i'm lewis vaughan jones. a couple of bits are breaking _ i'm lewis vaughan jones. are breaking news to _ i'm lewis vaughan jones. a couple of bits are breaking news to bring - i'm lewis vaughan jones. a couple of bits are breaking news to bring you . bits are breaking news to bring you straightaway. we are hearing from the islamichhad chief, saying that it's really captives in the group's it's really captives in the groups because they will only return her if palestinian prisoners are afraid. so we know hostages have been taken by the group islamichhad, and their chief saying that theirs is really captives in the group's chief saying that theirs is really captives in the groups because the right now will only return home now if palestinian prisoners are freed. and when it comes to numbers, we are being told there are 30 is really captives. so 30 is really captives. there is news lines coming to us from the reuters news agency. the second piece of developing news i want to bring you, and just a word of warning these will be upsetting images no doubt. i will be seeing

. ♪ lewis: hello, i'm lewis vaughan jones.re watchg "the context" on bbc news. >> this is the deadliest missile strike that ukraine is seen in more than a year. >> we must not allow putin to destabilize any other parts of the world and our partners in order to ruin europe's powerful . >> since junfor the loan, the ukraine army has lost over 900 men. these are your recoverable losses -- irrecoverable losses. lewis: in ukraine, one of the deadliest russian missile strikes of the war. the head of the un's has attacks on civilians must stop. more unwelcome records broken. temperatures in september where the warmest on record. after rishi sunak's pitch to the nation, what is sunakm and what is it offering? and retain and explain is the advice. we look at the new government guidance on what to do with controversial historical statues. first we're going to start with the events in east ukraine. the kharkiv region, that missile strike by russia. 51 people killed. take a look at these pictures from hroza, a small town. reportedly a caf

i'm lewis vaughan jones.he number of israelis and palestinians killed has continued to climb, a day after hamas militants stormed into israeli territory from gaza. israeli media say an estimated 700 israelis have been killed. the gaza ministry of health says 400 and 13 palestinians have been killed by israeli air strikes in gaza, including 78 children. the israeli army also says more than 400 palestinian militants have been killed after infiltrating southern israel, with dozens more captured. israel says it is still trying to regain full control of eight areas where hamas militants infiltrated following saturday's attack. the number of israeli civilians and soldiers taken hostage has been put at 100 by the israeli embassy to the us, though some have been freed. in northern israel, hezbollah rockets targeted three military positions, with israel responding with barrages of artillery into southern lebanon. the un security council is meeting in new york to discuss the situation. 0ur middle east correspondent yol

i'm lewis vaughan jones. international agencies have expressed concern about reports

i am a lewis vaughan jones. this is bbc news. hello.eally heavy downpours across many parts of the uk. this was the scene in dorset for one of our weather watchers, thanks to this stripe of cloud here, this band of really heavy rain pushing its way northwards. you can see some shower clouds elsewhere, all circulating around the centre of an area of low pressure anchored to the west of our shores. so as we head through the night, we will see showers or longer spells of rain drifting across many parts of the country, some clear spells in between, staying blustery in the south and the winds actually picking up even further in the north east of scotland. temperature wise, generally, 7—10 degrees, so low pressure still with us for sunday. around that low, we will see plenty of showers and this band of persistent rain, this weather front, which is going to become slow moving across some eastern parts of scotland. so really wet here to start the day. heavy rain, too, for northern ireland and northern england, that tending to clear to sunshine

my colleague lewis vaughan jones has been asking him about the message that was sent today at the pro—palestinianthousands, the hundreds of thousands who flooded the streets of london today, of manchester, glasgow, cardiff, everywhere. this was a scene like never before of the british people who are renowned to side with right, not might, to always side with fairness. that is what the british people are famous for, and today, they have really delivered a loud and clear verdict that they are pro, not palestine by the way, they are pro—international law, pro—humanity, pro—justice, pro—peace. for that, we salute every one of them who came out, despite the intimidations and attempts to silence them, to say enough is enough, ceasefire now and full and equal application of international law. that is commendable, lewis, really commendable. i spoke to a representative spokesperson for the israeli government. i put to him these protests taking place around the world and asked whether it would factor into any decision—making on the israeli side, and he said frankly, no. what is your reaction to that? it is

iam i am lewis vaughan—jones, welcome to the programme.as speaking at a joint news conference with his defence minister, yoav gallant, and emergency war cabinet member benny gantz, mr netanyahu described the conflict as israel's second war of independence. he declared israel would win the war and make every effort to bring the hostages home. translation: again, | met - with the hostages' families today. my heart broke. and i reiterated that at every stage up to now... and i promise that we are going to do our utmost to bring them back. if you think that you can accuse our soldiers of war crimes, that is hypocrisy. we are the most moral army of the world. we are preventing, as much as possible, any collateral damage. we don't want any innocent bystanders hurt. they are using these heinous crimes against humanity when they use their people as human shields. so many people around the world understand that israel is fighting on behalf of the entire humankind. 0ur allies in the western world and in the arab world. that if we do not win, they wi

i'm lewis vaughan jones. i'm lewis vaughanjones. thank you very much forjoining us.'s take a look at the headlines. hamas says it's released two of its hostages — an american woman and her daughter. us officials are due to give a briefing in the next hour. storm babet sweeps across the uk — three people are dead and a new "danger to life" warning is issued for parts of scotland for tomorrow. and labour celebrates two by election victories, labelling them a game changer. the party overturned huge conservative majorities in tamworth and mid bedfordshire. and the republicans dump and the republicans duminmjordan as their house speaker nominee after losing three successive votes for the role. welcome back. here in the uk, the labour party are pretty happy after overturning the majorities to win mid bedfordshire and tamworth by elections. keir starmer said labour where redrawing the clinical map, 24% swing to labour in tamworth. the conservatives have pointed to things like low turnout. for a full summary of everything that happened, here's our political editor chris maso

i'm lewis vaughan jones.t least six people were killed in a fire in a nightclub on sunday morning in murcia in southeastern spain. the emergency services there warn that the toll is likely to increase. they said in a statement rescuers had managed to enter the building after being alerted at 6am local time that a fire had broken out in the nightclub. live now to our reporter in madrid, guy hedgecoe. what do we know? well, the latest we've heard _ what do we know? well, the latest we've heard is _ what do we know? well, the latest we've heard is that _ what do we know? well, the latest we've heard is that that _ what do we know? well, the latest we've heard is that that death - what do we know? well, the latest we've heard is that that death toll. we've heard is that that death toll has increased to seven. that is according to the mayor of the city of murcia. he says he is following the situation very closely. there are also for people who have been confirmed as having been injured and treated by the emergency

i'm lewis vaughan jones, i'm lewis vaughanjones, you're watching the context on bbc news. the ground forces are expanding their operations this evening, acting forcefully to achieve the goals of the war. translation: ~ ., u, goals of the war. translation: ~ ., ., translation: we renew our call to all arties translation: we renew our call to all parties for _ translation: we renew our call to all parties for deescalation - translation: we renew our call to all parties for deescalation and - all parties for deescalation and ultimately working for the full ceasefire and the immediate release of all listeners and the delivery of humanity— of all listeners and the delivery of humanity renege to the gaza strip. as israel_ humanity renege to the gaza strip. as israel exercises its right and indeed — as israel exercises its right and indeed its — as israel exercises its right and indeed its responsibility- as israel exercises its right and indeed its responsibility to - as israel exercises its right and i indeed its responsibility to defend its people — indeed its responsibility t

i'm lewis vaughan jones. international agencies have expressed concern about reports of an israeli evacuation order for a key hospital in northern gaza. they've warned that evacuating the site is impossible. it's treating hundreds of people, some of whom are chronically ill. around 14,000 gazans are also reported to be sheltering there. both the world health organization and international federation of the red cross have raised deep alarm over the evacuation order, saying hospitals must be protected. there are unconfirmed reports of air strikes about 20 metres from the al-quds facility. these images show smoke billowing from what appears to be a strike nearby. and this footage shows staff and patients struggling to breathe because of smoke inside the hospital. it also shows damage to windows, after what the palestinian red crescent described as a "very intense bombardment around the hospital", with one rocket falling "only metres away". the al-quds hospital is in northern gaza — the focus of the israeli milit

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i'm lewis vaughan jones.en killed. let's take a look at these pictures from the fire service which give you some idea of what they were up against when they enter they were up against when they enter the nightclub. trying to save lives and put out that fire. we believe four people are being treated for smoke inhalation and the number

i'm lewis vaughan jones. welcome to our continuous coverage.s stormed into israeli territory from gaza. the israeli military says the country is "still at war in its efforts to take full control of israeli territory and communities from hamas". here are the key developments this hour: the number of israelis killed is reported to have risen beyond 700. meanwhile, the gaza ministry of health says 413 palestinians have been killed by israeli airstrikes in gaza, including 78

i'm lewis vaughan jones and this is bbc news. bye—bye. hello.larly in the west and also in the highlands, through the central lowlands. here's that weather front. really overcast here, but to the south, the clouds have been a little more broken, some bright spells and just the odd shower. the forecast for this evening, then — that band of rain is starting to fizzle away early in the morning on thursday, but the next weather front is approaching. north of that weather front, quite chilly in the north and the east of scotland, around 4 degrees in aberdeen, but to the south with the south—westerly winds, it's going to be rather humid in the morning — temperatures around double figures in most towns and cities. so, here's the weather map for thursday. high pressure trying to build in from the south, with the warm southerlies coming our way. but, before that happens, this weather front, this bulk of cloud and damp weather, if not wet weather, needs to sweep through, initially through northern ireland wales, through northern ireland, wales, then north

i'm lewis vaughan jones.he war has shifted into a new phase. this is what happened last night. an intensification of air strikes and bold moments —— bombardments over gaza. 150 underground targets were hit and several senior hamas commanders were killed. there was a ground incursion as well in the latest information we haveis as well in the latest information we have is that troops are still on the ground in north gaza now. these are pictures from earlier today as the assault on gaza continues. the un secretary—general has called for an immediate ceasefire. communications in gaza are largely still down. our correspondent is there. we will be hearing from him a little later. there are more than 200 hostages being held by her hamas. the families have to watch this not knowing the fate of the hostages. there has been a meeting between them and the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu. these are some of the live pictures we'll be keeping a cross for you in the hours ahead as we wait to see this evening br

i'm lewis vaughan jones. i'm lewis vaughanjones. thank you very much forjoining us.ve a briefing in the next hour. storm babet sweeps across the uk — three people are dead and a new "danger to life" warning is issued for parts of scotland for tomorrow.

i'm lewis vaughan jones. some breaking news from the white house. a call betweenjoe biden and prime minister netanyahu, we have a readout, as it is called, some details of what was talked about, released by the white house, this has come into us in the last few minutes, i will bring you the first two sentences. the president reiterated that israel has every right and responsibility to defend its citizens from terrorism and underscored the need to do so in a manner consistent with international human terry in law. that prioritised the protection of civilians. the president and prime minister discussed ongoing efforts to locate and secure the release of hostages, to include american citizens who remain unaccounted for and may be held by hamas. the president underscored the need to immediately and significantly increase the flow of humanitarian assistance to meet the needs of civilians in gaza. the president and the prime minister agreed to remain in regular consultation both directly and through their respective national security teams. so, a familiar

i'm lewis vaughan jones.e start with the fire in a nightclub in spain. 11 people have been killed. let's take a look at these pictures from the fire service which give you some idea of what they were up against when they enter they were up against when they enter the nightclub. trying to save lives and put out that fire. we believe four people are being treated for smoke inhalation and the number of deaths we are being warned could still rise. this happened in the early hours of the morning when the nightclub was still busy. this is in spain, in murcia as i mentioned, the early hours of sunday morning. let's go live now to our reporter in madrid, guy hedgecoe. what is the latest? the madrid, guy hedgecoe. what is the latest? . , madrid, guy hedgecoe. what is the latest? , , . , madrid, guy hedgecoe. what is the latest? . , ., latest? the emergency services have confirmed that _ latest? the emergency services have confirmed that number— latest? the emergency services have confirmed that number you - latest? th

i'm lewis vaughan jones.to enter the building after being alerted at 6am local time that a fire had broken out in the nightclub.