about the people smugglers using small boats to cross the english channel. king charles opens the commonwealth summit in samoa. there's no mention of reparations but a call to learn lessons from history. reparations but a call to learn we reparations but a call to learn ask you to tell us the stories we ask you to tell us the stories you want us to cover. some of your ideas coming up ahead. hello, welcome to the programme. a bbc investigation has uncovered evidence of how germany is being used to store

small boats, before they're used by migrants to cross the english channel. during a meeting that we covertly filmed, two smugglers reveal how dinghies are being stored in secret warehouses around the city of essen. our berlin correspondent, jessica parker, has more on this. essen, west germany, a place many migrants come to or pass through. it's here ourjournalist is posing as a syrian man who wants to get to britain on a small boat. wearing a secret camera, he meets this man, a boat smuggler, who says his name is abu sahar. these are videos from abu sahar — motors, dinghies, for use in migrant crossings. this one, he's suggested, is being stored nearby, somewhere around essen, ready, for the right price. they end up at a cafe. it's becoming clear someone else is coming. months of groundwork have led up to this moment. our guy is just a couple of streets away, having

a meeting with his contact. we've got a tracker on him. we're parked up here. we don't want to get too close — that could compromise things — but we've got to be close enough in case there's a problem and we have to get him out of there. they'rejoined by a man known as al hal — the uncle, a term of authority. due to strict german law, we can't record the sound of the meeting. so, right after, ourjournalist describes to me what happened. they tell me the equipment comes from turkey. they have about ten warehouses around essen. police raided one a few days ago, but they separate their stock and give bait to police. as our investigation shows, smugglers are moving boats from turkey to west germany. britain's national crime agency has confirmed germany's a central location for storing dinghies later used in channel crossings because cities like essen are near, but not too near, the calais

region's more closely watched beaches, while under german law helping to smuggle people out of the eu to a third country, like the uk, isn't technically illegal. back at the cafe, it's down to business. the smuggler says one option. "i can get you a boat. "you will pay me 15,000 euros. "you will get the boat with 60 life jackets "and all the equipment. "guaranteed delivery to the calais area." this testimony is backed up by videos, messages and voice notes from the smugglers. in various exchanges, the main contact, abu sahar, even discusses the merits of certain engine models and known migrant crossing points. 0n the beaches of north—eastern france, dawn breaks. cooperation to crack down on gangs is good or being accelerated, according to the german and uk governments.

but the remnants of failed even fatal crossing attempts litter these shores, while, as we've shown, smugglers continue to make big money from this misery. jessica parker, bbc news. a bit of reaction to the story. the uk home secretary yvette cooper has reacted to the report saying smuggler gangs are operating an entire criminal industry which is why she has also reiterated how since the election they have set up a new border security command to work with partners, also talking about developing new agreements enclosing a new joint action plan with germany. latest reaction from the home secretary, yvette cooper. switching focus and turning our attention to the middle east.

there are reports at least 20 people are dead following an israeli airstrike in the southern gaza city of khan younis. meanwhile, lebanese state media say three journalists have been killed in an israeli air strike in southern lebanon. an act described as a war crime by lebanon's minister of information. the strikes on friday morning reportedly targeted their residence in the town of hasbaya near the border with syria. israel has not commented on the attack but the idf did confirm five soldiers were killed in southern lebanon the previous day. it comes as efforts to re—start negotiations on a ceasefire and hostage release deal in gaza continue. us secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in london after holding meetings in doha with qatari leaders. the reason i believe there is opportunity now is because the biggest obstacle to concluding that agreement was sinwar and the fact that he is no longer with us perhaps creates an opening for actually moving forward and concluding an agreement. let's speak to our correspondent injerusalem,

yolande knell. good to have you on the programme. first, what more do we know about the latest israeli in khan younis? the reorts israeli in khan younis? the reports we _ israeli in khan younis? the reports we have _ israeli in khan younis? the reports we have are - israeli in khan younis? tue: reports we have are that israeli in khan younis? tte: reports we have are that israel has attacked at least two homes in the south of the gaza strip, killing at least 20 people there. social media footage we have not yet been able to clarify that shows following the attack on one family home it seems 14 people were killed there and you can clearly see in the footage there are the bodies of women and small children who are laid out. all of this happening as the israeli military has just given us confirmation saying there has been a number of terrorists killed from the air and ground in southern gaza. it also says in southern gaza. it also says in the north, injabalia, the focus of its ground campaign in the past few weeks, where it

says it has been going after regrouping hamas fighters, there it is talking about general operational activity. we had reports from the gaza civil defence there had been strikes last night on 11 residential buildings, but the israeli military is telling us it does not have information about strikes at that time. one of our colleagues told us he was still trying to reach his family in that part ofjabalia. 0therwise family in that part ofjabalia. otherwise we know a hospital also in the north of the gaza strip has been a realfocus, one of the few functioning hospitals in the area, and we have been hearing from the director of the hospital via social media conditions there are catastrophic, israeli forces said to have moved on and be dividing people from inside the hospital into men and women in the courtyard and he is complaining, the director, that instead of being sent aid, they were sent tanks. the israeli military yet to

hear, from then on what exactly is happening there. figs hear, from then on what exactly is happening there.— is happening there. as we seak, is happening there. as we speak, antony _ is happening there. as we speak, antony blinken - is happening there. as we speak, antony blinken isl is happening there. as we | speak, antony blinken is in london due to meet arab foreign ministers, some of the meetings are currently on. what is the apatite like in israel over the talks happening in london and prior to that in doha?- prior to that in doha? when it comes to _ prior to that in doha? when it comes to domain _ prior to that in doha? when it comes to domain hostage - comes to domain hostage families group, they have already welcomed this latest initiative to get ceasefire talks and hostage release deal moving again. what we understand from the israeli prime minister's office, they will send the head of the mossad intelligence agency along on sunday to meet the cia chief on the half of the us and the qatari prime minister. we are expecting egyptian intelligence officials to go to doha as well. of course the qataris and egyptians have been serving as regional mediators. what we heard is a hamas

delegation did meet the egyptian intelligence officials in cairo last night, but what we have been hearing from hamas consistently as they have not changed their conditions for any kind of deal. they say hostages will not be released until there is an end to what they call israel's aggression and complete withdrawal of troops from gaza.— and complete withdrawal of troops from gaza. hold on for a moment. _ troops from gaza. hold on for a moment. also _ troops from gaza. hold on for a moment, also trying _ troops from gaza. hold on for a moment, also trying to - troops from gaza. hold on for a moment, also trying to get - troops from gaza. hold on for a i moment, also trying to get some details coming in from the us secretary of state, antony blinken, his visit in london. some use lines as he meets arab foreign ministers, antony blinken saying that there is an urgency to get a diplomatic resolution in the lebanon conflict, what we are learning from antony blinken. we're also hearing from thejordanian hearing from the jordanian foreign hearing from thejordanian foreign minister being quoted reuters, saying, ethnic cleansing is taking place in northern gaza. the action coming in from thejordanian foreign minister. let us listen in. ., .,

in. could we get one comment... the most — in. could we get one comment... the most important _ in. could we get one comment... the most important thing - in. could we get one comment... the most important thing is - in. could we get one comment... the most important thing is to i the most important thing is to drive _ the most important thing is to drive towards the diplomatic resolution to get the understanding is necessary for the full— understanding is necessary for the full implementation... the sooner— the full implementation... the sooner we _ the full implementation... the sooner we are able to do that, the sooner— sooner we are able to do that, the sooner we are able to get a resolution, _ the sooner we are able to get a resolution, meanwhile, we want to see _ resolution, meanwhile, we want to see civilians protected. we want — to see civilians protected. we want to — to see civilians protected. we want to make sure the lebanese armed _ want to make sure the lebanese armed forces are not caught in the crossfire, and certainly we want _ the crossfire, and certainly we want to — the crossfire, and certainly we want to make sure in places like — want to make sure in places like beirut there is a real effort _ like beirut there is a real effort to— like beirut there is a real effort to make sure people are unharmed and civilians are not caught— unharmed and civilians are not caught up— unharmed and civilians are not caught up in this crossfire. it caught up in this crossfire. [t has caught up in this crossfire. has to caught up in this crossfire. tit has to stop immediately. lebanon, we guarantee the security of all, 1701. my short answer is, yes, it is going to stop now.

answer is, yes, it is going to stop nova— stop now. thank you, press. thank you- _ stop now. thank you, press. thank you. the _ stop now. thank you, press. thank you. the jordanian - thank you. the jordanian foreian thank you. the jordanian foreign minister- thank you. the jordanian foreign minister at - thank you. the jordanian foreign minister at the l thank you. the jordanian - foreign minister at the meeting along with other arab foreign ministers meeting and some of the statements talking about the statements talking about the need to arrive at some sort of diplomatic solution, what we heard antony blinken say. we can go back to yolande knell who continues to be with us in jerusalem. i don't know if you had what secretary of state antony blinken had to say, but essentially talking about the need for diplomatic resolution. how much pressure do you think there is, given the visit antony blinken made to israel as well, how much pressure is the us, israel's top ally, to try to get this done, given the circumstances? t try to get this done, given the circumstances?— try to get this done, given the circumstances? i mean, there is a lot of pressure _ circumstances? i mean, there is a lot of pressure coming - circumstances? i mean, there is a lot of pressure coming from i a lot of pressure coming from the us, but as we have found over the past year, it does not always lead to an immediate response from the israeli government. certainly, the attitude of israeli officials

is that they will act in accordance with their own national security needs. at the same time, when mr blinken was here, he said many times they could not be a protracted campaign going on in lebanon and he said the us was working on a diplomatic deal for a ceasefire. what we were hearing referred to as the idea of the un security council resolution 1701, the resolution that ended the 2006 war between israel and hezbollah. underthe the 2006 war between israel and hezbollah. under the terms of that, it was supposed to be hezbollah did not come into the southern part of lebanon, close to israel's border, and there has been consistently does demand the resolution should be adhered to, that hezbollah forces should not be below the lakhani river line in the south of lebanon. we also have been hearing importantly from the head of the israeli military in recent days about what they see

as their military achievements in lebanon and they said earlier this week in the north, the north of israel, there is a possibility of reaching a sharp end, we have finished hezbollah's senior command in a very fine away, he said.- very fine away, he said. thank ou for very fine away, he said. thank you for taking _ very fine away, he said. thank you for taking us _ very fine away, he said. thank you for taking us through - very fine away, he said. thank you for taking us through the l you for taking us through the developments on the ground and the development is taking place in london as well. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you are life with bbc news. the us election is at a fever pitch, with less than two weeks to go, it's a tight race, so there's again a big focus on those all important swing states. kamala harris has been holding a star—studded rally in clarkston, georgia, featuring the boss, bruce springsteen, filmmaker tyler perry, as well as former

us president barack 0bama. while donald trump has been campaigning on the other side of the country in arizona and nevada — another important state for both campaigns. he spoke of the issue of immigration in that speech. cbs correspondent, jarred hill, is in new york and gave us some highlights from the last 2a hours. over the last 2a hours, it really is this continuation of both of the campaigns at this point really leaning into their bases. 0bviously, one of the goals for both is to try to expand their reach, the electoral map, to try to win over as many undecided voters as might still be out there at this point. also seeing them making an effort to get supporters, die—hard supporters, to the polls come election day so they can try and win the election in november. it is still a close contest, what is the mood like in both of those camps? a close contest right now, both of them out loud are saying they think

they have a path to victory. we know that we are seeing vice president harris making a concerted effort to try to win over as many swayable republican voters as possible, folks who might not like former president trump for various reasons, might have voted for nikki haley in the primaries, still kind of on the fence about whether they support trump, trying to pull them over to her side, but at the same time maintaining the democratic base. trump's side, we are seeing him drilling in on a couple of greatest hits, you could call them, his stance on immigration, as well as saying he would be the candidate who would improve the economy the most. again, the question is going to be whether they can pull over any people who might not be in their core group of supporters to vote for them come election day,

because it is believed especially of key battleground states, georgia, pennsylvania, north carolina, that will be all the difference. getting closer, less than two weeks to go, give us a sense of what we can expect over the next few days and the plan in terms of both of the candidates. what we are going to be seeing for vice president harris, another star—studded event later on today in houston, texas. a state she is not expected to win at all. the campaign is looking to use it as a bit of a springboard for attention for folks in battleground seats. in texas, we are expecting for her to bejoined by beyonce, that has been a question of if and when she would appear physically with vice president harris, looks like that will be today. over the weekend, we have former president trump doing a big rally in new york city, a state again he is not expected to win either. jarred hill of cbs news speaking to me a short while

back. king charles has urged a summit of commonwealth leaders to commit to learning the lessons of the past, but did not directly address the issue of reparations for slavery. the king said it was time to find creative ways to right inequalities that endure within the commonwealth of 56 nations — most of them linked to the former british empire. some leaders have said they want the gathering in samoa to debate the issue of reparations for britain's historical role in the atlantic slave trade. in an address, he spoke supportively of the commonwealth's work. in this nation of 200,000 souls, glad that this week the representatives of 2.7 billion people. a, representatives of 2.7 billion --eole. �* ., representatives of 2.7 billion neale, �* ., ., �*, people. a third of the world's population- _ people. a third of the world's population. once _ people. a third of the world's population. once again, - people. a third of the world's population. once again, the l population. once again, the extraordinary diversity and enduring power of the commonwealth are proudly on display and as i look around the room, this evening, it gives me enormous pride to think that there are really

very few occasions in which leaders with such diverse experiences and perspectives can come together over dinner as friends and indeed as a family to learn from and to draw strength from one another. 0ur correspond katy watson has the latest from samoa. ~ ., ., samoa. we will not get an a olo: samoa. we will not get an apology from _ samoa. we will not get an apology from the - samoa. we will not get an apology from the king, . samoa. we will not get an | apology from the king, not samoa. we will not get an - apology from the king, not his role. also something the uk has said they will not do anyway. i don't think the issue is going to go away. clearly, lots 1536 00