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they leave the north, they will never be able to return and i think the israelis do one them to move out of gaza. >> we will continue to upper anywhere we need to to protect is really lives. >> the israelis say they have discovered large hezbollah tunnels heavily equipped in t south of lebanon and dozens of rockets are still being fired into israel by hezbollah from lebanon. ♪ >> the u.n. accuses israel of acting with total disregard for civilian life in gaza. we have a special report on the renewed assault on northern gaza and we will speak to a former general in the lebanese army about the were in his country also on the program, britain is open for business. the prime minister tells global esters this is a great moment to back u.k. are they persuaded?

50 years after a polish firefighter was shot in the back attempting to escape east berlin, his killer is jailed for murder. very good evening. welcome to the program. for eight consecutive days the israelis have been pounding within gaza with roadblocks in place to vent hamas fighters heading south and food trucks from coming north. there have been few supplies allowed in some the beginning of october. there been daily attacks on the schools currently used as shelter in the refugee camp. the hamas run health ministry says 62 people were killed in the last 24 hours. 22 including five children in one airstrike alone. there are still tens of thousands of families living in the north. . now without a lifeline that is provided by the aid agencies. the u.n. human rights office says it is appalled by the recent escalion. our correspondent has this

report. >> people are burning. the israeli strikes at the refugee tents on fire. helpless to stop the flames spreading. gas canisters exploding. a figure enveloped by the inferno. to distressing to show here but all of it witnessed by the refugees. >> it was around 1:00 a.m. and we were sleeping in our tent. . i have eight daughters. we woke up to the fire over our heads. our daughters are all burned and our sons are injured. all my daughters are in a dire state. look in our situation and what has happened to us. >> israel says it targeted a hamas command center and asked

door to the hospital -- center next door to the hospital. that you top diplomat says violations of international law would not make israel safer. in gaza, no safety. now in hospital grounds for you and schools -- or u.n. schools. a grandmother morning and 18-month-old. i am the one who raised you she says. i am the one who raised you. to the north, the ildren killed by a strike in a camp. among the wounded, boys who were playing marbles at the time. while he was grieving his 14-year-old son. >> he was not holding a weapon or anything else. unless children's toys have become a threat to them. that is something else.

>> in this place, childhood vanishes fast. bbc news, jerusalem. >> peter lerner is a spokesperson for the israel defense forces. he tells the bbc there are still routes to evacuate northern gaza and he claims the world food program did get trucks into northern gaza earlr today. he insists the idf operation is critical to keeping israelis safe. >> what has -- what hamas was planning on the seventh of october on the anniversary of last year was to conduct another launch, to launch another attack against israel from northern gaza. from the areas. so we are currently in the effort of dismantling and preventing them from regrouping. it is happening in northern gaza. i would say we will continue to operate anywhere we need to to protect israeli labs. >> along the northern border, the operation to dismtle

hezbollah continues and today the attacks extended to beirut to a predominantly christian part of the country. at least 21 people killed in the village. hezbollah fighting back. a drone attack on an army base killed four israeli soldiers and injured dozens more. it is perhaps the deadliest attack on israeli soil the war began. with me this evening, formerly a general in the lebanese army and now a parliamentary member. you are welcome to the program. what is the role of the lebanese army during these israeli incursions? is it to stand and observe or is it to fight? >> the mission of the lebanese army in south lebanon is according to the united nations security council resolution 1701 that says the deployment of the army is to keep peace between lebanon and israel and control

the cease-fire. this mission was not done properly because there was a sort of get sophronia in the lebanese government. the lebanese government recognizes the revolution -- resolution that says that cease-fire that lebanon should withdraw from south lebanon and the lebanese army should supervise this. on the other hand, all the successive governments that were in charge since 2010, all of them recognize the resolution. they recognize also the right of hezbollah to arm and defend itself against israel. meaning resist. this is a sort of schizophrenia. where the lebanese army was in front of a die lemma. the only solution at hand was to deal with the day-to-day problems in a way to prevent hezbollah from storming the

region not supported by the population. on the other hand, not to open a second or between the lebanese army and hezbollah that would be endless. this re is not at all easy. what is the current role of the lebanese army? the lebanese army now is supported by the population. it is legal. it has the legality and it should the preserved in order to have the principal role once there is a cease-fire. there is no other solution than deploying the army in south lebanon. >> where is it right now? >> the army is in south lebanon now with the -- side-by-side. asking the army to fight israel is not realistic at all. the budget, the defense budget of israel for a yearly budget is $20 billion where as the budget

of the lebanese army is 2 billion. it is underequipped to match israel. not only the lebanese army does not match israel. another thing, it is not the lebanese army that opened this war. it is hezbollah without consulting the army, without consulting anyone in the army cannot stand the burden of let's say supporting or suffering from the consequences hezbolla caused. >> you must talk to former colleagues in the army and i know you speak to parliamentarians in beirut. how much damage do you think israel has done to the hezbollah tunnels south of the river at the command structure of the group? >> we don't have independent information or independent source of information. the only sources are what israel

is saying and hezbollah is saying nothing about that. we have some that he owes showing the israeli army inside the tunnels but imagine that these tunnels are several tens of kilometers long. the same as in gaza. and if we see where israel is up reading, it is still operating in -- is operating, it is still operating in border sites in lebanon. it is not holding the terrain. the israelis are carrying out special operations inside lebanese territory. the tunnels of hezbollah are relatively intact. they are still firing missiles on israel. they are still using anti-tech -- antitank weaponry. this is why we don't see israeli tanks inside lebanese territory because of these antitank weapons in the hands of

thousands. 5000 of these missiles on fid and mobile targets in israel. >> you talk about hezbollah dragging lebanon to an endless war. you must be watching what is going on in northern gaza. that is a contained area. . very different to the southern part of lebanon. do you fear the israeli tactic be at some point to infiltrate southern lebanon and occupy it? >> hezbollah dragged us into this war. we did not want this war at all. there is a huge opposition to hezbollah inside lebanon. lebanon is vertically divided between opponents and supporters of hezbollah. the majority of the population is against hezbollah. we think -- the military, things are unfolding. we think israel will do the same as it did in gaza.

in gaza they are occupying a narrow buffer zone and operating from this buffer zone by connecticut operation inside gaza that can last a few days or a few weeks with troops by the size of battalions. i don't think israel has the stomach to occupy because occupation will be a burden diplomatically in human lives. it will be a burden in every aspect of budgeting in the military. i think they would do the same as they are doing in gaza. they are trying to occupy a narrow buffer zone. one or two kilometers. from this it will be a launching bad for this kind of operation. this is what is unfolding. now. if there is a collapse of hezbollah at some point and it does not seem so for the time

being, if there is a collapse of hezbollah, things may change. south lebanon is practically empty of its inhabitants better the basis of hezbollah. >> good to talk to you this evening. thank you for coming on the program. >> thank you. >> we will take a short break. around the world and across the day, you are -- across the u.k., you are watching bbc news. ♪

welcome back. the british prime minister has been hosting a major investment conference in london today telling his nestle now is a moment to invest in the u.k. keir starmer told delegates he wanted to give companies the best conditions to succeed and he insisted the recent changes to his rights were progrowth. simon jack was watching. >> london's financial district was brought to a standstill this morning as t roads around the

guildhall, a place of commerce for 600 years were closed for some very urgent people. inside the engine room there are a couple hundred of the world's most powerful business people with hundreds of billions to invest. the idea is the thing to spend as much in the u.k. as possible. the precincts maybe agent but the -- maybe agent but the message is modern. we are laser focused on growth. that seemed like news to the former boss of google. >> i was shocked when labor became strongly in favor of growth should >> wealth creation is number one mission of a labor government should >> >> his promise to these highrollers was a new era of stability after four prime ministers and six chancellors in years. >> we have a golden opportunity to use our -- to end the culture of chop and change. the policy churn, the sticking past a politics that makes it so hard for esther's. >> that seemed to go down well. >> stability for investors and

predictability is always important for us as an investor. >> well a promise to speed up planning and regulation also got the thumbs up. >> the mood is positive. we can commit to doing projects. if you can't at the planning commission, you could be sitting with a projector two to three years. >> but new employment regulations that wl make it more expensive to hire and fire new workers worried some rich labor fans. >> i'm not keen on that at all as you might imagine. i think it is a burden on businesses. but it is all about balance and labor have always been workers rights so i expected him thing like that when voted for them. >> when the chancellor -- the chancellor said she wanted to invest a government in, money she does n have an she changes the on how much she can rop that she can borrow. >> we do want to free up long-term responsible investments we can make to

unlock the private investment into our economy. that sounds like a >> >> a yes to changing the debt rules. >> day-to-day spending is essential if we are going to free up money for long-term investments. >> these events are productively up beat but the budget is likely to see businesses like these it with high cost and taxes. an altogether painful affair. >> let's find out how it went down. his a geopolitical strategist, founder of fordham global foresight. she works with a lot of trans companies, banks, investors in the u.k.. how receptive are they to the prime minister's message? >> very receptive. people. want to hear good news about the u.k. we have not had a lot of news when it comes to investment for the last 14 years or so. since brexit to be honest. >> four prime ministers, six chancellors, a split from the biggest market the u.k. has.

>> the budget fiasco of years past. there is a real opportunity here for the prime minister a the chancellor to say written is open for bids -- to save written open for business. >> he was boasting today there is stability. he has a upping majority. he is at the beginning of a term. i guess some of that stability will flow from the budget. and we don't have the budget yet. >> the budget is where the rubber hits the road and that is october 30. . we are starting to see the kind of dance going on about working within the labor party manifesto which said it would not raise taxes using the three most typical means for the treasury to do that. national insurance, vat and capital gains. it does not leave them with a lot of for maneuvers.

they are to try to find ways they are open for business. what was especially well received today was the message about cutting regulation. whether we are taught about the u.k. or europe, we have a very risk-averse kind of climate and it is costing us. >> this is where i want to play devils advocate. if you are saying in one respect you are cutting regulation and on the other you are setting up new regulation through a workers rights package, are they walking the walk? >> we just don't know yet. i don't mean to wriggle out of your question. it is going to be finding a balance. the early moves on planning regulations and cutting that, very well received. there are various different levers the government can push on. a country that wants to grow needs to build, needs to invest, needs to do research and development and these avenues

have been stymied for quite some time but to do that when your party faithful is expecting to see moves on work is rights, cutting zero our contract and all these other things, it is tough to do. people go in to government because they want to give things away. they want to be popular. >> describing the contracts, the firing and the hiring pna had done. in the abu dhabi or the dubai investors were not pleased with that. i want to talk about regulators. he had something to say about the regulators. have a listen to them. >> we will rip up the bureau see that blocks investment. will march through the institutions and make sure that every regulator in this country

especially our economic and competition regulators take growth as seriously as this room does. >> he was talking code the. . he is talking specifically about thames water because thames water, one of their big investors with the abu dhabi sovereign wealth fund. here is what they said last week about pulling their and estimate from thames water. they said reception continues to be colored by investors experience in waterhere the glitch or environment remains a red flag. what they are saying is the regulators come down hard on thames water. that sense down a chilling edge to investors who want to come here in the premised are saying i am all ears. what is the problem and how do you square that circle when consumers, when people within the party want them to deal with that behaving companies? >> they are going to have to go

deeper than making these general proclamations. i listened to your question as a member of the british public and a voter and a parent and then with my business advisor hat on so i can see it both ways but dealing with the water companies and with pensions are the two sectors that are most pressing in terms of reform. it is still possible to send signals and to issue and create policies that are probe's nest. i think developing artificial intelligence in the u.k. is a center of excellence. we have done much more to constrain this activity and investment then we have done to promote it. i do think this government is finding its feet in terms of the trade-offs. >> going to be an interesting few weeks. thank you for coming to the studio. at the height of the cold when

berlin was a divided city, crossing from east to west was a perilous journey. east germans were under continuous surveillance to prevent defectors fleeing to the west but foreign citizens were allowed to cross with the -- with the correctocumentation. in 1974, a polish firefighter was told by the east german authorities he had a free pass to travel to west berlin. but as you will through the crossing point at the station, then the easiest border crossing at the berlin wall, a stasi officer concealed out of sight was ordered to kill him. he shot him in the back. today 50 years on, that officer now 80 years old was in court trying to conceal his face from the cameras as he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder. dr. alex brown from the university of liverpool is an expert on state socialism in germany. was a research fellow on a project investigating police in

their role. where has he been all this time and why has it suddenly come to a head? >> in germany they are not legally allowed to print his name. it is only in the international media we are seeing it printed. he has been living in peace and quiet. he has been retired for several years. now there was a important piece of context from the intro you did which is that the papers he was given were given under duress. this man, he entered the polish embassy in east berlin with a fake bomb. he entered -- nobody knew at the time it was a fake bomb. he forced the east german authorities and polish authorities to let him out. as part of an emergency

response, he was a member of an anti-terror unit. he was given the order to go out and to shoot this man with the bomb. why they waited until the border crossing is not entirely clear. it could be they wished -- these were rather large areas. and not that many people. when he got to the final crossing because you had to keep your distance as you can imagine. >> remarkably, and i could not believe this when i read it. it is the first time a performance does the officer has been found guilty of murder. what was it that was unique about this case in the way it was researched? > it is an interesting question. if you go back to the beginning of unification, there was a huge effort from the unified german judiciary, the actual justice minister at the time said they wished to delegitimize the gdr via the judiciary and that the

stasi was going to be a large element. there were tens of thousands of investigations of all sorts of crimes from corruption, blackmail, murder. in the end, only a few hundred were ever brought to charge. only a handful were convicted. what was different in this case -- >> sorry, i'm almost out of time. i'm sorry to drag you short. getting years today. first one to be prosecuted. thank you very much indeed for coming on the program. appreciate it. we will be right back after announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs.

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