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

iam i am lewis vaughanjones, thanks very much for your company.eeks, israel has been exceeding fire with hezbollah, and they are considered a terrorist organisation by many including the us, the uk and others. people have been leaving the towns on the border there as that fire increases. firas maksad, senior fellow at the middle east institute think tank, and an expert on hezbollah and lebanon. thank you very much for coming on the programme. aha, thank you very much for coming on the programme-— thank you very much for coming on the programme._ so - thank you very much for coming on i the programme._ so could the programme. a pleasure. so could ou 'ust the programme. a pleasure. so could you just talk — the programme. a pleasure. so could you just talk us _ the programme. a pleasure. so could you just talk us through _ the programme. a pleasure. so could you just talk us through firstly - you just talk us through firstly where we are on this border? what's the state of the clashes there? well, it's been two weeks. initially there was quite a bit

i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc news. hello there.essure — moving in off the atlantic, with associated weather fronts bringing the wet weather and some strengthening winds through the channel by the end of the weekend. let's take a look at this evening. you can see we've got some outbreaks of rain across the north—east of england clearing away, but actually all attention down towards parts of south wales, in towards devon and cornwall, and wet weather drifting east through dorset, hampshire, the isle of wight, towards sussex as well, and into kent. and it's here that we have a met office yellow warning force for that heavy rain overnight. drier elsewhere, under clear skies through west wales, north—west england, northern ireland. western scotland, chilly at times — three celsius there in glasgow, colder in the countryside. to wednesday, and the overnight rain in the south—east beginning to clear away. and for many, wednesday is a reasonable day — plenty of dry and bright weather around, but also some large areas of cloud and some show

i am lewis vaughanjones. breaking news to bring you.hat two american hostages have been released by hamas —— israeli officials. they were taken by a kibbutz on october the 7th. to complete that, two american hostages have been released by hamas, they were taken hostage originally had —— ady key boots on october the 7th. you will know we have been reporting unconfirmed reports that these two hostages have been released. we do have their names. they have been released, mother and... we have not had it confirmed their mother and daughter, the initial reports were that they are mother and daughter, but i was not included in this reporting by paul adams, so i am going to hold back from an official confirmation of that detail, but israeli officials have confirmed to the bbc that does make american hostages have been released by hamas, so we first heard of this book on social media —— two american hostages. we heard a mother and daughter had been released on him unitary and grounds. next our broadcast partners, cbs news, in the us, with their

i'm lewis vaughanjones, this bbc news. hello there. was quite a refreshing change — chilly but dry, with some sunshine. and into the afternoon, just take a look at highland scotland — absolutely glorious. we did have some rain, however — it was mostly down to the southwest, in particular through the isles of scilly. in the first six hours this morning, we sawjust shy of two inches of rain. so some threatening—looking skies at times across cornwall. and there's more rain to come, i'm afraid, in the weather story as we go through the week ahead. in fact, we could see more significant rain arriving overnight tonight into the south east and across eastern england — areas where we don't need any more significant rain — moving across east anglia, lincolnshire into the east midlands, and across to parts of south yorkshire. it it'll be accompanied eventually by another spell of wet weather moving through the west midlands. now, with the cloud and the rain around, those temperatures are going to hold up. so it won't be as chilly a start, but ye

i am lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc news. hello. storm babet continues to batter the uk. winds have been gusting around 60 miles an hour at times around the north sea coasts. and of course, flooding has been the other major concern, particularly so in parts of scotland, where we still have five severe flood warnings in force along stretches of both the north and the south esk. as well as these five severe flood warnings, we also have 16 flood warnings elsewhere in scotland, another five for wales and 189 for england. a large chunk of those are affecting the midlands, where we've also seen disruption to transport and some schools have been shut too. today's weather warnings, then — the amber warnings stretch from the north midlands up to the scottish borders. they'll be joined by further weather warnings in scotland overnight. and notice another top level red weather warning. well, these warnings for scotland stay in force for tomorrow as well. another 70 to 100 millimetres of rain in angus and aberdeenshire in this red warning. that means we are likely to see some further

, with us, plenty more coverage to come, iam lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc news. and there is more unwanted rain to come through the week ahead. but also of concern, the risk of damaging winds, particularly through wednesday night and thursday, as i'll show you in a moment. in the shorter term, still some outbreaks of rain, certainly some showers as we go through tonight, some clear spells as well. temperatures maybe dropping to three degrees in the highlands, 11 there in the south—west of england, but low pressure still very much in charge of our weather as we head into monday morning. this low will be weakening somewhat, so it won't be as windy on monday, but there will still be some showers. some really hefty showers actually across parts of northern ireland, the isle of man and some scattered showers across england and wales. some of these still heavy, thundery, still with the potential to bring some localised flooding and disruption, some sunny spells in between. scotland having a much drier day, just the odd shower, but most places will be fine and temperatu

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news. translation: the ground forces l are expanding their operations this evening, acting forcefully and in all dimensions to achieve the goals of the war. israel is responsible for the atrocities_ israel is responsible for the atrocities that _ israel is responsible for the atrocities that are - israel is responsible for the atrocities that are being - israel is responsible for the - atrocities that are being committed now and _ atrocities that are being committed now and that — atrocities that are being committed now and that will _ atrocities that are being committed now and that will be _ atrocities that are being committed now and that will be committed - atrocities that are being committed now and that will be committed in. now and that will be committed in their ground — now and that will be committed in their ground invasion— now and that will be committed in their ground invasion of— now and that will be committed in their ground invasion of gaza. - as israel exercises its right,

i'm lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc news. hello there, good evening.ons will continue as we head through this weekend and into next week. it won't be raining all the time but, of course, the ground pretty saturated in many areas, particularly here in central and eastern areas of scotland. for the next few days, heavy, thundery downpours across quite a wide area of the uk again. blustery winds, too. and if we just take a look at the rainfall accumulation chart for the next few days, you can see just how extensive that wet weather is likely to be. drier, though, for western scotland, but where we see those bright colours again for eastern scotland over the high ground, there could be another 50—100 millimetres of rain. why is it happening? well, low pressure is centred out to the west of ireland, sending bands of showers spiralling around it. brisk south—easterly winds again overnight tonight, just pushing these showers on—shore into central eastern areas of scotland — aconstant stream of showers here. a constant stream of showers here. clearer spells fu

iam i am lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc news. hello there. good afternoon.particularly across southern england and wales, along with still that milder air lingering on. further north, colder air, but also some sunshine. and we're all going to be coming into those chillier—feeling conditions as we head through the weekend. so feeling a lot more like autumn. temperatures dropping below the seasonal average this time. it will be windy, but there will be a lot of sunshine around as well. and this is the position of the weather front on friday. it's going to be pushing further southwards and eastwards as we head through the rest of the afternoon. that cold front sweeping away the milder air into this evening and overnight. behind the weather front, there's quite a lot of sunshine around, but also some showers just streaming down on that north—westerly wind. it's quite a brisk wind, certainly towards exposed coastal areas, and especially out towards the far north—east of scotland and the northern isles. quite windy conditions developing here later on. still, that

hello, welcome to the programme, i am lewis vaughanjones.going to get more on the breaking story out of ankara, turkey, in just a moment, but we are going to the us first of all. with minutes to spare, a deal was done to avoid a government shutdown. take a look at this, a deal is approved in the senate after being approved in the lower house as well. it means government workers will be paid, and will keep the government running for the next 45 days, and in 45 days they will have to come to another day. the other thing about this particular deal is that it excludes any more aid or money for ukraine, which was a condition of some of the republicans, that they demanded. let's take a listen to the senate majority leader, the democrat, chuck schumer. it has been a day full of twists and turns, but the american people can breathe a sigh of relief. there will be no government shutdown. democrats have said from the start that the only solution for avoiding a shutdown is bipartisanship. and we're glad that speaker mccarthy has finally heeded our mess

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hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories from around the world. starting with this breaking news concerning those two hostages. now, hamas says two hostages have been freed, an american woman and her daughter. they say it is for humanitarian reasons. now, we are expecting a press conference from the idf in israel and from the us state department briefing. we will of course keep across both of those and could potentially get some more details on exactly what the situation is. i want to bring you the latest line we are getting from our partners at cbs news. so, two us hostages have been released by hamas. this is going to an unnamed diplomat confirming to cbs news, the bbc�*s broadcast partner in the united states. the hostages are a mother and a daughter, the additional details were not immediately available. just to bring you up to speed with the last hour or so, we got a message on social media from hamas�*s armed wing spokesperson saying that hamas has released two us hostages, a mother and a daughterfor humanitarian reasons. t

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. 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 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 — quote — "only metres away". the al quds hospital is in northern gaza, the focus of the israeli militar

i am lewis vaughanjones. hello.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 and showers. wales, the midlands, east anglia and the south of e

there hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news.agency in gaza, i will not be able to carry out any humanitarian operations. even war has rules. we must demand that top parties uphold and respect their obligations under international humanitarian law. mr secretary—general, in what world do you in live? definitely, this is not our world. the international- community is obliged, under international law, to stop them. _ it is our collective - human duty to stop them. now, continued failure at this council is inexcusable. - last night on the programme, we brought you the breaking news that two more hostages had been released. today, we heard from one of them about the horrors they experienced in the hamas tunnels. the families of more than 200 hostages will be hoping their loved ones will also be released. tonight, we'll take look at the diplomatic efforts to address the conflict — including in new york, where the un security council has been meeting today. representatives form israel and palestinian authority both had

i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc news. goodbye. hello.her very warm come for the first day of march. we could see temperatures about five to 8 degrees above normal, in the high 30s for the first day of march. we could see temperatures about five to 8 degrees above normal, in the high 30s through parts of south—west spain and portugal, but some of that warmth will be felt here the sunshine. the south—east corner, some break in the cloud. after the morning rain in northern england, northern wales, brightening up here, outbreaks of rain and drizzle pushing down into the midlands, parts of your yorkshire. 13—17, 23 or 2a degrees. through tonight, stays humid and muggy across the south, a little drizzle, 15 the low in london, a little fresher through scotland and northern ireland, a few showers here, but a fresher, brighter start to monday. this will strengthen the winds across northern scotland, where is the south with cloud and patchy rain, drizzle, mist and fog to begin with, a few brighter breaks. showers most frequent in the with the stro

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones.come to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories from around the world. first, we're going to look at the new political situation in israel. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the opposition leader benny gantz have agreed to form an emergency government to manage the country's response to saturday's attacks by hamas. the death toll from the attacks has reached 1,200. as israel continues its bombardment of gaza for a fifth day, there are concerns about the deteriorating humanitarian situation. gaza's health ministry says 1,100 people have been killed in air strikes. gaza's only power station has run out of fuel after israel announced it was cutting off energy supplies as well as food and water. 0utside gaza, the israeli military says hundreds of thousands of troops are gathering in preparation for would could be a ground invasion against hamas, which is regarded as a terrorist organisation by many countries, including the us, uk and egypt. —— for what could

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews andn. there has been plenty of reaction to the announcement from israel for a million people to effectively move from the north of the gaza strip, down to the southern end. we were to use in pictures now from inside gaza in the last, these are live pictures right now, the scene looks relatively calm, very different picture at times overnight with air strikes continuing. we can show you some pictures from inside gaza. some of the latest images we have from the streets. the devastation. we will bring you those in a few moments. while we wait for those pictures these are the pictures that i was just referring to. this gives you an idea of some of the destruction inside, some of the problem is therefore of asking people to move, a million people to move in these conditions. palestinian groups, united nation groups have been talking about the impossibility of a million people moving in the time frame, 2a hours. we have a response from the idf, an acknowledgement when they were asked, that 2a h

i am lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc news. have seen close to a month's rainfall since friday, especially across argyll and bute, perth and kinross. this is led to some flooding. at the rain is continuing to clear it is down to this evening, there are still a number of flood warnings in place. do keep an eye on those on the bbc weather website. across england and wales and northern ireland, lots of blue sky and sunshine and it is felt warm for this time of year. the unseasonable warmth is set to last until at least the start of next week, then we will see some cooler air and rain week, then we will see some cooler airand rain will week, then we will see some cooler air and rain will return for most of us. 0vernight tonight, it is largely dry. it is dried out across scotland, we could just see a few shower is edging west, pushing down towards north—east england. the misty and murky conditions developing towards irish sea coasts. it is a very mild start to the day tomorrow, temperatures remaining in double figures throughout the

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news.gs and slide are still standing. the international community is always talking about not provoking putin. but what is it if it is not russian provocation? unfortunately, not the whole fleet. we would be happy if - the russian black sea fleet finally leave to crimea, . but approximately 14 ships been reported as moving. in ukraine the united nations is sending investigators to the village of hroza. 52 people were killed. also on the programme... ai—powered live facial recognition cameras. new calls for them to be banned immidiately. banned immediately. the winner of the 2023 nobel peace prize, narges mohammadi, is still in prison in iran. we look at her campaigning for women's rights in the country. and as the labour party win in scotland, what does that mean for their chances in the next general election? sting to the programme. we're going to start a small village of hroza. our correspondent has made it there is just a warning, the

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news.ons light up the sky over gaza, as the israeli military announces it's ramping up its air and ground operations. ground forces are expanding their operations this evening, acting forcefully in all dimensions to achieve the goals of the war. straight to the live feeds here in the bbc. this is the darkness of the gaza and it is facing tonight and intensification of air strikes from israel. we have been watching these feeds for the past few hours now and they've been big orange explosions in the sum because of that in a southern israel has been monitoring the and they have noticed intensification too. inside gaza, there is a hospital and people have been asked to move from gaza city in the north of gaza down and to the southin the north of gaza down and to the south in this hospital, there have been strikes in the south as well and i should say, hospital struggling with power and struggling with supplies as many people struggle with the basics of food and water, as well. in the third and

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories from around the world. we begin here in the uk and the conservative party conference, where the prime minister has announced he's scrapping a major part of one of europe's biggest infrastructure projects. rishi sunak confirmed that a key leg of the h52 high—speed rail project, which would have linked the london—birmingham stretch of the line to the northern city of manchester, has been axed due to its soaring cost. another leg to leeds had already been dropped. he pledged to reinvest every penny in other rail, road and bus projects in the north, the midlands and across the country. the beach was widely seen as an opportunity for the prime minister to revitalise his party ahead of a general election expected next year. our political editor chris mason reports. manchester this lunchtime, and the prime minister's warm—up. rishi and i are each other�*s best friends, and i couldn't imagine being anywhere else to show my sup

. —— i'm lewis vaughanjones.lackness there of the skyline has been lit up with these orange flashes of the intensification of air strikes. another one they are the sound of crashing off and going with those strikes. hamas saying they are launching their own rockets into southern israel. we've been keeping across these live pictures in particular. jeremy, just bring us up—to—date with what's been happening? up-to-date with what's been happening?— up-to-date with what's been hauenina? , , ., happening? well, some responses to the israeli actions. _ happening? well, some responses to the israeli actions. the _ happening? well, some responses to the israeli actions. the palestinian i the israeli actions. the palestinian authority has called this unhinged aggression. there are some who are hoping internationally and in israel that perhaps the pa could be persuaded to take over in gaza if and when israel manage to get rid of they have been saying consistently they have been saying consistently they don't want to go in

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. international agencies have expressed concern about reports of an israeli evacuation order for the al-quds hospital, in northern gaza. hundreds of patients are receiving treatment at the hospital, with a reported 14,000 gazans sheltering there. both the world health organization and international federation of the red cross have raised deep alarm over the evacuation order, saying hospitals in gaza must be protected. the palestine red crescent says the israeli military has repeatedly bombed around the al-quds hospital, causing damage and putting civilians at risk. these images show smoke billowing from what appears to be an israeli strike nearby. health workers there have reported shelling just 50m away. the al-quds hospital is in northern gaza, the focus of the israeli military�*s operation against hamas. israel has not confirmed the evacuation order. the palestine red crescent says it is urgently seeking clarification. jordan's foreign minister has told the bbc that israel must respe

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the programme.srael's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the war in gaza has entered a second phase, warning it will be long and difficult. 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. in his first comments since the war began on the seventh of october, hamas's leader in the gaza strip has offered to release all hostages being held in gaza in return for the release of all hamas prisoners in israeli jails. in a statement, yahya sinwar says, "we are ready for an immediate "exchange deal that includes the release "of all prisoners in the prisons of the zionist enemy "in exchange for the release of all "prisoners with the resistance." it comes 2a hours after israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza. you can see that in these pictures here. israel said the night—

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news.aking serious berth." the most important thing is to call for humanitarian support to go into gaza. we are providing an additional £20 million of humanitarian aid to civilians in gaza, more than doubling our previous support to the palestinian people. a number of key developments today in the israel—gaza war. we are keeping a close eye on what's happening with israeli hostages being held by hamas. a spokesperson for hamas says they've released two more hostages. the bbc has learned that negotiations to release more have reached a serious stage. get the latest from our correspondent on the ground in southern israel, inside gaza, and in the northern border with lebanon. we will also speak to an experienced hostage negotiator about the communications going on behind the scenes. and hearfrom aid agencies about the supply lines into gaza. how much more, they say, is needed. welcome to the programme.

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hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news.ar. israel is responsible for the atrocities— israel is responsible for the atrocities that _ israel is responsible for the atrocities that are - israel is responsible for the atrocities that are being - israel is responsible for the - atrocities that are being committed now and _ atrocities that are being committed now and that — atrocities that are being committed now and that will _ atrocities that are being committed now and that will be _ atrocities that are being committed now and that will be committed - atrocities that are being committed now and that will be committed in. now and that will be committed in their ground — now and that will be committed in their ground invasion— now and that will be committed in their ground invasion of— now and that will be committed in their ground invasion of gaza. - as israel exercises its right, and indeed its responsibility, to defend its people against a terrorist group, it must do so in line with the rules of war. welcome to the programme

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones.prime minister has announced he's scrapping a major part of one of europe's biggest infrastructure projects. rishi sunak confirmed that a key leg of the hs2 high—speed rail project, which would have linked the london—birmingham stretch of the line to the northern city of manchester, has been axed due to its soaring cost. another leg to leeds had already been dropped. he pledged to reinvest every penny in other rail, road and bus projects in the north, the midlands and across the country.

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news.ch is sure that we have and we will increase it, but also the support of the us. translation: since june 4th alone, the ukrainian army has _ lost over 90,000 men. these are irrecoverable losses. in ukraine, one of the deadliest russian missile strikes of the war. the head of the un says attacks on civilians must stop. also, european leaders meet in the spanish city of granada, with ukraine and migration on the agenda. more unwelcome records broken. temperatures in september were the warmest on record. and the boards and the bard — how a theatre thinks it's found a stage where shakespeare performed. joining me to discuss all this is nathalie tocci, director for the institute of international affairs rome. and miles taylor, formerly chief of staff at the us department of homeland security. we will be saying hello to both properly a little later.

earlier my colleague lewis vaughanjones spoke to israeli government spokesman, eylon levy. are now seeing an escalation. on7 on 7 october hamas declared war against israel, it is a war that began with the horrific massacre that murdered moo people, injured 5000, took 230 people, injured 5000, took 230 people hostage, has continued with 8000 rockets on our cities, and had to run to a bomb shelter twice today, and it is a war israel is determined to win and determined to win and determined to win by totally defeating the hamas regime inside the gaza strip, just as the international community close ranks against isis, we have been very clear we can no longer live with the terror on claim on our borders, controlled by a jihadist organisation, a jihadist organisation, a jihadist organisation sworn to a second genocide of the jews, organisation sworn to a second genocide of thejews, a jihadist organisation that on 7 october burned, butchered, raped, tortured its way through southern israel, so i must this war, it is not a war that we want it is not a war that we wanted or started

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news.rom the bbc plenty more on that in just a moment. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello. we're starting at the rugby world cup where hosts france can seal their place in the quarter finals with victory over italy. we're about half an hour into their match in lyon and france are already well ahead. they are leading 24—0. italy have never got through to the knock—out stages of a world cup and it's not looking likely this time. they need to beat france with a bonus point to guarantee to do that this time. but france are well ahead already. it's day two of the cricket world cup and pakistan began their campaign with a comfortable win over the netherlands. they beat them by 81 runs in hyderabad asjoe lynsky reports. just to be here is a breakthrough for cricket in the netherlands. they have not reached this world cup since 2011 and through their squad is spirit. paul spent the lockdown is a delivery driver but now much of this team of full time

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news.allow putin to destabilise any other part of the world and our parties in order to ruin europe's power. translation: since june 4th alone, the ukrainian army has _ lost over 90,000 men. these are irrecoverable losses. in ukraine, one of the deadliest russian missile strikes of the war. the head of the un says attacks on civilians must stop. also, more unwelcome records broken. temperatures in september were the warmest on record. after rishi sunak�*s pitch to the nation, what is sunakism? and what's it offering? "retain and explain" is the advice. we'll look at the new government guidance on what to do with controversial historical statues. first, though, we start with the events in eastern ukraine, the kharkiv region, it fit missile strike by russia with 51 people killed. take a look at

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news.ency in gaza, i will not be able to carry out any humanitarian operations. even war has rules. we must demand that top parties uphold and respect their obligations under international humanitarian law. mr secretary—general, in what world do you in live? definitely, this is not our world. the international- community is obliged, under international law, to stop them. _ it is our collective - human duty to stop them. now, continued failure at this council is inexcusable. - last night on the programme, we brought you the breaking news that two more hostages had been released. today, we heard from one of them about the horrors they experienced in a "spider web" of hamas tunnels. the families of more than 200 hostages will be hoping their loved ones will be lucky enough to be released. tonight, we will speak to hostage negotiation experts about what's happening behind closed doors. we will also hearfrom one of the many aid groups that are still struggling to get supplies into gaza at the ra

i'm lewis vaughanjones, and this is bbc news. goodbye. hello. day to come for the first day of march. we could see temperatures about 5 to 8 degrees above normal, peaking in the high 30s through parts of south west spain and portugal. but some of that warmth will be felt here in the uk, especially where you get the sunshine. southeast corner, some breaks in the cloud will see that temperature boost. lots of sunshine to scotland and northern ireland, northern england, not quite as warm, but temperatures still above, but in between, after the morning rain in northern england, north wales, brightening up here, outbreaks of rain, drizzle pushing down into the midlands, parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, south wales and the south west of england. there, confirmation, should be 13 to 17, will be around 17 to 23 or 2a degrees. now through tonight, stays humid and muggy across the south. extensive mist and low cloud continuing for some, especially around some hills and coast, a little bit of drizzle. 15 the low in london, bit fresher through scotland, no

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories fromround the world. first an update from israel just first an update from israeljust in the last half an hour or so. we heard from the prime minister netanyahu saying israel is preparing a ground invasion of gaza. that came straight from the prime minister in a televised statement he said the government special war cabinet will decide when it will begin, he also said they are encouraging to released to students to carry weapons. let's go to gaza now where fuel is running out. some hospitals are halting life—saving operations. un aid agency that helps palestinians in gaza says it will have to stop working on some of its work. if fuel does not arrive. we can see pictures of the fuel shortages in gaza. israel says hamas is stockpiling hundreds of thousands of litres of fuel. hamas is designated a terror group by countries including the us and uk. meanwhile air strikes continue, you can see the aftermath here, this is khan younis in the south. hamas officials in gaza say a record number of pa

i'm lewis vaughan jones, i'm lewis vaughanjones, you're watching the context on bbc news.oals of the war. translation: ~ ., .., 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 to defend its people against _ indeed its responsibility to defend its people against a _ indeed i

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news.ael cohen once served as the former president's lawyer and fixer. but the relationship dramatically soured over the course of the trump presidency. today he appeared as a witness at donald trump's civil fraud trial. he testified that the value of the trump company's holdings would be "whatever number mr. trump told us". mr cohen said his responsibility was to reverse engineer assets to achieve the number. new york attorney general letitia james alleges donald trump misrepresented his wealth by hundreds of millions of dollars. she's seeking a fine of 250—million us dollars and a ban on trump doing business in new york. this is how the former president reacted after mr cohen's testimony: we're not worried at all about his testimony. the testimony, and the testimony he gave about the accounting firm

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but for the moment, i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc news.om half of the table om 13th place if they lose. to the cricket world cup — dfending champions england's chances of making the knockouts were given a boost, after afghanistan scored another famous upset at the tournament in india today. they beat pakistan by eight wickets, and are in with a chance of qualification to the knockouts themselves. imran sidat was watching. a meeting of near neighbours in chennai, withjonathan trott�*s side hoping to hit the heights of their shock victory over england. pakistan chose to bat, and that decision looked vindicated early on as the openers passed 50 without loss. but then, the wickets began to fall as afghanistan sensed an opportunity. when mohammed rizwan went to the spin of the teenager, the momentum was now firmly with the minnows. pakistan needed to turn the tide and when they were in need of some inspiration, barbara azam is usually the man they look to. the skipper leading from the front as he reached his half—century. he made 74 before ahme

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news.been tightening the screw on the crimea, and especially on _ the black sea fleet. in ukraine — the united nations is sending investigators to the village of hroza. 52 people were killed. also on the programme... ai—powered live facial recognition cameras. new calls for them to be banned immidiately. the winner of the 2023 nobel peace prize narges mohammadi — is still in prison in iran. we look at her campaigning for women's rights in the country. and as the labour party win in scotland, what does that mean for their chances in the next general election? to discuss all this i'm joined by lord kim darroch — former uk ambassador to the us & eu, and also former national security adviser, and the democratic political campaign strategist, mo elleithee.

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news.est by—election doubled the number of labour's mps in scotland. with a larger than expected swing — of 20.4% — labour's michael shanks secured just under 18,000 votes, more than double the totalfor the snp'. but the huge swing to labour enables sir keir and his supporters to dream of a wider victory; its weakness in scotland since the 2015 wipeout has been one of the reasons it has remained so far from power in westminster; without scotland the road to no 10 is so much steeper for labour to travel. let's take a listen to what sir keir starmer had to say. they said that we couldn't change the labour party and we did it. they said that we couldn't win in the south of england and the north of england and we did it. they said you will never beat the snp in scotland and rutherglen, you did it! applause

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hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news.ote on social media from hamas, "we decided to release them on humanitarian and poor health grounds," and we have images of the two women. we heard from the international red cross who were responsible for the removal of them from gaza to safety, there it there as a neutral role in facilitating their release. earlier, i asked amichai chikli — the minister of diaspora affairs and the minister for social equality in the israeli government — if he knew more about the hostage situation. we don't have more details, but what i wanted to say, and to remind the viewers of the bbc, as we were speaking, a mother, 32 years old, and her son, four years old,

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news.described the jump in temperatures this september as gobsmacking bananas. the new data show the average global temperature in september was 16.38 degrees celsius. that beats the previous record for september by half a degree, the largestjump ever recorded. now, take a look at this. the line in the middle of this graph represents average global temperatures for the month of september between 1991 and 2020. looking back to the 1940s, we could see septembers were colder than that for many years. but look, when we get to the year 2000, that changes. temperatures rise steadily into this year. and just look at that peak.

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