 will follow. and ukraine is in no doubt what for. translation: we are convinced that they want to use these - north korean soldiers as cannon fodder. they understand how sensitive the issue of mobilisation is in russian society. they are trying to solve their domestic political issues by dragging other countries into the war. there is mounting evidence of russia using north korean ammunition, missiles and technology. with it already outnumbered, kyiv is worried about what more invading soldiers could mean. while ukraine's allies have provided billions of pounds in military aid, like weapons and ammunition, it's never been soldiers, over fears of a wider war. now, there are growing accusations that the same can't be said for russia.

for one former deputy defence minister, it's another step change. this is like a first open participation of the third party in this war. and it means that the war becomes more global and becomes more influential in geopolitical meaning, i think _ despite the surrounding speculation, vladimir putin made no mention of north korea at this business forum in moscow. he only said that russia will keep fighting in ukraine for as long as necessary. for the ukrainians on the receiving end of his invasion, the cost continues to mount. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. the situation in ukraine was at the top of the agenda, as the prime minister, keir starmer, met us president biden, along with the leaders of france and germany, in berlin. from there, katya adler reports.

there was a lot to cram into this briefest of state visits. first off, joe biden was awarded germany's highest honour, for prioritising european relations and defence while president. nor is that work more urgent than in pushing back against putin's vicious attack against ukraine. we cannot let up. we must sustain our support. in my view, we must keep going until ukraine wins a just and durable peace. butjoe biden's not gone from office yet. he has a few weeks and a lot of ambition left on the world stage. across town, he met the prime minister and france's president, along with the german chancellor — four big nato powers — to debate new ceasefire efforts in gaza and how best to help ukraine, on the back foot against russia on its front lines. but there are two huge elephants inside these high—level talks.

there's the spreading ukraine fatigue, with ukraine's allies grappling with their own domestic challenges. here in germany, the far left and the far right are sympathetic to moscow. and then there's the us election — who will win it? and will that new president ultimately leave europe alone to defend itself? prime minister, there has been a lot of talk of trump—proofing european defence, in case he returns as president and has other priorities. and what of ukraine? you aren't giving president zelensky what he wants. that's what we've been working hard on today — what further capability, what further equipment, what further resource can we put in. so we're very pleased to reiterate again, as i did to president zelensky last week, the full support that he has from us. for ukraine, extra help from its biggest backers can't come fast enough. the country is in a particularly vulnerable moment, and the rest of europe too. katya adler, bbc news, berlin.

and katie razzall will have more on newsnight on bbc two shortly. yes, on newsnight, keir starmersays britain is back on the global stage, but what if his foreign policy strategy in an ever more dangerous world? and more budget links, we analyse them. that's newsnight, in a few minutes on bbc two, bbc news and iplayer. an unusual experiment to restore a valuable wetland in somerset has been a big success. the national trust filled in the river aller and then let it find its own natural course — and it's led to a major increase in biodiversity. our climate editorjustin rowlatt went to find out more. from the air, the river aller used to look like a typical british river. it had been straightened into a neat single channel that kept the land dry, but left little room for nature. so here's the question. is it possible to do the ecological

equivalent of a complete reboot — to reset the river and let it find its own course through the landscape? other projects have used diggers to reconstruct the curves our rivers used to have. but here in west somerset, the national trust tried something much more radical. theyjust filled the river in and then waited to see what would happen next. it really is boggy now, isn't it? it's absolutely brilliant. it is absolutely phenomenal. it has just transformed. it is green, it's messy, it's noisy. you walk through and the insects go up, and then you stop and listen. and the birdsong is just amazing. what's so interesting is the national trust couldn't be certain what would happen. this wetland environment supports much more life, including endangered water voles. but what about downriver? the villages regularly flood and last winter was one

of the wettest on record. post—restoration we had some really significant rainfall events, you know, unprecedented, really. the site responded really well. we didn't get any downstream flooding. other villages in and around somerset, you know, really badly flooded. the data's backed that up. we've significantly reduced the flood peak and helped protect downstream communities. the uk is reckoned to have lost 90% of its wetlands in the last 100 years. river resets like this won't work everywhere, but the national trust is already considering sites where it could be repeated. justin rowlatt, bbc news, west somerset. the king and queen have arrived in sydney, at the start of a six—day trip to australia. it's the king's first visit to the country since becoming its head of state two years ago, and it has re—opened questions about whether australia should become a republic. our senior royal correspondent, daniela relph, reports. 2a hours and 10,000 miles

after leaving the uk, the king and queen arrived in australia in torrential rain. a look back from her husband as the queen tentatively negotiated the slippy aircraft steps to meet the welcome party below. amongst them was the australian prime minister, anthony albanese, a republican who would like an australian head of state here. but for the next few days, he will instead help host the king and queen. to mark the start of the visit, sydney's opera house was lit up with memories of past royal trips. the king has now been to australia 17 times. many of the images significant 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.

ahead of today's arrival, public engagements for the king have been carefully managed. a commonwealth reception back in london, one ofjust a few he's done in recent months. like this tour, the king's timetable now happens under medical supervision. a royal visit usually comes with precision planning, but not everything runs smoothly. the lighting up of the opera house tonight ended up being delayed for more than an hour. the bad weather prevented the departure of a cruise ship in the harbour, which was blocking the projection. the ship's name, the queen elizabeth. daniela relph, bbc news, sydney. and if you want to continue watching the bbc news at 10pm, please turn over to bbc1, or you can watch on iplayer.

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