to ban a un relief agency from operating in its territory. unrwa provides humanitarian aid for palestinian refugees in gaza and elsewhere. but israel has accused it of employing supporters of hamas, responsible for the attacks in israel on the 7th of october, killing 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostage. today, more than 90 people have been killed in an israeli air strike on a residential building in the town of beit lahia in northern gaza, according to hamas. our special correspondent fergal keane sent this report from jerusalem, and i should warn you — it contains images of people caught up in the air strike. bearing the dead in beit lahia. at any time, expelling the main aid agency for palestinians would have been controversial. but in the middle of this, it's provoked widespread international criticism. dozens were killed here in an israeli air strike,

according to local health officials. in gaza city, where many from beit lahia have fled another strike. "dear world, feel with us. we are exhausted," the boy says. "why did this happen? why is there a massacre?" there are nearly 2 million displaced in gaza, facing famine, the un says. and depending on unwra for the basics of survival, within three months, the agency is to be shut down. i mean, it's absolutely outrageous. we said that the prospect of this vote was outrageous. the fact that the vote has happened is equally outrageous. it creates an incredibly dangerous precedent, notjust for this region, but potentially with international implications in other places. israel has accused unwra staff of being involved in the october 7th attacks. allegations were made against 19 staff out of 13,000. nine were subsequently fired. today, i met the government

mp who's sponsoring the legislation. the determination of fighting terrorism is a consensus and this is part of it. unwra has decided on the seventh to go on the wrong side of history. so, no matter what pressure comes from the americans or from anybody else, this bill will not be withdrawn? you will go ahead with expelling unwra? so, first of all, you have to understand... it's a really straightforward question. yes, i will give you... yes _ yes, definitely. you will not back down. of course not. of course not. because we believe in our bill and because it's a just and right bill. the reality is that gaza needs vastly increased amounts of aid. every day there are appeals to the world for help. translation: therefore, | we urge the world to quickly open a safe and humane path for medical staff— from all specialities. there's the debate about what might or might not

happen with unwra. and there's this — the certainty of relentless suffering. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. us state department spokesperson matthew miller was asked for his response to the deadly beit lahiya strike in a press conference a short while ago. we are deeply concerned by the loss of civilian life in this incident. this was a horrifying incident with a horrifying result. i can't speak to the total death toll, but there are reports of two dozen children killed in this incident. no doubt a number of them are children who have been fleeing the effects of this war for more than a year now. we have reached out to the government of israel to ask what happened here. we don't yet know the underlying circumstances, we have not gotten a full explanation from them about what happened. israel's defence minister yoav gallant has vowed that hezbollah�*s new leader "won't last long". the warning came hours

after the iranian backed after the iranian—backed group announced that naim qassem, its deputy secretary general, would succeed hassan nasrallah, who was killed in an israeli air strike in beirut last month. israeli attacks have decimated hezbollah�*s chain of command and qassem's whereabouts are unclear, amid reports that he's fled to iran. with me is hafed al—thell, senior fellow and executive director of the north africa initiative at the sais foreign policy institute. thank you so much for being with us. can i start by asking you about the unrwa vote in israel? it you about the unrwa vote in israel? , ., ., , . israel? it will be enormous and a tragedy- _ israel? it will be enormous and a tragedy- it — israel? it will be enormous and a tragedy. it is _ israel? it will be enormous and a tragedy. it is first _ israel? it will be enormous and a tragedy. it is first of - israel? it will be enormous and a tragedy. it is first of all - a tragedy. it is first of all the lifeline for people in gaza in general and the occupied west bank. last year, it treated over 8 million people and has about mo, hundred a0 something and has about iao, hundred a0 something medical centres around the region. when it

comes to health care, food deliveries, even education and schooling, halfi million children go to their schools. across vocational training, small business support forjust assistance. it's a massive impact, and the irony of it again is that this is just another violation that we are all watching. starving people is against international law. the question is crucial after the last year that we have seen. if israel does say that there were infiltrations by hamas members into that organisation, is there no alternative way of delivering aid, a new organisation? it’s aid, a new organisation? it's uuite an aid, a new organisation? it�*s quite an exaggerated claim. israel claimed there were about

12 people who participated in the attack of hamas or members of hamas who were staff of unrwa. the un found with some questionable links, and they were terminated. the claim that unrwa is a un agency that has 30,000 employees across the main employer over there, main place for health care, for services, to claim they are in bed with a mosque was quite —— that they are with hamas. some countries including the uk and the us have taken that claim at face value. the problem here is that, as you allow discontinuation of dismantling of the international law, the impact is beyond israel. it's

weakening the international order itself. 50 weakening the international order itself.— order itself. so much will hinue order itself. so much will hinge on _ order itself. so much will hinge on what _ order itself. so much will hinge on what happens . order itself. so much willj hinge on what happens in order itself. so much will. hinge on what happens in the order itself. so much will- hinge on what happens in the us next week. talk me through the different outcomes from what you are hearing, from both teams, from both administrations there. . administrations there. the us is many uses. _ administrations there. the us is many uses. the _ administrations there. the us is many uses. the east - administrations there. the us is many uses. the east coast| is many uses. the east coast and west coast are more democratic. some pockets in the midwest, some metropolitan areas will support kamala harris. those who will vote emotionally out of fear, the fear of the immigrants, the fear of the immigrants, the fear of the immigrants, the fear of all kinds of things that aren't going to vote for trump because that's going to be his line, it'sjust trump because that's going to be his line, it's just fear. those who want to vote for the

future of the us, my opinion, logically, are going to vote for kamala.— for kamala. how are those different — for kamala. how are those different administrations l different administrations handling what happened in the middle east? the us obviously has been a staunch supporter of israel. do you think even a harris administration will be tougher with netanyahu? ida. harris administration will be tougher with netanyahu? no, and the harris administration - tougher with netanyahu? no, and the harris administration will - the harris administration will be a continuation of the current us policies. it might be a little bit more moderate in its nuance and language. it may try harder with israel to contain that netanyahu because a lot ofjewish americans are anti—netanyahu and see him as a threat to israel. those are mainly the liberaljewish communities, and some religious communities, and some religious communities see a difference between zionism and judaism and all about. when it comes to

trump, you can count on trump from four years ago, probably worse, because it is only one term for him. he has no other elections are run for. he's going to be free to do whatever he wants without consequences. he's a transactional guy, he's going to deal with anything in the middle east or anywhere around the world in a very straightforward, i'm going to do this for you. just straightforward, i'm going to do this for you.— do this for you. just to bring it back to — do this for you. just to bring it back to unrwa. - do this for you. just to bring it back to unrwa. what - do this for you. just to bring it back to unrwa. what arej do this for you. just to bring - it back to unrwa. what are the options for any administration if they want to push back against israel? there are obviously extreme moves on funding, which we wouldn't particularly expect. but they still have a lot of implements because if we see on the ground huge change within three months, the us will come under pressure. months, the us will come under ressure. ., ., , , ,, pressure. enormous pressure. it is already— pressure. enormous pressure. it is already under— pressure. enormous pressure. it is already under pressure, - pressure. enormous pressure. it is already under pressure, but i is already under pressure, but when it comes to israel, ironically, the us seems to

completely see it as a one—way street. we are behind israel no matter who is the prime minister, no matter what he does. this is where the danger is to israel. you're dealing here not with israel the traditional way, here not with israel the traditionalway, orwe here not with israel the traditional way, or we know it's with an extreme government. it is acknowledged as the most extreme government in the history of israel, this government of netanyahu. supporting it can be extremely dangerous. 0n the gaza situation and unrwa, someone has to come up with an alternative. i don't think there is a real viable alternative to unrwa, i think the us needs to take a tough stand with israel on this question. you are forcing the palestinians and a lot of shady characters to go around the international system. you have to understand, unrwa was still a transparent place through

which money was coming into gaza for necessities. even countries who are like qatar, who did the enormous amount of work in terms of negotiation and mediation and in support of the basic human rights. if you take that off the table without a viable, serious international alternative, you end up with a serious mess.— alternative, you end up with a serious mess. hafed al-thell, thank you _ serious mess. hafed al-thell, thank you very _ serious mess. hafed al-thell, thank you very much. _ serious mess. hafed al-thell, thank you very much. i'm - serious mess. hafed al-thell, thank you very much. i'm sure l thank you very much. i'm sure we would say israel would not accept all those characterisations and argue they have to maintain their own security and that unrwa has had issues with those members who have supported hamas. but this will of course be continued. the teenager who's accused of murdering three young girls at a taylor swift—themed dance class in southport injuly has

been charged with two further offences, one of which is a terrorism charge. axel rudakubana, who's 18, is accused of producing the poison ricin along with possessing information about the al-qaeda training manual. he's already been charged with murder, attempted murder and possession of a knife. more from our special correspondent, judith moritz. bebe king, elsie dot stancombe and alice aguiar were just dancing, having fun in the school holidays when they were stabbed. news of their deaths reverberated from southport to the rest of the uk and beyond. a teenager, axel rudakubana, is accused of their murders and the attempted murders of ten others. he now faces two more charges of producing ricin and possessing a study of the al-qaeda training manual, which is an offence under the terrorism act, but the southport attack has not been declared a terrorist incident.

i recognise that these new charges may lead to speculation, the matter for which axel rudakubana has been charged under the terrorism act does not require motive to be established. for a matter to be declared as a terrorist incident, motivation would need to be established. i would strongly advise anyone against speculating as to the motivation in this case. the i8—year—old's home in lancashire was searched in the days after the attack. the police found an unknown suspicious substance there. experts from the ministry of defence were called in. this included scientific advisers, myself included, it also included unrestricted access to our analysis laboratories at porton down, where a team of scientists undertook detailed examination of the items from this incident to identify the presence of the toxin ricin.

when the poison was discovered, extensive work was carried out to check the risk level. no ricin was found to have been present at the dance school in southport where the stabbing happened. this information confirmed that there was no evidence that any victims, responders or members of the public. were exposed to ricin, - either as part of the incident or afterwards. 0ur detailed initial- risk assessmentjudged that the risk to the community and to the wider— public was low. axel rudakubana will appear at westminster magistrates�* court tomorrow morning and his trial is expected to start injanuary. the police have urged restraint, pleading people not to speculate or share rumour to enable a fair trial and not lose sight of those who are still grieving and affected by what happened in southport. judith moritz, bbc news. around the world and across the uk — this is bbc news.

a centuries—old forgotten city has been discovered under dense jungle in mexico. archaeologists say it would have been home to around 50,000 people at its peak with pyramids and roads connecting separate districts, amphitheatres and even sports fields. a phd student discovered it by chance when he was browsing on the internet. georgina rannard reports. in the mexican jungle, in the mexicanjungle, the trees has includes... ancient civilisations, but the secrets of one lost city have been revealed by an archaeologist who'd never even been there. he'd been browsing data of previous finds on the internet. i remember thinking, "well, that's kind of cool. uh, where there's one, there's usually more." and so ijust went on a deep google dive and, you know, got to like some page 16 results, looking for environmental leader data sets in mexico. and i turned up this data set.

the data set showed settlements in southeastern mexico that are well over 1,000 years old. this is the scan using lidar, a technique which uses laser pulses to map ground objects. that technology picked up homes, terraces, a dam, a ball court, and even a plaza and pyramid complex. it would have been a very colourful, very lush and i think very striking environment to move through, things like palaces and temple pyramids. all of those would have been covered in lime plaster and then painted red, pink and yellow and black. up to 50,000 people may have lived in this area at its peak in the ninth century. it may be a lost civilisation, but maya descendants still live in campeche today. and at the new site, just 15 minutes from a busy road.

georgina renard, bbc news. joining me is professor elizabeth graham, an expert in mayan civilisation at university college london. thank you for being with us. what do you make of this discovery?— what do you make of this discove ? �*, ., , . discovery? it's really exciting on a number _ discovery? it's really exciting on a number of _ discovery? it's really exciting on a number of levels. - discovery? it's really exciting on a number of levels. for. discovery? it's really exciting i on a number of levels. for one thing, in addition to the actual city, luke and his colleagues discovered intensive settlement in the areas revealed in the lidar, and the lidar was the result of people interested in mapping the environment, so it wasn't specifically applied to ruins. it's quite amazing to find that the area was heavily and fairly densely occupied.— densely occupied. could more civilisations _ densely occupied. could more civilisations like _ densely occupied. could more civilisations like this, - densely occupied. could more civilisations like this, more i civilisations like this, more landscapes be uncovered, do you

think? , , ~ think? oh, yes, i think so. even where _ think? oh, yes, i think so. even where i _ think? oh, yes, i think so. even where i work, - think? oh, yes, i think so. even where i work, in - think? oh, yes, i think so. i even where i work, in belize, there's lots of room... well, lidar, because it cuts through the vegetation, it's not affected by the vegetation, whereas a human being walking through the forest looking for ruins is affected by the vegetation. and you can walk by quite a substantial structure and bush and not even know it's there. what lidar does is eliminate any obscurity from vegetation. it's quite exciting. vegetation. it's quite exciting-— vegetation. it's quite exciting. vegetation. it's quite excitin, ., . . exciting. what are we learning about the way _ exciting. what are we learning about the way that _ exciting. what are we learning about the way that the - exciting. what are we learning | about the way that the mayans, the way the people lived? film. the way the people lived? oh, well, we know— the way the people lived? oh, well, we know quite _ the way the people lived? oi well, we know quite a the way the people lived? ©“i, well, we know quite a bit. we know it was an urban civilisation of cities. the big difference with europe, or with other civilisations is that there were no cattle or sheep or goats, so no grazing animal

complex, no dependents on pasturage. the link landscape pastu rage. the link landscape must�*ve pasturage. the link landscape must�*ve been quite different. so, i think that's one of the most interesting aspects about mayan civilisation, and it could have a lot to tell us today when we're trying to not have such a large carbon footprint, perhaps rely less on pasturage and pastor animals. because they didn't have any. —— pastor animals. we pictures of tiffany stowe, enough to visit. is that an example of what they might look like? , ., ., �* , example of what they might look like? , ., ., �*, ., example of what they might look like? ., �*, ., , like? yes and no. it's a bit late. like? yes and no. it's a bit late- the _ like? yes and no. it's a bit late. the structures - like? yes and no. it's a bit late. the structures that l like? yes and no. it's a bit. late. the structures that luke and his colleagues... crosstalk i'm auoin and his colleagues... crosstalk i'm going to _ and his colleagues... crosstalk i'm going to have _ and his colleagues... crosstalk i'm going to have to _ and his colleagues... crosstalk i'm going to have to stop - and his colleagues... crosstalk i'm going to have to stop you - i'm going to have to stop you

there. so sorry, thank you for being with us. this is bbc news. hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm hugh ferris. southampton are the first team through to the quarterfinals of the efl cup, but they weren't able to completely shake off their premier league struggles letting a two—goal lead slip before eventually beating championship side stoke 3—2 at st mary's. brentford are also playing a team from the division below and also let sheffield wednesday back into the game. portuguese club sporting have confirmed manchester united are interested in making ruben amorim their next manager and are willing to pay his release clause. amorin has won two league titles in portugal and has become one of the most coveted young coaches in europe with united looking for a new boss after united

sacking erik ten hag on monday. a statement from sporting to the lisbon stock exchange ten million euro release clause. they can't support a club in complete disarray. they've only won two in the previous a0 years. in his first season they won the league, second season came very close, third season not so good, last season they won again. the season, if he stayed, i'm pretty sure they would have won the league again and that would have meant that sporting had won back to back championships for the first time for 70 years of. well, sporting are playing right now in what may well prove to be amorim's final game in charge if things with manchester united progress. it's a league cup quarterfinal against nacional from madeira, and they're winning 3—1. northern ireland, wales and scotland all took a step closer to qualifying for the women's european

championship next summer winning the first round of the playoffs. northern ireland's tie against crotia was settled in the 11ath minute after the second went to extra time at windsor park. six minutes from a penalty shoot out and lauren wade stepped up to score the winner. they'll play norway next. wales are also through, and they too needed extra time to beat slovakia at cardiff city stadium. they started 2—1 down on aggregate, butjess fishlock levelled the tie before liverpool midfielder ceri holland struck in the second half of extra time. it was initially ruled out for offside, but that was overruled by var. they'll face republic of ireland next. there were no such problems for scotland against hungary in edinburgh. after an own goal, chelsea midfielder erin cuthbert put them 2—0 up. ten minutes into the second half at easter road, this lovely move ended with captain caroline weir scoring. martha thomas completed the rout for a a—0 win on the night and 5—0 on aggregate. they'll face finland next. england have already qualified for next summer's tournament abd will go to switzerland as defending champions. —— and will go to switzerland as defending champions.

they've been in friendly action tonight and bounced back from their defeat to germany on friday, beating south africa 2—1 in coventry. captain leah williamson put england in front and grace clinton doubled that lead shortly after. south africa did get one back, but england hung on for victory. british number one jack draper continued his recent good form with a win overjiri lehecka in the first round of the paris masters. draper won the title in vienna on sunday to climb to a career—high 15th in the world and he needed just over an hour to complete a straight sets victory, with fifth seed taylor fritz to come in the next round. steve borthwick has named his england team to face new zealand at twickenham in their autumn nations series opener on saturday. ben spencer will make his first start for england at scrum half in place of alex mitchell, ho remains out with a neck injury. —— who remains out with a neck injury. henry slade is fit enough to start at centre, where he will partner 0llie lawrence with marcus smith at fly—half.

and tom curry makes his first england start since the rugby world cup 12 months ago, while slade has played less than an hour of rugby this season since returning from shoulder surgery for exeter last weekend. sladey said he wanted to play for his— sladey said he wanted to play for his club, and he is an experienced player. that's what we wanted to do. i think he's been — we wanted to do. i think he's been in — we wanted to do. i think he's been in great physical shape. shoulder— been in great physical shape. shoulder surgery, he's done what — shoulder surgery, he's done what he _ shoulder surgery, he's done what he needs to do to get back for the — what he needs to do to get back for the series. what he needs to do to get back forthe series. he's what he needs to do to get back for the series. he's been driven _ for the series. he's been driven. again, it's exactly what _ driven. again, it's exactly what you _ driven. again, it's exactly what you want as a coach. players _ what you want as a coach. players like henry slade. it's one of peace so far for the last eight of the efl cup. you can follow it on the bbc website. thanks forjoining us. bye—bye.

hello. for most of us, it's been quite a cloudy, gloomy day, but relatively mild. in eastern scotland, where the sun came out in aberdeen, the temperature reached 16 celsius, five degrees above the average, and about that further south in cardiff and london, despite the cloud. now, the outlook for the next few days — very little change. it is going to stay mainly dry and mild. now, we say dry, it'll still be quite damp in the morning, especially where the mist forms and you get thicker drizzle from thick, low—grade cloud. now, not much real rainfall on the way. in fact, if we look at the rainfall accumulation across parts of europe, you can see how that rainfall pattern follows where the jet stream moves and brings weather fronts. we're in the middle of an area of high pressure, hence little appreciable rain on the way. now, here it is, that high pressure over us on wednesday. that means very calm, gloomy conditions first thing in the morning. and in fact, you can see through the night, quite a rugged area of cloud on top of us. but where the clouds do clear and you get lengthy clear spells, temperatures will dip to single figures, so perhaps central parts of scotland around four

lengthy clear spells, temperatures will dip to single figures, so perhaps central parts of scotland around four or five degrees, but for most in the range of around, say, 8—10 celsius. so not quite as mild on wednesday morning as the last couple of nights have been. tomorrow, a very similar start, so grey skies, mist and drizzle in places, but then come the afternoon there will be some sunshine developing. favourite spots across parts of scotland, almost anywhere, really, could see some sunshine, but other areas will be stuck underneath the grey clouds. on thursday, the high pressure still with us, but it is slipping a little bit further to the south and changes shape. that also means that weather fronts are nearing the north of scotland, with stronger winds, too, even gale force winds around the western isles, with some damp weather here. elsewhere, for northern ireland, wales and england, we're expecting a dry day with some sunny spells, mild, too, with the south—westerly winds. and of course we have halloween on thursday, so for the trick—or—treaters in the evening, it's not looking bad at all.

and again every bit as mild — those temperatures could still and then next on the list, the fireworks. if you're celebrating over the course of the weekend, it's looking mostly dry across much of the country. and then the weekend itself again, more of the same. temperatures around the mid—teens.

tonight at ten — an eve of budget announcement for 3 million low paid workers — who'll get a 6% rise in the minimum wage from april. it could mean those in full—time work are £1,a00 a year better off. good news for low—paid workers as the government unveils an inflation—busting rise in the national living wage. but what will that mean for businesses and the government's pro—growth strategy? tomorrow's budget will

be the biggest test so far for rachel reeves — the uk's first female chancellor. also tonight — the teenager accused of murdering three children in southport is charged with a terrorism offence. with a week to go before the us election, i'm in arizona, one of the crucial swing states, that could decide the presidency. and i'm in washington where we will soon know who has the keys to the white house — donald trump or kamala harris. arizona republicans voted democrat in 2020, dismissing donald trump as too extreme. which way will they go this time? republicans, like myself, felt comfortable supporting joe biden. we don't feel the same way about kamala harris. and we'll be reporting from georgia which was at the heart of false claims of election

fraud after the last presidential election.