the us presidentjoe biden has arrived in israel. this was always a diplomatically risky visit — a us president arriving in the middle of a fast paced war but his role here and what he can hope to achieve today has been hugely complicated by the devastating deaths last night of hundreds of civilians in gaza in an explosion in an overcrowded hospital. that has raised a number of people killed since hamas attacked to 3,500, according to palestinian health minister. president biden has been meeting benjamin netanyahu. the two leaders made these comments before going into closed—door talks. i want to thank you for coming here today and for the unequivocal support have given israel during these trying times. support that reflects the overwhelming will of the american people. i have seen your support everyday and the depth and breadth of cooperation that we have had since the beginning of this work. 11 of cooperation that is truly unprecedented in the history of the great alliance between origin nations. we see that support and your steadf

us presidentjoe biden is due to arrive in israel tomorrow.illed two swedish nationals yesterday. coming up on bbc news, we'll have the latest from dharamsala where south africa are looking to make it three wins out of three at the cricket world cup. they've won the toss against the netherlands and have put them in to bat. the average wage has risen higher than the rate of inflation for the first time in nearly two years. new figures show salaries rose at an annual rate of nearly 8% betweenjune and august — though there is a big gap between the public and private sector, and many people are still feeling the squeeze, as our cost of living correspondent colletta smith reports from the calder valley. after years of sky—high price rises and low wage growth, today's figures show a different picture. average wages powered up above price increases this summer. since i first met corey six months ago, she's had a pay rise. it was nice to be acknowledged and be able to see that, all right, 0k, to have that wage going up. but i don't think anybody�*s no

presidentjoe biden will not just visit israel, he will go to neighbouring jordan where there will behosted by the king ofjordan and also attended by the president of egypt and the palestinian authority head. the president and the other palestinian authority has its way is occupied by israel. let'sjoin our authority has its way is occupied by israel. let's join our state department corresponded. barbara plett usher. president biden has already sent antony blinken who has met six arab leaders. he is back in israel, why does president biden feel he must be here himself? he does president biden feel he must be here himself?— here himself? he wants to show the stronaest here himself? he wants to show the strongest level— here himself? he wants to show the strongest level of _ here himself? he wants to show the strongest level of us _ here himself? he wants to show the strongest level of us support - here himself? he wants to show the strongest level of us support for - strongest level of us support for israel's security and there is no other way, stronger way than with a visit. i think al

the us presidentjoe biden is in israel. he's met prime minister benjamin netanyahu and pledged america's support. i was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion in gaza at the hospital yesterday. and based on what i've seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team. and the other main stories on the programme. food prices fell last month but petrol and diesel cost more. it means inflation stands still at 6.7%. and we hear from danny boyle about his latest show that's opening the major brand new arts centre in manchester. and coming up on bbc news, after england qualify for the euros, we'll hear from captain harry kane about their desire to go one further than recent tournaments and get their hands on a trophy. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. we are live in southern israel, less than a mile from the gaza strip, behind me about an hours drive from tel aviv. the us presidentjoe biden is now in tel aviv for meetings with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his war cabinet. soon af

let's start with more details on presidentjoe biden�*s visit to israel. en will focus on securing the release of hostages taken by hamas. but he will also underscore the need to minimise civilian casualities as israel conducts its operations in gaza. 0ur correspondent david willis gave us this update —— the us secretary of state — antony blinken — says president biden will visit israel on wednesday to show his support for the israeli people. secretary blinken also said the us and israel have agreed on a plan to allow humanitarian aid into gaza — in a way that doesn't benefit hamas militants. and the un security council has rejected a russian draft resolution calling for a huminitarian ceasefire. the us ambassador said the draft�*s failure to condemn hamas was outrageous, hypocritical, and indefensible. let's start with more details on presidentjoe biden�*s visit to israel. top us diplomat, antony blinken said president biden will focus on securing the release of hostages taken by hamas. but he will also underscore the need to minimise civilian casualities

remember what presidentjoe biden said on his visit _ presidentjoe biden said on his visit to— presidentjoe his message to them was we are with you but don't make the mistake — was we are with you but don't make the mistake that we made after 9/11, which _ the mistake that we made after 9/11, which is _ the mistake that we made after 9/11, which is getting so angry that you overreact — which is getting so angry that you overreact. . . which is getting so angry that you overreact. ., ., , ., ., hazel asks, "if gaza is for the palestinians, why does israel still have to control the power, water and so many other things?" caroline similarly asks, "regarding israel's blockade of gaza over the last two weeks, holding back fuel, electricity and water: does this mean that there is literally no water, fuel and electricity available to the people of gaza, or do the gazans also have their own sources?" well, yes, gaza is for the palestinians but you have to remember that it is isolated from the outside world. israel has controlled pretty much everything that goes in and out of gaza apart from a narro

and a flurry of phone calls or presidentjoe biden has been having at the moment.nment from the state department for a number of years, what would you be saying to them right now?— them right now? good evening, i think it's keeping _ them right now? good evening, i think it's keeping our _ them right now? good evening, i think it's keeping our allies - them right now? good evening, i think it's keeping our allies on i think it's keeping our allies on board and explain to them but he understands israel's objectives are and trying to mostly contain what appears to be a trajectory towards a broadening of the conflict. and that is not happening on its own, it's happening because iran is giving the orderfor that happening because iran is giving the order for that with the posture not only of the united states but our partners should be towards that incitement, finally working with our partners in a humanitarian support to the palestinians were suffering so much under the yoke of hamas in this brutal campaign.— this brutal campaign. president biden's visited _ this bruta

we know that the us presidentjoe biden spoke to the us presidentjoe biden spoke to the israeli primete phone calls. the us state —— the palestinian leader mac murder thatis that is the scene in los angeles, echoing some of the scenes we've seen from around the world. we show new the protest in london today. there are a lot of moving parts in what's going on in the conflict between gaza and israel. you can get more analysis and clarification on what is going on in a special edition of the global news podcast. and �*the conflict�* featuring lyse doucet and jeremy bowen which is now available on bbc sounds. you can also watch a bbc news special — a week of war, on bbc iplayer. i'll i�*ll be back with the headline shortly. sunday will be getting off to a cold start in most places and it promises to be a rather chilly day. but not as windy as it was on saturday and there won�*t be as many showers. high pressure building its way in from the west. notice the isobars quite tightly packed across northern and eastern scotland. still quite windy here and a weak frontal system bringing cloud and

we begin tonight as us presidentjoe biden heads home from israel after a brief visit — just eight hoursong — designed as a show of support. his trip though, was overshadowed by an explosion last night at a hospital in gaza city. the health ministry says a71 people were killed. israel and hamas are blaming each other for the blast, which has inflamed tensions and sparked protests across the region. israel says the blast was caused by a rocket misfired by the palestinian militant group islamichhad. a senior us official says it's high confidence that israel did not do it. but hamas, palestinian authorities and other countries blame israel for the explosion. the bbc is trying verify the claims from both sides. after talks with benjamin netanyahu, president biden warned israel not be consumed by rage and to learn from mistakes the us made after 9/11. israel's prime minister called biden a "true friend" and commended his "deeply moving" decision to visit israel during a time of active war. he also said he would not block aid deliveries from egypt to gaza — where food, water and fuel are runni

that agreement with the israeli prime minister and us presidentjoe biden.e about. they say the deal has been done it is just a matter of logistics to be up on it. they say 20 trucks will be allowed through and it may seem like allowed through and it may seem like a lot of aid, but it seems that is probably very little given the scale of this crisis right now. i probably very little given the scale of this crisis right now.— of this crisis right now. i think 20 trucks would _ of this crisis right now. i think 20 trucks would be _ of this crisis right now. i think 20 trucks would be a _ of this crisis right now. i think 20 trucks would be a good _ of this crisis right now. i think 20 trucks would be a good start, - of this crisis right now. i think 20 trucks would be a good start, if. of this crisis right now. i think 20| trucks would be a good start, if it is a sustained access, that gets us on a regular basis inside gaza, but of course, it is nowhere near enough. we have a population of over 2 million people who are in desperate need of all kinds of humanit

us presidentjoe biden has again spoken to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. e two leaders affirmed that there will now continue to be a flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. their most recent communication was over the phone — but the pair met in person on wednesday — when mr biden visited israel to show support. the white house also says the president has discussed the war with the leaders of the uk, canada, france, germany and italy. france's president, emmanuel macron, and the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, have also now announced they'll also visit on monday and tuesday. at the rafah border crossing , several trucks from a second convoy at the rafah border crossing, several trucks from a second convoy carrying humanitarian aid from egypt have crossed into the gaza strip. the convoy had earlier been detained at the rafah crossing for several hours so that they could be searched to ensure they were carrying only aid. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has warned iran against any escalation of the israel—gaza war. he was speaking on cbs news, after i

well more on the visit from the us presidentjoe biden. the us and is due to arrive in the region on wednesday. he is expected to meet the israeli prime minister. but the diplomatic trip will be particularly difficult to navigate, with the schedule now up in the air. mr biden was also due to travel to amman, jordan's capital, to meet other key regional leaders. but not only has the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, cancelled his meeting with the us president, after the explosion in the gaza hospital, butjordan�*s foreign minister has said it's cancelled the summit it was hosting altogether. for its part, the white house has said that "after consulting with king abdullah ii ofjordan and in light of the days of mourning announced by president abbas president biden will postpone his travel tojordan... the president sent his deepest condolences for the innocent lives lost and wished a speedy recovery to the wounded. more from our north america editor, sarah smith. i mean, this is an extraordinary trip, which was a very high stakes gamble ev

there is still much to be done before president joe l to be done before presidentjoe biden, the paps early as friday actually happens and when it does, it will send a rare symbol of hope across the gaza strip, even though they know this is just a small, small start. normally, and this is farfrom normal times, small start. normally, and this is farfrom normaltimes, but small start. normally, and this is farfrom normal times, but even before all this happened, the dire humanitarian crisis in gaza, the united nations was bringing in 100 trucks a day. that is a bare minimum. of course, now is a situation which their suffering is beyond compare. gazans now worry that if they don't die under israeli bombardment, they will starve to death for not having water or food, all of the life—saving services that we all rely on. in that convoy, if it does go through, those 20 trucks, we understand there will be food, water, medicine, but no fuel. the united nations says that is one service, one good that is desperately needed now because you need electricity for water sanitation, you need it to pump

the us presidentjoe biden has arrived in israel.

how do you think presidentjoe biden will be filling at the end of his visit? visit? ~ ., . . ., , , visit? i think he accomplished what he set — visit? i think he accomplished what he set out _ visit? i think he accomplished what he set out to _ visit? i think he accomplished what he set out to do, - visit? i think he accomplished what he set out to do, which. visit? i think he accomplished | what he set out to do, which is to travel to israel, show the israelis that he is on their site, he has their back, and that there can be no light between the united states and israel were there never will be, and that he stands with them against terrorism and this terrible attack in gaza and that they have the right to defend themselves. and i think he gave a very eloquent speech. i know manyjewish americans were extremely pleased with it, and many americans are pleased with it, and so i think he has done what he set out to duke, which is to reassure the israelis and to establish the democratic party as a pro israel party firmly in the united states.— israel party firmly

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us presidentjoe biden is expected to address the american people less than 2a hours after his visit tosrael. president biden, seen here returning to washington, will try to rally support for his approach to conflicts both in israel and ukraine. the us state department has issued a worldwide security alert for all citizens overseas, citing the potential for attacks. our correspondent david willis has more from washington on president biden�*s speech, in less than one hour's time. the white house is saying that he will be seeking to reflect on the events of recent weeks — particularly, of course, those in the middle east — and look to address both the conflicts in ukraine, as you mentioned, and in israel, and seeking to draw a line between them and the impact that they potentially have on democracy around the world and, of course, also on the american people. this at a time when it's said that the president is about to ask congress for a military aid package in the region of $100 billion worth of aid, both for israel, for ukraine and also for taiwan. all this just a few hours after the p

us presidentjoe biden this evening again spoke to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu.g, the israeli military expressed regret for the shelling of an egyptian position near the border with gaza by one of its tanks. it said the incident not far from the rafah crossing, was a mistake and would be investigated. egypt said one of its soldiers suffered minor injuries from shell fragments.

presidentjoe biden has described the attack on israel as an act of sheer evil.confirmed 14 americans were killed and pledged full us support to israel. meanwhile, the health ministry in gaza says that 900 palestinians have now been killed during israel's recent airstrikes — with around half of these women and children. and we're keeping an eye on the skyline over gaza city, where israeli airstrikes have been continuing each night since the initial incursion by hamas. let's go on the ground now, to kfar aza, israel, where the bbc�*sjeremy bowen has been reporting on the carnage some israeli forces are confronting there. a warning — you may find some of the images in his report distressing. the first few days of war at this small israeli community called kfar aza are a microcosm of israel's trauma and a glimpse of what might come next. israeli troops only seized back full control of the kibbutz this morning. it's one of a series of small israeli villages along the gaza wire. when we arrived they were still firing on houses across on the gaza side. israeli soldiers

the us presidentjoe biden will visit israel on wednesday in a show of support. killed more than m00 people on the seventh of october. mr biden will be briefed on israel's aims and strategies. the announcement about mr biden�*s visit was made by the us secretary of state antony blinken after late night talks in tel aviv. mr blinken also said the us and israel had agreed on a plan to allow humanitarian aid into gaza. in gaza, un agencies have warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis. more than 2,800 people have been killed in israeli air strikes. hamas, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by governments including the uk and us, says it fired a "barrage of rockets" atjerusalem and tel aviv overnight, with sirens sending people to bomb shelters. at the united nations, a draft resolution on israel and gaza failed to pass the security council. western nations voted against it because it failed to condemn hamas. this is the scene across gaza right now. there across gaza right now. is nervousness as the humanitarian there is nervousness as the humanitarian

. - us presidentjoe biden has flown in and out of israel today — on a whirlwind eight hour trip. trip that's been overshadowed by last night's blast at a hospital in gaza. israel maintains it was not responsible — but not everyone agrees. hamas, palestinian authorities and other arab nations have blamed israel for the explosion — which has triggered protests across the middle east. meanwhile britain's foreign office is advising its citizens against all travel to lebanon due to the risks associated with the conflict between israel and the occupied palestinian territories. to discuss all this with me tonight is our panel — tom peck a political sketch writer for the independent and amanda renteria, a democratic & policy strategist and former top campaign aide to hillary clinton. us presidentjoe biden has promised solidarity with israel but his trip is overshadowed with a the us presidentjoe biden has today pledged solidarity with israel, during a whirlwind eight hour visit. but, his trip was overshadowed by last night's blast at a hospital in gaza. which the gazan health ministry sa

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us presidentjoe biden is currently travelling to israel, but a planned summit injordan with arab leadersas now been cancelled. biden�*s visit is designed to further demonstrate america's support for israel. the white house is saying the us is "optimistic" about getting humanitarian aid into gaza. on our website we have a live page that is constantly updating with the latest developments — but now let's focus on the top business stories. here in europe in a few hours we will be getting a clearer picture on where inflation is headed. for the uk and eurozone the latest data is out today and it's hoped the cost of living crisis will continue to ease. in the uk the rate of inflation slowed to 6.7% in the year to august. for the eurozone the latest estimate has inflation hovering around 4.3%. for central banks now is a critical time — do they need to keep increasing interest rates to cool demand or do they risk triggering recession? joining me now is wei li, global chief investment strategist at blackrock. good morning to you. if we start with the uk, do you expect inflation to come down again

presidentjoe biden vows to continue us support for ukraine, after further military funding was excludedapproach to the war. hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters in poland have held one of the biggest demonstrations the capital has seen in years. the march through warsaw comes ahead of parliamentary elections later this month. i'll be back in half an hour, but now on bbc news, it's unspun world withjohn simpson.

presidentjoe biden said several times that he wanted to be crystal clear, the us stands with israel., that is what we were fully expecting from president biden. he has always been very clear about his relationship with israel. if you think about it, his relationship with israel stretches back further than most living democrats. he talked about that time in 1973 when he met the then israeli prime minister, golden mayor. this is something, this was him speaking with absolute conviction. you could hear the anger in his voice, the words that are used, he said that this was stomach churning, it violated any coat of human morality. he said that's hamas does not stand for palestinian rights. he compared them to islamic state, who brutally murdered american citizens in syria and iraq. we did learn some new information, 1a americans have been killed, there were some reports that among the hostages that hamas have, there are americans and he has confirmed that is the case but we did not get any details on the numbers. the other thing that he emphasised was that he doesn't want anybody else to

we have just had a statement from the white house which says that presidentjoe biden spoke with israeli this afternoon to discuss developments in israel and gaza. the details of that will be released shortly from the white house. but what we know so far is that president biden and vice—president kamala harris received a briefing this morning on the latest developments from the national security team and in that briefing, it concluded secretary blinken, defence secretary austin and various other military and national security advisers. but that updates just coming in from washington, dc the presidentjoe biden has spoken with prime minister netanyahu. and it was only last week that the pair met in israel, many credit that meeting to the opening of the rafah crossing and those first trucks that went through the rafah crossing yesterday. meanwhile, we have had another update from the white house which says that president biden also spoke with pope francis on sunday to discuss the ongoing crisis. the statement from the white house as they discuss the need to prevent escalation in the region

that comes after days of negotiations and talks including following a visit of us presidentjoe bidenom the international committee of the red cross and many other aid agencies, 20 isjust a drop in the ocean and the un are saying they will need at least 100 trucks a day to deal with that ongoing humanitarian crisis in gaza. we will keep you updated on that story but as you can see, some glimmers of hope today. there is live pictures from the rafah crossing, those trucks entering gaza from egypt. three �*risk to life' flood warnings have been issued around the river derwent in derbyshire. these are the latest pictures coming to us from our reporter out in derby. a red "danger to life" weather warning is also in place in north east scotland — but that's due to be lifted at six o'clock this evening. storm babet has already claimed at least three lives, and more torrential rain and high winds are forecast across much of the uk. hundreds of flood alerts are in place, and travel is being badly disrupted. 0ur reporter louisa pilbeam has the latest from the newsroom after yesterday's heavy do

us presidentjoe biden says he's determined to restore aid to ukraine, a day afterfunding was droppedrom a temporary spending bill to avert a government shutdown. in order to pass the spending dealjust hours before the deadline, house republican leaders removed a measure to send $6 billion in military assistance to ukraine after opposition from republican party—hardliners. both republican and democrat senate leaders have promised to try again to approve the additional funding soon. speaking to reporters on sunday, mr biden vowed that the united states would not abandon ukraine, urging republicans in congress pass the ukraine military assistance. there is no ukraine funding in the agreement. despite that, i did not believe millions of americans go through the pain of an american shutdown. let's be clear, i hope my friends on the other side keep their word about support for ukraine. they said they were going to support ukraine in a separate vote. we cannot under any circumstances allow american support ukraine to be interrupted. ifully expect the speaker does keep his commitment for sec

prosecutors allege that the son of us presidentjoe biden lied about his drug use on application forms was a heavy user of crack cocaine at the time, but denies breaking the law. he faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of the three federal counts against him. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the bbc understands that british prime minister rishi sunak will announce in the next few hours the scrapping of the hs2 high—speed rail line from the west midlands to manchester. sunak is expected to set out a range of alternative projects in the north of england and wales. he is likely to argue these projects will be a better use of money and can be delivered more quickly. the government of pakistan has ordered all illegal immigrants to leave the country by the end of the month or face expulsion. the decision is thought to be targeting mainly afghan nationals, many of whom left the country after the taliban came to power in 2021. islamabad has blamed afghans for recent suicide attacks. india has reportedly asked canada to w

he's also a strong opponent of current presidentjoe biden, leading multiple investigations into the bidene steve scalise, is the chamber�*s number—two ranking republican and has served in congress since 2008. well, the vote for the position likely won't be until next

on wednesday us presidentjoe biden and egyptian president abdel fattah al—sisi agreed to open up the nt biden has warned the shipment is not likely to cross until friday because repairs to the road are needed. let's continue with our business coverage. amazon has announced it will start using drones to deliver parcels in under an hour here in the uk from the end of next year. the online retail giant says the service will start in one location which is yet to be revealed. it's already running the service in parts of the united states. our business correspondent, emma simpson, has been to a small town in california to see how it's working. you know what it's like waiting for an online order, wondering when the van is going to turn up. but look into the distance. this one's coming by air. in the small town of lockeford, california, amazon is using drones to deliver packages to customers. and this service is coming to the uk too. jeff loves it. it's fun. i never thought i'd be getting packages delivered in my backyard. when you order it, we see it within 20 or 30 minutes. it's obviously q

the us presidentjoe biden said he was outraged and deeply saddened by that explosion at a garda hospital about 500 people. in a statement _ about 500 people. in a statement he - about 500 people. in a statement he said - about 500 people. in a statement he said his. about 500 people. in a statement he said his national security team is trying to gather information about exactly what happened. president biden is currently flying to israel and is in mid—air. is expected to meet the its rally by minister. he was also expected to fly to jordan's capital to meet other middle eastern leaders but not only has... cancelled his meeting with the us president but nowjordan�*s foreign minister has also said it has cancelled the summit it was hosting altogether. more from our north american editor now, sarah smith. this is an extraordinary strip which was a high—stakes gamble even before news came in of this hospital bombing. it is a visit with to make purposes really and both of those to make formations got considerably more difficult to date. firstly, he wants to go there to demonstrate what he cal

presidentjoe biden has described the attack as an "act of sheer evil".e confirmed 14 americans were killed and pledged full us support to israel. we'll examine all those developments, but first, let's go on the ground to kfar aza israel where the bbc�*s jeremy bowen has been reporting on the bodies recovered from attacks there. a warning: you may find some of the images in his report distressing. the first few days of war at this small israeli community called kfar aza are a microcosm is israel? trauma and a glimpse of what might come next. israeli troops only ceased back full control of the kibbutz this morning. it is one of a series of small israeli villages against the gaza wire. when we arrived, they were still firing on houses across on the gaza side. israeli soldiers started they are sold here at around six o'clock on saturday evening, i2 here at around six o'clock on saturday evening, 12 hours or so after hamas attacked, and during that day hamas carried out a massacre. kfar aza was taken by surprise like everywhere else kfar hamas attacks. the ki

israelis and plenty of others, including presidentjoe biden, say this is their equivalent of the attacksa by al-qaeda on september the 11th 2001, and for israelis, this is not a trauma you can get used to. every day, they're learning more about people, about the missing, about the dead. and that sadness and anger underpins the resolve of the government to hit back, to get their people, bring them home and to destroy hamas. and in gaza, more funerals, many more. in a place cut off from the world, they might not have heard president biden telling his israeli allies not to be blinded by revenge while exercising their right of self—defence. one question is whether the israelis, in their pain and rage, will heed his call for restraint. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. we are going to head to the occupied west bank now. the united nations saying they are alarmed by a deteriorating human rights situation. take a look. just to underline, this is not gaza, there you can see on the coast, this is the west bank that we are talking about at the moment. israel says it is carrying out a widescale co

presidentjoe biden has urged israel not to be consumed by rage this was confirmed soon after by primeinister netanyahu whose office which said no aid will enter from israel as long as it's hostages aren't returned and it will not block the delivery of food, water and medicines from egypt. joe biden his visit was overshadowed by a devastating explosion and hospital in gaza city. hundreds more were wounded. israel has blamed it on a palestinian islamichhad rocket, which it says misfired, hitting the hospital. president biden appeared to agree with that that it was caused by what he called the other team will stop in the last hour say israel was not responsible based on the latest information. responsible based on the latest information. but arab countries have joined hamas in blaming israel for the explosion. president biden appeared to agree with israel — saying he thought the blast was caused by "the other team". he also urged israel not to be consumed by rage. and to learn from mistakes the us learned after 9/11. the hospital explosion has led to shock waves across the region and the

since presidentjoe biden's visit we know and agreement has been made to allow 20 trucks of aid into gazae allowed through. what is israel's response? they said they won't block the supplies so as long as hamas don't have access to them. meghan 0wen on the details of the crossing. live now to our egyptian correspondent abdel bassir hassan in ismailia — near the suez canal. just talk to as about the significance of reopening the crossing. we are led to believe that a hundreds of trucks on the egyptian side, but the deal remains thatjust 21 make it through. the border crossing is closed at the minute. it crossing is closed at the minute. it is so far no major changes at the border, at least from the palestinian side. so far, just minutes ago, two hospitals have arrived at the border from the egyptian side. these are to go into gaza and weightthere, according to egyptian statements. it will deploy hospitals at the date. 0nce egyptian statements. it will deploy hospitals at the date. once it is open, it is not open so far. as a report said just now, the distance between the two gates, which i

us presidentjoe biden has delivered a rare night—time address from the oval office, following this week'sisrael. he linked the russia—ukraine and israel—gaza conflicts, and he urged congress to approve a giant aid and defence package. he argued it was in america's interest to defeat those who, he said, sought to annihilate neighbouring democracies. more than 100 trucks with humanitarian supplies are waiting on the egypt side of the rafah crossing. it's hoped the first 20 will start moving into gaza soon. but it is still unclear when. the entry of aid trucks was part of an agreement president biden brokered. during the night, israel continued its aerial bombardment of gaza. the united nations has warned that the initial supply of aid trucks would be nowhere near enough to help the more than a million displaced palestinians. it says at least 100 trucks will be needed each day, because supplies of food, fuel and water are running dangerously low. president biden will today make that budget request of congress. here's some of what he said in his national address. you know, history has taught

us presidentjoe biden announces unprecedented aid for those displaced by the war in gaza. also ahead on the programme: right now i'm injakarta southeastern asia's first bullet train has just opened to the public. is it a milestone or a waste of money? hello and welcome to asia business report. the asia business report. us president has announced $100 the us president has announced $100 million in aid for those displaced by the war in gaza. president biden said he would be asking congress this week for the funding to be folded financial network, saying it has sanctioned two senior members of the armed group's leadership. up up to 20 trucks. this is been a very blunt negotiation i've had and so, we want to get as many of the trucks out as possible. i guess there are some 150 there. not all will go. the first tranche, we will see of the second tranche goes. the commitment is if we cross the border the un is going to be on the other side.— the other side. some data cominu the other side. some data coming in _ the other side. some data coming in the _ the other side. some data

just a line that the palestinian president mahmoud abbas, he has spoken to the american presidentjoe bidenng all attacks, respecting humanitarian law, the key points of those conversations. he said he rejects the killing of killings on both sides. slash the killings of civilians. he called for the release of those who had been detained, both the prisoners and the hostages. that is the latest line we have in terms of the conversations of some in the diplomacy that is going on to try to dial down some of the tensions in what appears to be a significant change in tone tonight. we know we have heard from the israeli prime minister within the last few hours issuing a statement on line talking about the stages of readiness. we are getting various statements from the israeli forces that they are preparing for a significant escalation in this offensive. they say the attacks will come by air and by land. but that, align coming from manage abbas, the palestinian president, saying he has spoken with the us president us spied on, rejecting the killing of civilians on both sides, and also referring to

that comes after the us presidentjoe biden made a historic visit to israel.elled. this is bbc news. hello. storm babet will be lashing the uk over the next few days, but i'd also like to make the point that the weather won't be bad all the time as this storm spreads from the south. we're also expecting the skies to clear in a few places. sunny spells and mild weather can be expected, too. but let's focus on the rain, the biggest problem from this storm. a rare red warning in force thursday into friday for specifically angus and southern parts of aberdeenshire and the met office warns of even danger to life. but let's look at the rainfall first across the whole of the uk. so, this is the rainfall accumulation as the days go by — widely 30—40 millimetres of rain, but you can see around eastern scotland and the northeast of england here, potentially well in excess of 100 millimetres of rain. so, here's the forecast then through the night — the weather fronts, the rain front associated with storm babet makes its journey towards the north. after a soaking evening

prosecutors allege that the son of us presidentjoe biden lied about his drug use on application formsvy user of crack cocaine at the time, but denies breaking the law. he faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of the three federal counts against him. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the bbc understands the british prime minister rishi sunak will announce the scrapping of the hs2 high—speed rail line from the west midlands to manchester. sunak is expected to set out a range of alternative projects in the north of england and wales. he is likely to argue these projects will be a better use of money and can be delivered more quickly. india has reportedly asked canada to withdraw about 40 diplomatic staff from india, amid an ongoing crisis between the two countries. the financial times first reported that diplomats who stay past october 10th would lose their diplomatic immunity. last month, canada's prime minister said india may have been behind the killing of a sikh separatist leader on canadian soil. india has denie

show let me just show you the pictures live from tel aviv because we were just seeing the us presidentjoe bidento depart, and it has been such a brief trip. the events of the last 2a hours making this trip briefer because originally scheduled was a trip tojordan to meet arab leaders, but that cancelled after the events of the hospital at the... a real public show of support for israel from joe biden. he was sacked by israel's prime minister for the moral clarity he brought. but we heard from joe biden, his thoughts on a variety of meetings. the president talking at one stage in that news conference about hostages, so let's spend the next few minutes looking at that in more detail. hamas continues to hold around 200 people hostage in gaza. let's talk to iris weinstein haggai. her parents, judi and gad, who are in their 70s, are missing. they disappeared in the fields near their kibbutz on the 7th of october. thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news. i know this must be an extraordinarily excruciating, distressing time. i wonder if you could start by telling me what your mother and father were

he's also a strong opponent of current presidentjoe biden, leading multiple investigations into the bidentration as chair of the house judiciary committee. representative steve scalise is the chamber�*s number—two ranking republican and has served in congress since 2008. the vote for the position likely won't be until next week. but in the meantime, a temporary speaker has taken the gavel, patrick mchenry of north carolina. until mccarthy's replacement is elected, legislative activity in the house is essentially halted. on wednesday, president biden called for an end to the polarized atmosphere in congress. more than anything we need to change the poisonous atmosphere in washington. we have strong agreements but we need to stop seeing each other as enemies. we need to talk to one another, listen to one another and work with one another and we can do that. ijoined the minority leaderjeffries in saying that our republican colleagues remain committed to working in a bipartisan fashion and we are prepared to do it as well for the good of the american people. earlier my colleague caitriona per

egypt announces an aid corridor to gaza, following what presidentjoe biden called a very blunt negotiationza. the us president _ humanitarian aid to gaza. the us president is _ humanitarian aid to gaza. the us president is now heading back to the us after offering unwavering american support to israel and warning against acting on rage. the white house says intelligence shows israel was not behind the gaza hospital explosion but many arab countries continue to blame an israeli air strike. the death toll in gaza surpasses 3000. voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, - this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with the israel gaza war and news of a deal to allow aid into the palestinian territory, where more than 1 palestinian territory, where more than1 million people

tensions between the two countries, both sides are paving the way for a possible meeting between presidentjoe bidensident xi in november at the apec summit in california. the meetings come as beijing officials have been trying to get the world's second—biggest economy back on track and have hopes the recent bank holiday, golden week, have pointed the recovery in the right direction. over the eight—day holiday, those who could made nearly 12 million trips, and that's for domestic and international travel. it's not got back to pre—pandemic days but an 85% recovery rate has prompted several economists to be hopeful of an improved outlook for the world's second—largest economy. i spoke to china—watcherjulian evans—pritchard and asked him what the latest figures mean. not super strong. but you have to remember where we were a few months ago earlier in the summer where it really looked like the consumer recovery in china was fizzling out, and possibly could even go into reverse. relative to that is definitely encouraging in we are seeing renewed momentum in terms of consumer spending, domestic tourism, a

presidentjoe biden vows to continue us support for ukraine, after further military funding was excludedcolour explodes across hong kong's skyline, as thirty thousand fireworks are set off to celebrate china's national day. now on bbc news, its time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. bathing in the roman sun. europe regain the ryder cup on a dramatic final day

let's get you the headlines: us presidentjoe biden urges political leaders to change the poisonous atmosphereeaker kevin mccarthy is ousted by members of his own party women to vote for the first time at a gathering of catholic bishops from around the world in rome. at least ten people are killed after a glacial lake overflows in india. ., ., , ., in india. live from our studio in india. live from our studio in singapore. _ in india. live from our studio in singapore, this _ in india. live from our studio in singapore, this is - in india. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc - in india. live from our studio i in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. welcome to the programme. we start in the us, in the us, republicans in the lower chamber of congress, the house of representatives, are already vying to become the next speaker of the house just a day after a group of hardline rebels ousted the previous incumbent, kevin mccarthy, in a historic vote. it's left the republican party in disarray and a vacuum right at the top of us government as our washington correspondent gary 0'dono