hello, i'm celia hatton. we start with the latest on the israel—gaza war.

i'm celia hatton.ificial intelligence should be a global priority. in a speech this morning, rishi sunak said the technology could be transformational, leading to newjobs, new opportunities for growth and help to develop cancer vaccines. next week, the uk will host a global summit at bletchley park to look at the risks posed by ai. rishi sunak says people shouldn't be losing sleep over it but warned that the concerns need to be taken seriously. doing the right thing, not the easy thing, means being honest with people about the risks from these technologies. so i won't hide them from you. that's why today for the first time we had taken the highly unusual step of publishing our analysis on the risks of ai, including an assessment by the uk intelligence communities. these reports provide a stark warning. get this wrong and ai could make it easier to build chemical or biological weapons, terrorist groups could use ai to spread fear and destruction on an even greater scale, criminals could exploit ai for c

i'm celia hatton. it's day three of the conservative party conference in manchester.t be forced into a premature decision" on hs2 as he faces increasing pressure to offer clarity on its future. business leaders and politicians in the north of england say they want and need an immediate decision on the future of europe's biggest infrastructure project. costs have risen, and the government is thought to be considering cancelling — or at least delaying — the second leg from birmingham to manchester. the route from birmingham to leeds has already been scrapped. it's reported rishi sunak could make an announcement on the project's fate before the event draws to a close. first, let's listen to this warning from the former chancellor of the exchequer george osborne. i think it'd be a great tragedy, as i've said, to cancel hsz, it's the biggest levelling up project the country has got and in the end, if you want to make long—term decisions, and i fully support rishi sunak in wanting to make those long—term decisions, that includes huge investments in infrastructure like hsz.

i'm celia hatton.anded british nationals out of israel. the first plane will leave tel aviv today, with more planned "in the coming days, subject to security". those eligible to leave will be contacted directly and british nationals should not go to airports in israel unless they are called to. most airlines already stopped flying direct between israel and the uk earlier this week. there were still some flights by regional airlines departing tel aviv to other countries, but tickets are scarce. next week. voters in the constituency of tamworth, in staffordshire, will vote for a new mp, in one of two by—elections taking place on the same day. the by—election was triggered when the former conservative mp, chris pincher, resigned after losing an appeal against a suspension from the house of commons for groping allegations. both votes will provide a key insight into the public mood ahead of the next general election. we'll be hearing from mid—bedfordshire next week, but first alex forsyth reports from tamwo

i'm celia hatton. we are going to take you to some live images now...ave been hearing, prime minister rishi sunak is in sweden today. mr sunak is meeting with regional leaders to discuss russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine and the group's continued cooperation with nato. but, unsurprisingly, the questions the prime minister was asked from the media centered on the israel gaza war. take a listen: well, it's good to be here in sweden for thejef summit. we've had very productive discussions today, firstly on our collective support for ukraine, where it was also good to hear direct from president zelensky, but also we've discussed the appalling situation in israel, where we are united in condemning this act of terrorism and condemning it in the strongest possible terms. and are the discussions varied? one of the things thatjef does very well is work together to combat hybrid threats to our security, obviously not to comment on specifics, but it's one of the reasons that this alliance is so effective and valuable, because we as like—minded nations have a

i'm celia hatton. let's get more on our top story.ture of the high speed rail link hs2, rishi sunak has scrapped the planned leg between the west midlands and manchester. here he is making the announcement at the conservative party conference in manchester. i am ending this long—running saga. i am cancelling the rest of the hs2 project. and in its place, and in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, £36 billion in hundreds of new transport projects in the north and the midlands across the country. this means £36 billion of investment in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. let's cross to our political correspondent nick eardley who's in manchester. you said before rishi sunak started talking this could be the most important speak to max speech of his career so did he deliver? i think the arguments you will hear from number ten is rishi sunak as sketched out a plan he feels could be transformational. i suppose the other side as we knew a lot of this was coming in advance were talking for the last fe

i'm celia hatton. wilko shops are set to return to the high street before christmas.its 408 stores — many of them, in traditional town centres. live to the newsroom and our business reporter, lora jones. big announcement today on the rebirth of wilko. what more can you tell us about the reopening? so as you said, we heard today that wilko shops will be returning to the high street, with the brand's new owner opening up to five new shops initially. cgs superstores, the new owner, also owns the range and it snapped up the wilko and its website when it collapsed into administration in early august. as you said, it said in a statement todayit you said, it said in a statement today it is a launch of the first two new stores in plymouth and exeter before christmas. they have been described as concept stores, but they won't be pop—up stores and they will be followed by two locations in the south east of england and one in the north of england, although some negotiations are still ongoing, with landlords around some of the sites. in the five new shops are expected to be quite

hello, i'm celia hatton.nd north america, the number of days where temperatures peaked above the 1.5 degree global limit have increased and broken annual record. so far in 2023, around one in three days have had global temperatures above a key marker measuring 1.5 degrees higher than pre—industrial levels. although this isn't classfied as a breach of the goal set in the paris climate treaty, officials say it is a worrying sign of things to come. our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath reports. rising temperatures are having a profound effect on our planet this year. shrinking sea ice in antarctica is posing problems for penguins and as fires took hold once again

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hello, i'm celia hatton. residents across gaza are bracing themselves after the israeli army warned of more air strikes to destroy hamas targets, in retaliation for saturday's major attack by the militant organisation. sirens have again sounded in parts of southern israel, as more rockets were fired from gaza overnight. the israeli army says fighting is still ongoing in several places inside israeli territory. here are the latest developments. israel will cut off the supply of electricity, fuel and goods to gaza. it had already been thrown into darkness on saturday as israeli authorities cut power to its territories. the israeli army has told residents in seven different areas across the gaza strip to take refuge in shelters as it prepares to launch new attacks on hamas targets. meanwhile, some israeli hostages who were held in a southern town have reportedly been rescued. that's according to israel's public broadcaster. and on the diplomatic front, us secretary of state, antony blinken, has called for "calm

hello, i'm celia hatton. warned of more air strikes to destroy hamas targets, in retaliation for saturday's major attack by the militant organisation. sirens have again sounded in parts of southern israel, as more rockets were fired from gaza overnight. the israeli army says fighting is still ongoing in several places inside israeli territory. here are the latest developments. israel will cut off the supply of electricity, fuel and goods to gaza. it had already been thrown into darkness on saturday as israeli authorities cut power to its territories. the israeli army has told residents in seven different areas across the gaza strip to take refuge in shelters as it prepares to launch new attacks on hamas targets. meanwhile, some israeli hostages who were held in a southern town have reportedly been rescued. that's according to israel's public broadcaster.

hello, i'm celia hatton. after a summer of extreme heat across europe, east asia and north america, the number of days where temperatures peaked above the 1.5 degree global limit have increased and broken annual record. so far in 2023, around one in three days have had global temperatures above a key marker measuring 1.5 degrees higher than pre—industrial levels. although this isn't classfied as a breach of the goal set in the paris climate treaty, officials say it is a worrying sign of things to come. our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath reports. rising temperatures are having a profound effect on our planet this year. shrinking sea ice in antarctica is posing problems for penguins and as fires took hold once again in tenerife following record spanish heat in september, scientists said they would gobsmacked by the scale of the jumping global temperatures. now the bbc data team has found that the number of days that have breached the 1.5 c temperature threshold is also a record wake up. in 2015 in pari

hello, i'm celia hatton. we start with the latest on the israel—gaza war. united nations security council has been discussing calls for a humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. its secretary general warned that the situation there has reached a "dangerous new low", as israel prepares for a ground offensive. it's a week ago today that hamas — a group designated as a terror organisation by many western governments — launched its attack on israel. during the night the israeli military continued, as you can see from these pictures, to hit targets from the air. the israel defence forces also released this video of air strikes on what it says are anti—tank missile launchers in gaza. the army also confirmed it has carried out localised raids inside gaza ahead of its expected ground offensive. officials say the raids were "to eliminate the threat "of terrorist cells and infrastructure". in other developments, the united nations estimates than tens of thousands in gaza have fled after the israeli evacuation warning. the original deadline to move to an area south of wadi ga

hello, i'm celia hatton. phone lines and internet connections are slowly returning to the gaza strip, according to several palestinian news agencies. meanwhile, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu say his priorities in gaza are to destroy her mouth and bring hostages home. he insisted israel was doing its best to achieve both. he was speaking after meeting with families of some of the more than 200 hostages, who fear that the escalation of fighting by israel is making matters worse —— destroy hamas. at the bombardment of gaza intensifies, the prime minister said the war would be long and hard. meanwhile, the international red cross has called for an immediate de—escalation of the conflict, saying it was unacceptable that civilians had no safe place to go in gaza. this is the scene live in gaza, where the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says that 8,000 people have been killed since air—strikes were launched in response to the killing of 1,400 israelis by hamas three weeks ago. we'll start our coverage